1 Thessalonians 4:17 (DRB)

Passage

Wherefore, comfort ye one another with these words.

Nearby Context

1 Thessalonians 4:15 For the Lord himself shall come down from heaven with commandment and with the voice of an archangel and with the trumpet of God: and the dead who are in Christ shall rise first.

1 Thessalonians 4:16 Then we who are alive, who are left, shall be taken up together with them in the clouds to meet Christ, into the air: and so shall we be always with the Lord.

1 Thessalonians 4:17 Wherefore, comfort ye one another with these words.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "wherefore", "comfort", "another", and "words". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "wherefore" and "comfort", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The prior verse says "Then we who are alive who are...", giving immediate footing for "wherefore" and "comfort". In 1 Thessalonians context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

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