1 Thessalonians 4:15

Bible in Basic English (1941)

For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are still living at the coming of the Lord, will not go before those who are sleeping.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Cor 15:51-53 : 51 See, I am giving you the revelation of a secret: we will not all come to the sleep of death, but we will all be changed. 52 In a second, in the shutting of an eye, at the sound of the last horn: for at that sound the dead will come again, free for ever from the power of death, and we will be changed. 53 For this body which comes to destruction will be made free from the power of death, and the man who is under the power of death will put on eternal life.
  • 2 Cor 4:14 : 14 Because we are certain that he who made the Lord Jesus come back from the dead, will do the same for us, and will give us a place in his glory with you.
  • 1 Thess 2:19 : 19 For what is our hope or joy or crown of glory? Are not even you, before our Lord Jesus, at his coming?
  • 1 Kgs 20:35 : 35 And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said to his neighbour by the word of the Lord, Give me a wound. But the man would not.
  • Ps 88:13 : 13 But to you did I send up my cry, O Lord; in the morning my prayer came before you.
  • Ps 119:147-148 : 147 Before the sun is up, my cry for help comes to your ear; my hope is in your words. 148 In the night watches I am awake, so that I may give thought to your saying.
  • Matt 17:25 : 25 He says, Yes. And when he came into the house, Jesus said to him, What is your opinion, Simon? from whom do the kings of the earth get payment or tax? from their sons or from other people?
  • 1 Kgs 22:14 : 14 And Micaiah said, By the living Lord, whatever the Lord says to me I will say.
  • Job 41:11 : 11 Smoke comes out of his nose, like a pot boiling on the fire.
  • 1 Kgs 13:1 : 1 Then a man of God came from Judah by the order of the Lord to Beth-el, where Jeroboam was by the altar, burning offerings.
  • 1 Kgs 13:9 : 9 For so I was ordered by the word of the Lord, who said, You are not to take food or a drink of water, and you are not to go back the way you came.
  • 1 Kgs 13:17-18 : 17 For the Lord said to me, You are not to take food or water there, or go back again by the way you came. 18 Then he said to him, I am a prophet like you; and an angel said to me by the word of the Lord, Take him back with you and give him food and water. But he said false words to him.
  • 1 Kgs 13:22 : 22 But have come back, and have taken food and water in this place where he said you were to take no food or water; your dead body will not be put to rest with your fathers.

Similar Verses (AI)

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    16 Because the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a word of authority, with the voice of the chief angel, with the sound of a horn: and the dead in Christ will come to life first;

    17 Then we who are still living will be taken up together with them into the clouds to see the Lord in the air: and so will we be for ever with the Lord.

    18 So then, give comfort to one another with these words.

  • 1 Thess 4:13-14
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    13 But it is our desire, brothers, that you may be certain about those who are sleeping; so that you may have no need for sorrow, as others have who are without hope.

    14 For if we have faith that Jesus underwent death and came back again, even so those who are sleeping will come again with him by God's power.

  • 1 Thess 5:9-10
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    9 For God's purpose for us is not wrath, but salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,

    10 Who was put to death for us, so that, awake or sleeping, we may have a part in his life.

  • 1 Cor 15:51-53
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    51 See, I am giving you the revelation of a secret: we will not all come to the sleep of death, but we will all be changed.

    52 In a second, in the shutting of an eye, at the sound of the last horn: for at that sound the dead will come again, free for ever from the power of death, and we will be changed.

    53 For this body which comes to destruction will be made free from the power of death, and the man who is under the power of death will put on eternal life.

  • 1 Cor 15:18-20
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    18 And, in addition, the dead in Christ have gone to destruction.

    19 If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most unhappy.

    20 But now Christ has truly come back from the dead, the first-fruits of those who are sleeping.

  • 2 Thess 2:1-2
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    1 Now as to the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ, and our meeting with him, it is our desire, my brothers,

    2 That you may not be moved in mind or troubled by a spirit, or by a word, or by a letter as from us, with the suggestion that the day of the Lord is even now come;

  • 1 Thess 5:4
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    4 But you, my brothers, are not in the dark, for that day to overtake you like a thief:

  • 1 Thess 5:6-7
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    6 So then, let us not take our rest as the others do, but let us be self-controlled and awake.

