Study it in the app“then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air; and so we will be always with the Lord.”
Paul comforts grieving Thessalonians: we will always be with the LordJesus Will ReturnPaul writes so that they will not grieve like those who have no hopeDeath and Eternal Life
thenἔπειταweἡμεῖςwho are alive,οἱ ζῶντεςwho are left,οἱ περιλειπόμενοιwill be caught upἁρπαγησόμεθαtogetherἅμαwithσὺνthemαὐτοῖςinἐνthe cloudsνεφέλαιςtoεἰςmeetἀπάντησινthe Lordτοῦ κυρίουinεἰςthe air;ἀέραandκαὶsoοὕτωςwe will beἐσόμεθαalwaysπάντοτεwithσὺνthe Lord.κυρίῳ
then, afterward
Then, afterward.
Where else “epeita” appearslive
To have life in the body, or receive it again after dying.
Where else “zōntes” appearsbe left, survive
Be left behind, remain; survive until a certain time.
Where else “perileipomenoi” appearssnatch
Snatch, carry off by force.
Where else “harpagēsometha” appearstogether, at once
At the same time, together with.
Where else “hama” appearswith
With, together with.
Where else “syn” appearscloud
Cloud.
Where else “nephelais” appearsmeeting
Meeting; "to meet", going out to welcome someone.
Where else “apantēsin” appearsLord
The Lord: God, whose name is YHWH; also Jesus.
Where else “kyriou” appearsair
Air, the air around the earth.
Where else “aera” appearsbe present
To be in a place or with someone.
Where else “esometha” appearsalways
Always.
Where else “pantote” appears“To meet” (eis apantēsin): the same expression is used in Acts 28:15 for the brothers who came out from Rome to meet Paul, and in Matthew 25:6 for going out to meet the bridegroom.
16For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout of command, with the voice of an archangel and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in the Messiah will rise first;
17 · This verse (above)
18So comfort one another with these words.
