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16 For the Lord Himself will come down from heaven with a shout of command, with the voice of the [a]archangel and with the [blast of the] trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 Then we who are alive and remain [on the earth] will simultaneously be caught up (raptured) together with them [the resurrected ones] in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord!(A) 18 Therefore comfort and encourage one another with these words [concerning our reunion with believers who have died].

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Thessalonians 4:16 Only Michael is identified as an archangel (Dan 10:13; Jude 9).

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