1 Thessalonians 4:14

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, so also, through Jesus, God will bring with Him those who have fallen asleep.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so those also who sleep in Jesus will God bring with Him.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    For{G1063} if{G1487} we believe{G4100} that{G3754} Jesus{G2424} died{G599} and{G2532} rose again,{G450} even so{G3779} them{G3588} also{G2532} that are fallen asleep{G2837} in{G1223} Jesus{G2424} will{G71} God{G2316} bring{G71} with{G4862} him.{G846}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    For{G1063} if{G1487} we believe{G4100}{(G5719)} that{G3754} Jesus{G2424} died{G599}{(G5627)} and{G2532} rose again{G450}{(G5627)}, even so{G3779} them also{G2532} which sleep{G2837}{(G5685)} in{G1223} Jesus{G2424} will{G71} God{G2316} bring{G71}{(G5692)} with{G4862} him{G846}.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    For yf we beleve that Iesus dyed and rose agayne: even so them also which slepe by IeIesus will God brynge agayne with him.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    For yf we beleue that Iesus dyed and rose agayne, euen so the also which slepe by Iesus, shal God brynge with him.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    For if we beleeue that Iesus is dead, and is risen, euen so them which sleepe in Iesus, will God bring with him.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    For yf we beleue that Iesus dyed and rose agayne: euen so them also whiche sleepe by Iesus, wyll God bryng with hym.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so those who have fallen asleep in Jesus will God bring with him.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    for if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, so also God those asleep through Jesus he will bring with him,

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also that are fallen asleep in Jesus will God bring with him.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also that are fallen asleep in Jesus will God bring with him.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    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.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep in Jesus.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, so also we believe that God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep as Christians.

Referenced Verses

  • Rom 8:11 : 11 And if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead lives in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who lives in you.
  • 2 Cor 4:13-14 : 13 Since we have the same spirit of faith in accordance with what is written: 'I believed, therefore I spoke,' we also believe and therefore speak. 14 We know that the One who raised the Lord Jesus will also raise us with Jesus and present us with you.
  • 1 Thess 4:13 : 13 But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who have fallen asleep, so that you will not grieve like the rest, who have no hope.
  • Rev 1:18 : 18 'the living One. I was dead, but look, I am alive forever and ever! And I hold the keys of death and Hades.'
  • Rev 14:13 : 13 Then I heard a voice from heaven saying to me, "Write this: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on." "Yes," says the Spirit, "they will rest from their labors, for their deeds will follow them."
  • Jude 1:14-15 : 14 Enoch, the seventh from Adam, also prophesied about them, saying, 'Behold, the Lord comes with countless thousands of His holy ones,' 15 to execute judgment on all and to convict all the ungodly of all their ungodly deeds they have committed, and of all the harsh words that ungodly sinners have spoken against Him.
  • Phil 3:20-21 : 20 But our citizenship is in heaven, and we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, 21 who will transform our lowly bodies to be like his glorious body, through the power that enables him to bring everything under his control.
  • 1 Thess 3:13 : 13 So that He may strengthen your hearts to be blameless in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all His holy ones.
  • Isa 26:19 : 19 Your dead will live; their bodies will rise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust! For your dew is like the dew of the morning, and the earth will bring forth her dead.
  • Matt 24:31 : 31 And he will send out his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.
  • 1 Cor 15:12-23 : 12 Now if it is preached that Christ has been raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? 13 If there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised. 14 And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is useless, and so is your faith. 15 Furthermore, we are found to be false witnesses about God, because we have testified against God that He raised Christ from the dead, but He did not raise Him if in fact the dead are not raised. 16 For if the dead are not raised, then not even Christ has been raised. 17 And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins. 18 Then also those who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. 19 If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied. 20 But now Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. 21 For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead also comes through a man. 22 For just as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive. 23 But each in turn: Christ, the firstfruits; then, at His coming, those who belong to Christ.
  • 1 Thess 4:17 : 17 After that, we who are alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will always be with the Lord.
  • 2 Thess 2:1 : 1 Now we ask you, brothers and sisters, concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to Him,

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    15 For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep.

    16 For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a loud command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.

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    13 But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who have fallen asleep, so that you will not grieve like the rest, who have no hope.

  • 1 Thess 5:10-11
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    10 He died for us so that, whether we are awake or asleep, we may live together with Him.

    11 Therefore, encourage one another and build each other up, just as you are already doing.

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    14 We know that the One who raised the Lord Jesus will also raise us with Jesus and present us with you.

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    18 Then also those who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished.

    19 If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied.

    20 But now Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.

    21 For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead also comes through a man.

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    8 Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with Him.

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    12 Now if it is preached that Christ has been raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?

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    14 And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is useless, and so is your faith.

    15 Furthermore, we are found to be false witnesses about God, because we have testified against God that He raised Christ from the dead, but He did not raise Him if in fact the dead are not raised.

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    24 but also for us, to whom it will be credited—to those who believe in Him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead.

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    14 Therefore it says, "Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you."

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    29 Otherwise, what will those do who are baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why then are they baptized for them?

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    4 Therefore, we were buried with Him by baptism into death, so that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.

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    21 Through Him you believe in God, who raised Him from the dead and gave Him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.

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