16 For the Lord (A)Himself (B)will descend from heaven with a [a](C)shout, with the voice of (D)the archangel and with the (E)trumpet of God, and (F)the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 Then (G)we who are alive [b]and remain will be (H)caught up together with them (I)in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we shall always (J)be with the Lord. 18 Therefore comfort one another with these words.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Thessalonians 4:16 Or cry of command
  2. 1 Thessalonians 4:17 Lit who