1 THESSALONIANS 4:15 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.”
For this we declare to you by a word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep — the 'word of the Lord' (logos kyriou) may allude to a logion of the risen Jesus or a revelation to Paul; it carries apostolic authority. The living will not arrive at the parousia before the dead; God's justice ensures they are gathered simultaneously.
Church Fathers on 1 Thessalonians 4:15
Speaking concerning the faithful, and them “which are fallen asleep in Christ” 1 Corinthians 15:18; and again, “the dead shall rise in Christ.” Since his discourse is not concerning the Resurrection only, but both concerning the Resurrection and concerning the honor in glory; all then shall partake of a Resurrection, he says, but not all shall be in glory, only those in Christ. Since therefore he wishes to comfort them, he comforts them not with this only, but also with the…
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