1Th 4:15-17 | ESV | STEP | For this we declare to you by a word from the Lord , that we who are alive , who are left until the coming of the Lord , will not precede those who have fallen asleep .

‏ 1 Thessalonians 4:15-17

15 For this we declare to you ^aby a word from the Lord, ^{▼▼Or by the word of the Lord} that ^cwe who are alive, who are left until ^dthe coming of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep. 16 For ^ethe Lord himself will descend ^ffrom heaven ^gwith a cry of command, with the voice of ^han archangel, and ⁱwith the sound of the trumpet of God. And ^jthe dead in Christ will rise first. 17 Then we who are alive, who are left, will be ^kcaught up together with them ^lin the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so ^mwe will always be with the Lord.