1 Thessalonians 4:16-17

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16} For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout,^(a)^(A) with the archangel’s^(B) voice, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ^(C) will rise first. ^{Tools
17} Then^(D) we who are still alive will be caught up together with them in the clouds^(E) to meet the Lord in the air and so we will always be with the Lord.

Footnotes:

a. 1 Thessalonians 4:16: Or command

Cross references:

A. 1 Thessalonians 4:16: John 5:25

B. 1 Thessalonians 4:16: Jude 1:9

C. 1 Thessalonians 4:16: Romans 16:7; 1 Corinthians 15:18; 1 Peter 5:14; Revelation 14:13; Revelation 20:5

D. 1 Thessalonians 4:17: 1 Corinthians 15:23; 1 Corinthians 15:51-52

E. 1 Thessalonians 4:17: Matthew 26:64