1 Thessalonians 4:16 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:”
1 Thessalonians 4:16 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
1 Thessalonians 4:16 in 6 Bible Translations
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1 Thessalonians 4:16 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with God’s trumpet. The dead in Christ will rise first,”
1 Thessalonians 4:16 — World English Bible
1 Thessalonians 4:16 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven, with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first; ”
1 Thessalonians 4:16 — American Standard Version
1 Thessalonians 4:16 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“because the Lord himself, in a shout, in the voice of a chief-messenger, and in the trump of God, shall come down from heaven, and the dead in Christ shall rise first,”
1 Thessalonians 4:16 — Young's Literal Translation
1 Thessalonians 4:16 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“for the Lord himself, with an assembling shout, with archangel's voice and with trump ofGod, shall descend from heaven; and the dead in Christ shall rise first; ”
1 Thessalonians 4:16 — Darby Translation
1 Thessalonians 4:16 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“For the Lord himselfe shall descende from heauen with a shoute, and with the voyce of the Archangel, and with the trumpet of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:”
1 Thessalonians 4:16 — Geneva Bible
1 Thessalonians 4:16 in Context — 1 Thessalonians 4
14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.
15 For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.
16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
18 Wherefore comfort one another with these words.
What Does 1 Thessalonians 4:16 Mean?
1 Thessalonians 4:16 is a verse from the Book of 1 Thessalonians, part of the New Testament. It appears in 1 Thessalonians chapter 4. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Greek.
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