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But we would not have you ignorant ,
brethren ,
concerning those who are asleep ,
that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope .
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For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again ,
even so ,
through Jesus ,
God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep .
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For this we declare to you by the word of the Lord ,
that we who are alive ,
who are left until the coming of the Lord ,
shall not precede those who have fallen asleep .
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For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command ,
with the archangel '
s call ,
and with the sound of the trumpet of God .
And the dead in Christ will rise first ;
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then we who are alive ,
who are left ,
shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air ;
and so we shall always be with the Lord .
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Therefore comfort one another with these words .