1 Thessalonians 4:14 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. ”

1 Thessalonians 4:14 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again - That is, if we believe this, we ought also to believe that those who have died in. the faith of Jesus will be raised from the dead. The meaning...
1 Thessalonians 4:14 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(12) For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in (d) Jesus will God (e) bring with him. (12) A reason for the confirmation, for seeing that the head is risen,...
1 Thessalonians 4:14 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Condition of the Dead. This paragraph is written to allay a misgiving which had arisen among the Thessalonian Christians that certain of their friends who had died would be deprived of their sh...
1 Thessalonians 4:14 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

For . Greek. gar . if . App-118. believe . App-150. rose again . App-178. even so them also . Read "so ( we believe) also that them". sleep . are fallen asleep. in Jesus . through (App...
1 Thessalonians 4:14 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

14 For if we believe. He assumes this axiom of our faith, that Christ was raised up from the dead, that we might be partakers of the same resurrection: from this he infers, that we shall live...
1 Thessalonians 4:14 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 2202 THE RESURRECTION 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 . I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope....
1 Thessalonians 4:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again - Ει γαρ· Seeing that we believe; kn...
1 Thessalonians 4:14 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Which sleep in Jesus— The state of the bodies of the pious dead in their graves is not only here, but in many other passages of scripture, described as a short sleep, compared with that eternal l...
1 Thessalonians 4:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. For if (not doubt: the indicative follows) - confirmation of 1 Thessalonians...
1 Thessalonians 4:14 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Exhortation to Purity and Brotherly Love. The Second Advent 1. 'You are already walking in the right path. I want you to advance in it more and more.' 3, 4. Translate, 'For this is a thing will...
1 Thessalonians 4:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

For if... — A reason for thinking that if the Thessalonians knew and believed the truth, they ought not to be so miserable. The “if” implies no doubt: “if we believe (as we do), then,” &c. — me...
1 Thessalonians 4:14 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 11 THE DEAD IN CHRIST 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 (R.V.) THE restlessness of the Thessalonians, which caused some of them to neglect their daily work, was the result of strained expectatio...
1 Thessalonians 4:14 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

United Now and Hereafter in the Lord 1 Thessalonians 4:9-18 It is suggested that God Himself is the teacher of love. Others may teach the lower classes in the school of grace, but the highest i...
1 Thessalonians 4:14 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

At this point in his letter the apostle turned to exhortation. Timothy's report concerning the Thessalonians' condition had indicated that they needed some words of kindly warning. The first subject...
1 Thessalonians 4:14 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(13) В¶ But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. (14) For if we believe that Jesus died and rose aga...
1 Thessalonians 4:14 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

REUNION IN ETERNITY ‘If we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also that are fallen asleep in Jesus will God bring with Him.’ 1 Thessalonians 4:14 The text discloses to us t...
1 Thessalonians 4:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For if we believe that Jesus died, and rose again ,.... As every Christian does, for both the death and resurrection of Christ are fundamental articles of faith; nothing is more certain or more comf...
1 Thessalonians 4:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. Ver. 14. Sleep in Jesus ] Dead in Christ. The union then is not dissolved by deat...
1 Thessalonians 4:14 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again Namely, 1st, In attestation of the truth of his doctrine, in which he taught expressly the immortality of the soul, Matthew 10:28 ; Luke 23:43 ; a...
1 Thessalonians 4:14 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

The end of Chapter 3 has encouraged their abounding love. Here the apostle adds to this the entreaty that they abound in obedience. No amount of love can make up for a disobedient walk, for love and...
1 Thessalonians 4:14 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

State of Departed Saints. A. D. 51. 13 But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, co...
1 Thessalonians 4:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

As in the former verse the apostle made use of the hope of the resurrection, as an argument against immoderate sorrow, so here he proves the resurrection by Christ's rising again, &c. For if we...
1 Thessalonians 4:14 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Coming of Christ for His Own ( 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 ). Paul assures the Thessalonians that those who have died in Christ will not be disadvantaged as against those who will be alive at His...
1 Thessalonians 4:14 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES 1 Thessalonians 4:13 . Them which are asleep. —The R.V. reading changes the perfect participle (“them who have fallen asleep and continue to sleep”) unto the prese...
1 Thessalonians 4:14 - Sermon Bible Commentary

1 Thessalonians 4:13-14 The Sleep of the Faithful Departed. St. Paul, in the text, speaks of the saints unseen as of those that "sleep in Jesus"; and Christians are wont to call their burial-grou...
1 Thessalonians 4:14 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

1 Thessalonians 4:13 . But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. You cannot help sorrowing, for...
1 Thessalonians 4:14 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Thessalonians 4:1 . We beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us the moral maxims of life and conduct, not only in word but also in writing, how ye...
1 Thessalonians 4:14 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION CONTENTS .—With this chapter the second portion of the Epistle—its practical application-commences. The apostle exhorts and entreats the Thessalonians to make progress in the Christi...
1 Thessalonians 4:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Information about the Resurrection of the Dead.
1 Thessalonians 4:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 15:12-23 ; 1 Corinthians 15:18 ; 1 Corinthians 15:23 ; 1 Thessalonians 3:13 ; 1 Thessalonians 4:13 ; 1 Thessalonians 4:17 ; 2 Corinthians 4:13 ; 2 Corinthians 4:14 ; 2 Thessalo...
1 Thessalonians 4:14 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

So — As God raised him. With him — With their living head.

1 Thessalonians 4:14 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 Thessalonians 4:14 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

1 Thessalonians 4:14 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Thessalonians 4:14 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 Thessalonians 4:14 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

1 Thessalonians 4:14 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

1 Thessalonians 4:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Thessalonians 4:14 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

1 Thessalonians 4:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Thessalonians 4:14 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Thessalonians 4:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Thessalonians 4:14 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Thessalonians 4:14 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Thessalonians 4:14 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Thessalonians 4:14 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Thessalonians 4:14 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

1 Thessalonians 4:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Thessalonians 4:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Thessalonians 4:14 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Thessalonians 4:14 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Thessalonians 4:14 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Thessalonians 4:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Thessalonians 4:14 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 Thessalonians 4:14 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Thessalonians 4:14 - Sermon Bible Commentary

1 Thessalonians 4:14 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

1 Thessalonians 4:14 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Thessalonians 4:14 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Thessalonians 4:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Thessalonians 4:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Thessalonians 4:14 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes