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What are related verses?

Related passages to 1 Thessalonians 4:17 include Deuteronomy 7:9, Malachi 3:6, 1 Thessalonians 4:16, 1 Thessalonians 4:18, and 1 Thessalonians 3, and more.

1 Thessalonians 4:17 (ASV)

Passage

then we that are alive, that are left, shall together with them be caught up in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.

Nearby Context

1 Thessalonians 4:15 For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we that are alive, that are left unto the coming of the Lord, shall in no wise precede them that are fallen asleep.

1 Thessalonians 4:16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven, with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first;

1 Thessalonians 4:17 then we that are alive, that are left, shall together with them be caught up in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.

1 Thessalonians 4:18 Wherefore comfort one another with these words.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "alive", "left", "shall", "together", "caught", "clouds", "meet", and "lord". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "alive" and "left", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 16's "For the Lord himself shall descend from..." into verse 18's "Wherefore comfort one another with these words...", so "alive" and "left" belong inside that flow. In 1 Thessalonians context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "alive" and "left" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.