and to wait for the coming of his Son from heaven ??the Son whom he raised from the dead, Jesus who rescues us from the Wrath to come.

no, God has attested our fitness to be entrusted with the gospel, and so we tell the gospel not to satisfy men but to satisfy the God who tests our hearts.

to lead a life worthy of the God who called you to his own realm and glory.

who killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets, who harassed ourselves, who offend God and oppose all men

For who is our hope, our joy, our crown of pride (who but you?) in the presence of our Lord Jesus on his arrival?

hence, he who disregards this, disregards not man but the God who gave you his holy Spirit.

We would like you, brothers, to understand about those who are asleep in death. You must not grieve for them, like the rest of men who have no hope.

Since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, then it follows that by means of Jesus God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep.

For we tell you, as the Lord has told us, that we the living, who survive till the Lord comes, are by no means to take precedence of those who have fallen asleep.

then we the living, who survive, will be caught up along with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we shall be with the Lord for ever.

but we must be sober, we who belong to the day, clad in faith and love as our coat of mail, with the hope of salvation as our helmet ??9 for God destined us not for Wrath but to gain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,

who died for us that waking in life or sleeping in death we should live together with him.

Brothers, we beg you to respect those who are working among you, presiding over you in the Lord and maintaining discipline;

He who calls you is faithful, he will do this.