1 THESSALONIANS 4:18 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“Wherefore comfort one another with these words.”
Therefore encourage one another with these words — the vision is consolatory (parakaleo), designed to comfort those grieving deceased brothers. Eschatological hope is not abstract doctrine but pastoral balm. The community is urged to mutual exhortation grounded in Christ's triumph over death.
Church Fathers on 1 Thessalonians 4:18
If He is about to descend, on what account shall we be caught up? For the sake of honor. For when a king drives into a city, those who are in honor go out to meet him; but the condemned await the judge within. And upon the coming of an affectionate father, his children indeed, and those who are worthy to be his children, are taken out in a chariot, that they may see and kiss him; but those of the domestics who have offended remain within. We are carried upon the chariot of…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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