¹⁵ For this we declare to you ^(A)by a word from the Lord,^[a] that ^(B)we who are alive, who are left until ^(C)the coming of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep.

¹⁷ Then we who are alive, who are left, will be ^(A)caught up together with them ^(B)in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so ^(C)we will always be with the Lord.