1 Thessalonians 4:17 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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.”
1 Thessalonians 4:17 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
1 Thessalonians 4:17 in 6 Bible Translations
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1 Thessalonians 4:17 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. So we will be with the Lord forever.”
1 Thessalonians 4:17 — World English Bible
1 Thessalonians 4:17 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“then we that are alive, that are left, shall together with them be caught up in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. ”
1 Thessalonians 4:17 — American Standard Version
1 Thessalonians 4:17 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“then we who are living, who are remaining over, together with them shall be caught away in clouds to meet the Lord in air, and so always with the Lord we shall be;”
1 Thessalonians 4:17 — Young's Literal Translation
1 Thessalonians 4:17 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“then we, the living who remain, shall be caught up together with them in [the] clouds, to meet the Lord in [the] air; and thus we shall be always with [the] Lord. ”
1 Thessalonians 4:17 — Darby Translation
1 Thessalonians 4:17 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Then shall we which liue and remaine, be caught vp with them also in the clouds, to meete the Lord in the ayre: and so shall we euer be with the Lord.”
1 Thessalonians 4:17 — Geneva Bible
1 Thessalonians 4:17 in Context — 1 Thessalonians 4
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 4:17 Mean?
1 Thessalonians 4:17 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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