1 Thessalonians 4:17

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Than we which lyue, which remaine, shalbe caught vp together with them in the cloudes, to meete the Lorde in the ayre: And so shall we euer be with the Lorde.

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  • Rev 11:12 : 12 And they shall heare a great voyce from heauen, saying vnto them, come vp hyther. And they shall ascende vp to heauen in a cloude, and their enemies shall see them.
  • 1 Cor 15:52 : 52 In a moment, in the twynklyng of an eye, at the last trumpe. For the trumpe shall blowe, and the dead shall ryse incorruptible, and we shalbe chaunged.
  • John 14:3 : 3 And yf I go to prepare a place for you, I wyll come agayne, and receaue you, euen vnto my selfe: that where I am, there may ye be also.
  • Rev 7:14-17 : 14 And he sayde vnto hym, Lorde thou wotest. And he sayde to me: These are they which came out of great tribulation, and haue wasshed their long robes, and made them whyte by the blood of the lambe. 15 Therefore are they in the presence of the throne of God, and serue hym daye and nyght in his temple, and he that sitteth in the throne, wyll dwell among them. 16 They shall hunger no more, neither thirst, neither shall the sunne lyght on them, neither any heate. 17 For the lambe which is in the myddes of the throne shall feede them, and shall leade them vnto fountaynes of lyuyng water, and God shall wype awaye all teares from their eyes.
  • John 12:26 : 26 If any man minister vnto me, let hym folowe me: And where I am, there shall also my minister be. If any man minister vnto me, hym wyll my father honour.
  • 1 Thess 4:15 : 15 For this say we vnto you in the worde of the Lorde, that we whiche lyue, remayning vnto the comyng of the Lord, shall not preuent them which sleepe.
  • John 17:24 : 24 Father, I wyll that they which thou hast geuen me, be with me where I am, that they may see my glorie which thou hast geuen me. For thou louedst me, before the foundation of the world.
  • Acts 1:9 : 9 And when he had spoken these thynges, whyle they behelde, he was taken vp an hye, and a cloude receaued hym vp out of their syght.
  • Isa 60:19-20 : 19 The sunne shall neuer be thy day light, and the light of the moone shall neuer shine vnto thee: but the Lorde him selfe shalbe thyne euerlasting light, and thy God shalbe thy glory. 20 Thy sunne shall neuer go downe, and thy moone shall not be hid: for the Lorde hym selfe shalbe thyne euerlasting light, and thy sorowfull dayes shalbe ended.
  • Dan 7:13 : 13 I saw in visions by night, and behold there came one in the cloudes of heauen, lyke the sonne of man: which went vnto the aucient of dayes, before whom they brought him.
  • Matt 26:64 : 64 Iesus saith vnto him: thou hast said. Neuerthelesse, I saye vnto you, hereafter shall ye see the sonne of man sitting on the ryght hande of power, and commyng in the cloudes of the skye.
  • Ps 16:11 : 11 Thou wylt cause me to knowe the path of lyfe: in thy presence is the fulnesse of ioy, and at thy right hand there be pleasures for euermore.
  • Ps 17:15 : 15 But as for me, I will beholde thy face in ryghteousnesse: I shalbe satisfied when I awake vp after thy lykenesse.
  • 2 Cor 5:8 : 8 Neuerthelesse, we are of good comfort, and had rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lorde.
  • Phil 1:23 : 23 For I am in a strayte betwixt two, hauyng a desire to be loosed, and to be with Christ, which is much farre better.
  • Rev 1:7 : 7 Beholde, he commeth with cloudes, and all eyes shall see hym, and they also which pearsed hym: And all kinredes of the earth shall wayle before hym. Euen so. Amen.
  • Rev 21:3-7 : 3 And I hearde a great voyce out of heauen, saying: Beholde, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he wyll dwell with them, and they shalbe his people, and God hym selfe shalbe with them, and be their God. 4 And God shall wype away all teares from their eyes: and there shalbe no more death, neither sorowe, neither crying, neither shall there be any more payne, for the former thynges are gone. 5 And he that sate vpon the throne, said: Beholde, I make all thynges newe. And he sayde vnto me, write: for these wordes are faythfull and true. 6 And he sayde vnto me, it is done, I am Alpha and Omega, the begynnyng and the ende: I wyll geue to hym that is a thirst of the well of the water of lyfe freely. 7 He that ouercommeth, shall inherite all thynges, and I wyl be his God, and he shalbe my sonne.
  • Rev 22:3-5 : 3 And there shalbe no more curse, but the throne of God and the lambe shalbe in it: and his seruauntes shal serue hym. 4 And they shall see his face, & his name shalbe in their foreheades. 5 And there shalbe no nyght there, and they neede no candle, neither lyght of the sunne: for the Lorde God geueth them lyght, and they shall raigne for euermore.
  • 2 Cor 12:2-4 : 2 For I knew a ma in Christe, aboue xiiij. yeres ago, (whether he were in the body I can not tell, or whether he were out of the body, I can not tell, God knoweth) that he was taken vp into the thirde heauen: 3 And I knewe the same man (whether in the body or out of the body, I can not tell, God knoweth) 4 Howe that he was take vp into paradise, & hearde vnspeakeable wordes, which is not lawfull for man to vtter.
  • Acts 8:39 : 39 And assoone as they were come out of the water, the spirite of ye Lorde caught away Philip, that the Eunuche sawe hym no more. And he went on his way reioycyng.
  • Mark 14:62 : 62 And Iesus sayde, I am: And ye shall see the sonne of man sittyng on the ryght hande of power, and commyng in the cloudes of heauen.
  • Ps 49:15 : 15 But God wyll delyuer my soule from the place of hell: for he wyll receaue me. Selah.
  • Ps 73:24 : 24 Thou hast guyde me with thy counsayle: and after that thou receauedst me with glorie.
  • Isa 35:10 : 10 And the redeemed of the Lorde I say shall conuert and come to Sion with thankesgeuyng: euerlastyng ioy shall they haue, pleasure and gladnesse shalbe among them, and as for all sorowe and heauinesse it shall vanishe.
  • 1 Kgs 18:12 : 12 And assoone as I am gone from thee, the spirite of the Lorde shall carrie thee into some place that I do not knowe, and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he can not finde thee, he shall slay me: But I thy seruaunt feare the Lorde from my youth vp.
  • 2 Kgs 2:16 : 16 And saide vnto him: See, now there be with thy seruauntes fiftie strong men, let the go we pray thee & seeke thy maister: yf happly the spirite of the Lorde hath taken him vp, and cast him vpon some mountaine, or into some valley. And he saide: Ye shall send none.
  • Rev 21:22-23 : 22 And I sawe no temple therin: For the Lorde God almightie and the Lambe, are the temple of it. 23 And the citie hath no neede of the sunne, neither of the moone to lighten it: For the glorie of God dyd lighten it, and the Lambe is the lyght of it.
  • Rev 12:5 : 5 And she brought foorth a man chylde, which shoulde rule all nations with a rodde of yron: And her sonne was taken vp vnto God, and to his throne.
  • 2 Pet 3:13 : 13 Neuerthelesse, we accordyng to his promise, loke for a newe heauen, and a newe earth, wherein dwelleth ryghteousnesse.

