Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
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Gill's Exposition
Then we which are alive and remain,.... See Gill on Th1 4:15.
shall be caught up; suddenly, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, and with force and power; by the power of Christ, and by the…
Barnes' Notes
Then we which are alive - Those who shall then be alive; see 1Th 4:15. The word here rendered “then” (ἔπειτα epeita), does not necessarily mean that this would occur immediately. It properly marks…
In these words the apostle comforts the Thessalonians who mourned for the death of their relations and friends that died in the Lord. His design is to dissuade them from excessive grief, or inordinate…
Cambridge Bible
then we which are alive and remain Better, we that are alive, that remain (or survive). The phrase of 1Th 4:15 repeated; see note. The Apostle distinguishes, as in 1Co 15:51-52, between those "living"…
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