²⁷ And then He will send forth the angels, and ^(A)will gather together His ^[a]elect from the four winds, ^(B)from the end of the earth to the end of heaven.

¹⁵ For we say this to you ^(A)by the word of the Lord, that ^(B)we who are alive ^[a]and remain until ^(C)the coming of the Lord will not precede ^(D)those who have fallen asleep. ¹⁶ For the Lord ^(E)Himself ^(F)will descend from heaven with a ^[b](G)shout, with the voice of ^(H)the archangel and with the ^(I)trumpet of God, and ^(J)the dead in Christ will rise first. ¹⁷ Then ^(K)we who are alive, who remain, will be ^(L)caught up together with them ^(M)in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always ^(N)be with the Lord.