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1 Thessalonians 4:14

Lactantius Divine Institutes Book II

Man, therefore, was made from different and opposite substances, as the world itself was made from light and darkness, from life and death; and he has admonished us that these two things contend against each other in man: so that if the soul, which has its origin from God, gains the mastery, it is immortal, and lives in perpetual light; if, on the other hand, the body shall overpower the soul, and subject it to its dominion, it is in everlasting darkness and death.[178]

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 14. _FOR IF WE BELIEVE THAT JESUS DIED AND ROSE AGAIN_] ει γαρ. _Seeing that we believe_; knowing that the _resurrection_ of Christ is as fully authenticated as his death. _EVEN SO THEM_] It n...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    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 is no...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    IV. THE SEPARATED WALK AND THE BLESSED HOPE CHAPTER 4 _ 1. The separated walk 1 Thessalonians 4:1)_ 2. The coming of the Lord for His saints 1 Thessalonians 4:13)...

  • 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 share...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    THE SUMMONS TO PURITY (1 Thessalonians 4:1-8)...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    We do not wish you to be ignorant, brothers, about those who are asleep, because we do not wish you to sorrow as the rest of people do because they have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and...

  • 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-104. 1 Thessalo...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Section VI. The Coming of the Lord Jesus Ch. 1 Thessalonians 4:13 to 1 Thessalonians 5:11 This solemn topic, as we have already seen (note on ch. 1 Thessalonians 1:10, and Intro

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again_ The faith of a Christian man in its briefest and simplest form. So in Romans 10:9 the Apostle declares the faith that "saves" to be the belief of the...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    § 8. 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18. Concerning them that fall asleep Thessalonian faith had its “deficiencies” on the doctrinal as well as the practical side (see note introductory to last section). In rega...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    ΕἸ ΓᾺΡ ΠΙΣΤΕΎΟΜΕΝ ὍΤΙ ἸΗΣΟΥ͂Σ�. _For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again_: the faith of a Christian in its briefest statement (cf. 1 Corinthians 15:3 f.); the form of supposition, εἰ with pre...

  • Charles Rose Commentaries

    ΕΊ (G1487) если. Это слово вводит _conj._ 1 типа, так как смерть и воскресение Иисуса считаются истинными (RWP; GGBB, 694). ΓΆΡ (G1063) ибо, делает вывод из уеловия. ΠΙΣΤΕΎΟΜΕΝ _praes. ind. act. от_...

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    DISCOURSE: 2202 THE RESURRECTION 1 Thessalonians 4:13. 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. For, if w...

  • 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 life...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    TEXT (1 Thessalonians 4:14) 14 FOR IF WE BELIEVE THAT JESUS DIED AND ROSE AGAIN, EVEN SO THEM ALSO THAT ARE FALLEN ASLEEP IN JESUS WILL GOD BRING WITH HIM. Translation and Paraphrase 14. For since...

  • 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 , that the removal of...

  • Concordant Commentary on the New Testament by A. E. Knoch

    THE LORD'S PRESENCE 12 Paul gives us the true motive and incentive of a holy life and a steadfast faith. It springs from the overflow of love to our fellow saints and to all others as well. It looks f...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    WHICH SLEEP IN JESUS] better, 'that are fallen asleep through Jesus,' i.e. in communion with Him....

  • 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 willed by...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    WHEN JESUS CHRIST COMES 1 THE THESSALONIANS _IAN MACKERVOY_ A word list is at the end. It explains words with a *star by them. CHAPTER 4 HOW YOU OUGHT TO LIVE 4:1-8 V1 Brothers and sisters, y...

  • 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. — merely cl...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER 11 THE DEAD IN CHRIST 1 Thessalonians 4:13 (R.V.) THE restlessness of the Thessalonians, which caused some of them to neglect their daily work, was the result of strained expectations of Chr...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    Unlike some of the Corinthians (1 Corinthians 15:17-18), the Thessalonians did not doubt the fact of Christ's resurrection (εἰ of course implies no uncertainty). Paul assumes their faith in it and arg...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    περὶ τῶν κοιμωμένων....

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    UNITED NOW AND HEREAFTER IN THE LORD 1 Thessalonians 4:9 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 is reserve...

  • 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 i...

  • Gary Hampton Commentaries

    CHRIST'S RESURRECTION IS PROOF GOD CAN RAISE THE DEAD Belief in Christ's resurrection from the dead is central to the Christian's faith (1 Corinthians 15:1-4; 1 Corinthians 15:12-20). If Jesus had not...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    (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, t...

  • 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 agai...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    There is a special interest in examining the epistles to the Thessalonians, more particularly the first, because, in point of fact, it was the earliest of the letters of the apostles; and as the first...

  • 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 two bl...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    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 with hi...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    The apostle then turns to the dangers that beset the Thessalonians in consequence of their former habits (and which were still those of the persons that surrounded them), habits in direct contradictio...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole 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 comfort...

