1 Thessalonians 4:14 BSB

1 Thessalonians 4:14

For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, we also believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in Him.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also that are fallen asleep in Jesus will God bring with him.

KJV

For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.

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Commentary

4 voices

Ambrose of Milan

On the Death of Satyrus 2.92-93 (397)

All men shall rise again, but let no one lose heart, and let not the just grieve at the common lot of rising again, since he awaits the chief fruit of his virtue. All indeed shall rise again, but, as says the apostle, "each in his own order." The fruit of the divine mercy is common to all, but the order of merit differs. The day gives light to all, the sun warms all, the rain fertilizes the possessions of all with genial flowers. We are all born, and we shall all rise again.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Being still in union with him, they sleep in his arms and are under his special care and protection. Their souls are in his presence, and their dust is under his care and power; so that they are not lost, nor are they losers, but great gainers by death, and their removal out of this world is into a better.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

They then are with God, and are better where they are than when they were here; and when God comes he will bring them with him. The doctrine of the resurrection and the second coming of Christ is a great antidote against the fear of death and inordinate sorrow for the death of our Christian friends; and this doctrine we have a full assurance of, because we believe that Jesus died and rose again,

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

See 1Th 4:13, "hope." Hence it appears our hope rests on our faith ("if we believe"). "As surely as we all believe that Christ died and rose again (the very doctrine specified as taught at Thessalonica, Ac 17:3), so also will God bring those laid to sleep by Jesus with Him (Jesus)." (So the order and balance of the members of the Greek sentence require us to translate).

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Original language & word study

20 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
εἰ	ei	If	G1487 →
γὰρ	gar	for	G1063 →
πιστεύομεν	pisteuomen	we believe	G4100 →
ὅτι	hoti	that	G3754 →
Ἰησοῦς	Iēsous	Jesus	G2424 →
ἀπέθανεν	apethanen	died	G599 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἀνέστη,	anestē	rose again,	G450 →
οὕτως	houtōs	so	G3779 →
καὶ	kai	also	G2532 →
ὁ	ho	<the>	G3588 →
θεὸς	theos	God	G2316 →
τοὺς	tous	those	G3588 →
κοιμηθέντας	koimēthentas	having fallen asleep	G2837 →
διὰ	dia	through	G1223 →
τοῦ	tou	<the>	G3588 →
Ἰησοῦ	Iēsou	Jesus	G2424 →
ἄξει	axei	will bring	G71 →
σὺν	sun	with	G4862 →
αὐτῷ.¶	autō	Him.	G846 →

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The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Romans 8:11
And if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His…
leads to
- 2 Corinthians 4:14
  knowing that the One who raised the Lord Jesus will also raise us with Jesus and present us with you in His presence.
- Romans 6:4–5
  We were therefore buried with Him through baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may walk in newness of…
- 2 Corinthians 4:11
  For we who are alive are always consigned to death for Jesus’ sake, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our mortal body.
- Ephesians 1:19–20
  and the surpassing greatness of His power to us who believe. These are in accordance with the working of His mighty strength,
- Romans 8:9
  You, however, are controlled not by the flesh, but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong…
Through
Isaiah 26:19
Your dead will live; their bodies will rise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust! For your dew is like the dew of the morning, and the earth will bring forth her…
leads to
- Daniel 12:2
  And many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, but others to shame and everlasting contempt.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Ezekiel 37:1–14
  The hand of the LORD was upon me, and He brought me out by His Spirit and set me down in the middle of the valley, and it was full of bones.
- Matthew 27:52
  The tombs broke open, and the bodies of many saints who had fallen asleep were raised.