1Th 4:15, 17 | ESV | STEP | For this we declare to you by a word from the Lord , that we who are alive , who are left until the coming of the Lord , will not precede those who have fallen asleep .

1 Thessalonians 4:15

15 For this we declare to you ^aby a word from the Lord, ^{▼▼Or by the word of the Lord} that ^cwe who are alive, who are left until ^dthe coming of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep.

1 Thessalonians 4:17

17 Then we who are alive, who are left, will be ^ecaught up together with them ^fin the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so ^gwe will always be with the Lord.