  • 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 death....

  • 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; and th...

  • Justin Edwards' Family Bible New Testament (1851)

    WILL GOD BRING WITH HIM; raise from the dead in glorious, immortal bodies, so that they as well as those that remain alive at Christ's coming, shall appear with him in glory. 1 Corinthians 15:51-54....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    INFORMATION ABOUT THE RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of 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....

  • Leslie 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 o...

  • Manly Luscombe Commentary on New Testament

    C. The problem about those who had died, 4:13-18 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. 14 Fo...

  • Mark Dunagan Commentaries

    “FOR IF WE BELIEVE THAT JESUS DIED AND ROSE AGAIN, EVEN SO THEM ALSO THAT ARE FALLEN ASLEEP IN JESUS WILL GOD BRING WITH HIM” “For”: Such ignorance and hopeless is inexcusable, for” _(Hendriksen p. 1...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    13-18 Here is comfort for the relations and friends of those who die in the Lord. Grief for the death of friends is lawful; we may weep for our own loss, though it may be their gain. Christianity doe...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The 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 BELIEV...

  • McGarvey and Pendleton Commentaries

    For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also that are fallen asleep in Jesus will God bring with him. [Paul here founds an affirmation on the intimate relation which exists betw...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    1 Thessalonians 4:14 For G1063 if G1487 believe G4100 (G5719) that G3754 Jesus G2424 died G599 (G5627

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so those also who are fallen asleep through Jesus will God bring with Him.' Paul's solution is simple. Jesus died and rose again. He defeated de...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THE COMING OF CHRIST FOR HIS OWN (1 THESSALONIANS 4:13). Paul assures the Thessalonians that those who have died in Christ will not be disadvantaged as against those who will be alive at His coming,...

  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

    1 Thessalonians 4:14. FOR IF WE BELIEVE. Paul goes on to explain the reason of the hope which should be entertained regarding departed Christians. It is founded on the universal and fundamental Christ...

  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

    _Comfort for the Bereaved concerning the Prospects of the Departed._ Paul had preached to the Thessalonians the doctrine of the Second Coming of Christ, and they had apparently taken up the impression...

  • Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament

    FOR IF WE BELIEVE (ε γαρ πιστευομεν). Condition of first class, assuming the death and resurrection of Jesus to be true.IN JESUS (δια του Ιησου). Literally, through or by means of Jesus. It is amp...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    1 Thessalonians 4:13 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-grounds ce...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    1 Thessalonians 4:13 The Apostle now turns to speak of Christian hope. It is a transition to a new and all-important theme the hope of the Christian in regard to the saints at the second coming of the...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    1 Thessalonians 4:14 The Intermediate State. I. Where are the saints? and what are they doing? And the Spirit answers, they "sleep in Jesus." Now you must not for a moment understand this expression...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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 you...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: The model walk of the believer. The hope of Christ's return. CHARACTERS: God, Christ. CONCLUSION: The design of the Gospel is to teach men not only what they should believe, but also how t...

  • 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 ou...

  • The Bible Study New Testament

    WE BELIEVE. His argument is: We believe that Jesus raised from death; _therefore,_ we believe the dead will be raised through Christ when he Comes....

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    1 THESSALONIANS—NOTE ON 1 THESSALONIANS 4:14 ROSE AGAIN. Christ’s resurrection is the center of God’s plan for history. It is the believer’s basis for hope in the future resurrection of the body ...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    1 THESSALONIANS—NOTE ON 1 THESSALONIANS 4:13 Paul answers the Thessalonians’ questions about Christians who die before Jesus returns. ⇐...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    1 THESSALONIANS—NOTE ON 1 THESSALONIANS 4:1 Instruction and Exhortation. Paul gives instructions on pleasing God (1 Thessalonians 4:1), the seco

  • The 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 present, “t...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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 Christian life,...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Let's turn to first Thessalonians chapter four. Paul the apostle was called of God by the Spirit to go to Macedonia, as he saw in a vision a man from Macedonia saying, "Come over and help us." It was...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Corinthians 15:12; 1 Corinthians 15:18; 1 Corinthians 15:23; 1 Thessalonians 3:13;...

  • Vincent's Word Studies in the New Testament (4 Volume Set)

    Them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him [κ α ι ο θ ε ο ς τ ο υ ς κ ο ι μ η θ ε ν τ α ς δ ι α τ ο υ ι η σ ο υ α ξ ε ι σ υ ν α υ τ ω]. (1) Which sleep should be, which have been laid asl...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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

  • William Burkitt's Expository Notes

    St. Paul having, in the foregoing verse, dissuaded from immoderate grief and sorrow for the death of relations, comes now to lay down several considerations or consolatory arguments in order to it. Th...

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