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(NASU) But we do not want you to be uninformed, brethren,
about those who are asleep, so that you will not grieve
as do the rest who have no hope. 14 For if we believe
that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring
with Him those who have fallen asleep in Jesus.
15 For
this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who
are alive and remain 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 shout, with the voice
of [the] archangel and with the trumpet of God, and the
dead in Christ will rise first. 17 Then we who are alive and
remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds
to meet the Lord in the air, and so we shall always be
with the Lord. 18 Therefore comfort one another with these
words.