1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 - The Comfort Of The Lord's Return

¹³ But I would not have you ignorant, brothers, about those who are falling asleep. You must not sorrow like other men, who have no hope. ¹⁴ For if we really believe that Jesus died and rose again, so even so will God through Jesus bring with him those also who have fallen asleep. ¹⁵ For this I tell you by the word of the Lord, that we who are living, who survive unto the coming of the Lord, will in no wise precede those who have fallen asleep. ¹⁶ For the Lord himself with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God will descend from heaven. Then the dead in Christ will rise first. ¹⁷ And afterwards we who are alive, who remain, shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air; and so shall we ever be with the Lord. ¹⁸ So comfort one another with these words.