1 Thessalonians 5:10 (DBY)

Passage

who has died for us, that whether we may be watching or sleep, we may live together with him.

Nearby Context

1 Thessalonians 5:8 but *we* being of [the] day, let us be sober, putting on [the] breastplate of faith and love, and as helmet [the] hope of salvation;

1 Thessalonians 5:9 because God has not set us for wrath, but for obtaining salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,

1 Thessalonians 5:10 who has died for us, that whether we may be watching or sleep, we may live together with him.

1 Thessalonians 5:11 Wherefore encourage one another, and build up each one the other, even as also ye do.

1 Thessalonians 5:12 But we beg you, brethren, to know those who labour among you, and take the lead among you in [the] Lord, and admonish you,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "died", "whether", "watching", "sleep", "live", and "together". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "died" and "whether", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 9's "because God has not set us for..." into verse 11's "Wherefore encourage one another and build up...", so "died" and "whether" 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 "died" and "whether" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.