1 Thessalonians 4:13–14
So that they do not grieve without hope: God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep
Study it word by word13But 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.
14For if we believe that Jesus died and rose, so also God will bring with him, through Jesus, those who have fallen asleep.
In its context
11and to make it your ambition to live quietly and to attend to your own affairs and to work with your hands, just as we commanded you,
12so that you may walk properly toward those outside and have need of nothing.
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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.
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;
Its words in the original
- θέλομενthelomen· want, wish
Want, wish, be willing.
- ἀγνοεῖνagnoein· not know, not understand
Not know; not understand.
- ἀδελφοίadelphoi· brother
Brother. Also a close relative, a fellow countryman and, among believers, a brother in the faith.
- κοιμωμένωνkoimōmenōn· sleep, fall asleep
Sleep; also die.
- λυπῆσθεlypēsthe· grieve
Make sad; be sad, grieve.
- λοιποὶloipoi· the rest, remaining
The rest, the others; as an adverb, "from now on", "finally".
- ἔχοντεςechontes· have
Have, possess, hold.
- ἐλπίδαelpida· hope
Hope: confidence in what God will do.
- πιστεύομενpisteuomen· believe
Believe, trust.
- ἸησοῦςIēsous· 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).
- ἀπέθανενapethanen· die
Die.
- ἀνέστηanestē· rise, raise
Get up, stand up; also rise from the dead.
- θεὸςtheos· God, god
God. In the plural or in another sense, "gods".
- ἄξειaxei· lead, bring
Lead, bring, take along.
- σὺνsyn· with
With, together with.