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1 Thessalonians 4:16-17
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
1 Thessalonians 4:16-17
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
16 For the Lord himself, with a word of command, with the voice of an archangel and with the trumpet of God, will come down from heaven, and the dead in Christ will rise first.(A) 17 Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together[a] with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. Thus we shall always be with the Lord.
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- 4:17 Will be caught up together: literally, snatched up, carried off; cf. 2 Cor 12:2; Rev 12:5. From the Latin verb here used, rapiemur, has come the idea of “the rapture,” when believers will be transported away from the woes of the world; this construction combines this verse with Mt 24:40–41 (see note there) // Lk 17:34–35 and passages from Revelation in a scheme of millennial dispensationalism.
1 Thessalonians 4:16-17
New International Version
1 Thessalonians 4:16-17
New International Version
16 For the Lord himself will come down from heaven,(A) with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel(B) and with the trumpet call of God,(C) and the dead in Christ will rise first.(D) 17 After that, we who are still alive and are left(E) will be caught up together with them in the clouds(F) to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord(G) forever.
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