    7 For those who are sleeping do so in the night; and those who are the worse for drink are so in the night;

  • 2 Cor 4:14
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    14 Because we are certain that he who made the Lord Jesus come back from the dead, will do the same for us, and will give us a place in his glory with you.

  • 1 Cor 15:22-23
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    22 For as in Adam death comes to all, so in Christ will all come back to life.

    23 But every man in his right order: Christ the first-fruits; then those who are Christ's at his coming.

  • 2 Cor 5:8
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    8 We are without fear, desiring to be free from the body, and to be with the Lord.

  • 1 Thess 5:2
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    2 For you yourselves have the knowledge that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.

  • 1 Cor 15:35
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    35 But someone will say, How do the dead come back? and with what sort of body do they come?

  • Mark 13:36
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    36 For fear that, coming suddenly, he sees you sleeping.

  • Rom 14:8-9
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    8 As long as we have life we are living to the Lord; or if we give up our life it is to the Lord; so if we are living, or if our life comes to an end, we are the Lord's.

    9 And for this purpose Christ went into death and came back again, that he might be the Lord of the dead and of the living.

  • 1 Cor 15:15-16
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    15 Yes, and we are seen to be false witnesses of God; because we gave witness of God that by his power Christ came again from the dead: which is not true if there is no coming back from the dead.

    16 For if it is not possible for the dead to come to life again, then Christ has not come to life again:

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    28 Do not be surprised at this: for the time is coming when his voice will come to all who are in the place of the dead,

  • 1 Cor 1:7
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    7 So that having every grace you are living in the hope of the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ;

  • John 5:25
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    25 Truly I say to you, The time is coming, it has even now come, when the voice of the Son of God will come to the ears of the dead, and those hearing it will have life.

  • 1 Pet 4:5
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    5 But they will have to give an account of themselves to him who is ready to be the judge of the living and the dead.

  • 2 Cor 4:11-12
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    11 For, while living, we are still being given up to death because of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may be seen in our flesh, though it is under the power of death.

    12 So then, death is working in us, but life in you.

  • 1 Cor 15:12
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    12 Now if the good news says that Christ came back from the dead, how do some of you say that there is no coming back from the dead?

  • Eph 5:14
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    14 For this reason he says, Be awake, you who are sleeping, and come up from among the dead, and Christ will be your light.

  • Jas 4:15
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    15 But the right thing to say would be, If it is the Lord's pleasure and if we are still living, we will do this and that.

  • Rev 20:5
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    5 The rest of the dead did not come to life again till the thousand years were ended. This is the first coming back from the dead.

  • 2 Tim 4:1
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    1 I give you orders, before God and Christ Jesus, who will be the judge of the living and the dead, and by his revelation and his kingdom;

  • Rev 14:13
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    13 And a voice from heaven came to my ears, saying, Put in writing, There is a blessing on the dead who from now on come to their end in the Lord: yes, says the Spirit, that they may have rest from their troubles; for their works go with them.

  • Matt 24:42
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    42 Be watching, then! for you have no knowledge on what day your Lord will come.

  • 2 Cor 5:6
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    6 So, then, we are ever without fear, and though conscious that while we are in the body we are away from the Lord,

  • Job 14:12
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    12 So man goes down to his last resting-place and comes not again: till the heavens come to an end, they will not be awake or come out of their sleep.

  • 1 Cor 11:30
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    30 For this cause a number of you are feeble and ill, and a number are dead.

  • Matt 16:28
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    28 Truly I say to you, There are some of those here who will not have a taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.

  • 1 Thess 2:19
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    19 For what is our hope or joy or crown of glory? Are not even you, before our Lord Jesus, at his coming?

  • Rom 13:11
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    11 See then that the time has come for you to be awake from sleep: for now is your salvation nearer than when you first had faith.

  • 1 Thess 3:8
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    8 For it is life to us if you keep your faith in the Lord unchanged.

  • 2 Cor 5:4
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    4 For truly, we who are in this tent do give out cries of weariness, for the weight of care which is on us; not because we are desiring to be free from the body, but so that we may have our new body, and death may be overcome by life.