1Th 4:15-17 | NASB2020 | STEP | For we say this to you by the word of the Lord , that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will not precede those who have fallen asleep .

1 Thessalonians 4:15-17

15 For we say this to you ^aby the word of the Lord, that ^bwe who are alive ^{▼▼Lit who}and remain until ^dthe coming of the Lord will not precede ^ethose who have fallen asleep. 16 For the Lord ^fHimself ^gwill descend from heaven with a ^{▼▼Or cry of command
,} ⁱshout, with the voice of ^jthe archangel and with the ^ktrumpet of God, and ^lthe dead in Christ will rise first. 17 Then ^mwe who are alive, who remain, will be ⁿcaught up together with them ^oin the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always ^pbe with the Lord.