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    15 For this say we vnto you in the worde of the Lorde, that we whiche lyue, remayning vnto the comyng of the Lord, shall not preuent them which sleepe.

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    8 Neuerthelesse, we are of good comfort, and had rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lorde.

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    2 For therfore sygh we, desiryng to be clothed with our house whiche is from heauen:

    3 So yet, yf that we be founde clothed, and not naked.

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  • 4 But ye brethren are not in darknesse, that that day shoulde ouertake you as a theefe.

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  • 10 When he shall come to be glorified in his saintes, and to be made marueylous in all them that beleue (because our testimonie toward you was beleued) in that day.

  • 20 But our conuersation is in heauen, from whence also we loke for the sauiour, the Lorde Iesus Christe:

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  • 4 Which comforted vs in all our tribulation, insomuch that we are able to comfort them which are in any maner trouble, with the comfort wherwith we our selues are comforted of God.

  • 8 And yf we be dead with Christe, we beleue that we shall also lyue with him:

  • 18 Therfore, they which are fallen in a slepe in Christe, are perisshed.

  • 17 Herein is the loue perfect in vs, that we shoulde haue boldnesse in the day of iudgement: For as he is, euen so are we in this worlde.

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  • 19 Yet a litle whyle, and the worlde shall see me no more: but ye shall see me, because I lyue, and ye shall lyue also.