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Forγὰρifεἰwe believeπιστεύομενthatὅτιJesusἸησοῦςdiedἀπέθανενandκαὶrose,ἀνέστηsoοὕτωςalsoκαὶGodὁ θεὸςwill bringἄξειwithσὺνhim,αὐτῷthroughδιὰJesus,τοῦ Ἰησοῦthose who have fallen asleep.τοὺς κοιμηθέντας
1 Thessalonians 4:14
Study it in the app“For if we believe that Jesus died and rose, so also God will bring with him, through Jesus, those who have fallen asleep.”
So that they do not grieve without hope: God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleepThe ResurrectionPaul writes so that they will not grieve like those who have no hopeDeath and Eternal Life
With the Greek beneath
1 Thessalonians 4:14, word by word
- we believeπιστεύομενpisteuomen
trust
To trust in God or in Jesus.
Where else “pisteuomen” appears- JesusἸησοῦςIēsous
Jesus
Jesus, the Greek form of the Hebrew Yehoshua (Joshua), which means "YHWH saves". It is the name the angel told Joseph to give him (Matthew 1:21).
Where else “Iēsous” appears- diedἀπέθανενapethanen
die
To stop living: the end of life in the body.
Where else “apethanen” appears- roseἀνέστηanestē
rise
To come back to life.
Where else “anestē” appears- Godθεὸςtheos
God
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theos” appears- will bringἄξειaxei
lead
To lead a person or an animal from one place to another.
Where else “axei” appears- withσὺνsyn
with
With, together with.
Where else “syn” appears- those who have fallen asleepκοιμηθένταςkoimēthentas
pass away
To die, like drifting off to rest.
Where else “koimēthentas” appears
Translation note
“Through Jesus” can also go with “those who have fallen asleep”: “those who have fallen asleep in Jesus.”
The context
13But we do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, about those who are sleeping, so that you may not grieve as also the rest do who have no hope.
14 · This verse (above)
15For this we tell you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will certainly not precede those who have fallen asleep.