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1 Thessalonians 4:14
For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, we also believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in Him.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Paul writes to the Thessalonian church, addressing their grief over deceased believers by grounding their hope in a logical argument from Christ's resurrection.
The words — πιστεύομεν (pisteuomen), "we believe," is present active indicative, first person plural — an ongoing active stance, not a one-time assent. The εἰ γὰρ ("if, for") construction frames the verse as a premise driving a conclusion.
The thread — Romans 8:11 rests the same logic on the Spirit of the One who raised Jesus; Isaiah 26:19 anticipates the resurrection of the dead in bodily language.
Why it lands — The verse is a logical claim, not a comfort formula: if you affirm Christ's resurrection, you must also affirm the resurrection of believers, or you must reject the premise. It asks the reader to test whether their belief in Christ's resurrection is genuine or merely verbal.
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The Greek words
King James Version
For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.
Cross-references
- Romans 8:11 And if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit, who lives in you.
- Philippians 3:20 But our citizenship is in heaven, and we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ,
- Isaiah 26:19 Your dead will live; their bodies will rise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust! For your dew is like the dew of the morning, and the earth will bring forth her dead.
- 2 Corinthians 4:13 And in keeping with what is written, “I believed, therefore I have spoken,” we who have the same spirit of faith also believe and therefore speak,
- 1 Thessalonians 4:13 Brothers, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you will not grieve like the rest, who are without hope.
- 1 Thessalonians 3:13 so that He may establish your hearts in blamelessness and holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all His saints. Amen.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:17 After that, we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will always be with the Lord.
- Revelation 1:18 the Living One. I was dead, and behold, now I am alive forever and ever! And I hold the keys of Death and of Hades.
- Revelation 14:13 And I heard a voice from heaven telling me to write, “Blessed are the dead—those who die in the Lord from this moment on.” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “they will rest from their labors, for their deeds will follow them.”
- Jude 1:14 Enoch, the seventh from Adam, also prophesied about them: “Behold, the Lord is coming with myriads of His holy ones