Bible Strands
1 Thessalonians 5:10
He died for us so that, whether we are awake or asleep, we may live together with Him.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The apostle Paul addresses the Thessalonian church, placing this statement between his declaration of their salvation appointment in 1 Thessalonians 5:9 and his command to mutual encouragement in 1 Thessalonians 5:11.
The words — ἀποθανόντος (apothanontos) = having died; ὑπὲρ (huper) = for. The grammar ties Christ's completed death directly to the purpose clause ἵνα (ina) = so that.
The thread — The substitutionary death securing shared life with God runs through Matthew 20:28, 1 Peter 3:18, and Romans 14:8.
Why it lands — The text states that physical conditions like wakefulness or sleep do not break the shared life with Christ secured by His death. This requires a reader to treat that secured life as the factual ground for the immediate command to encourage others.
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The Greek words
King James Version
Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.
Cross-references
- Romans 14:8 If we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. So whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.
- 1 Peter 3:18 For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit,
- Matthew 20:28 just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.”
- 2 Corinthians 5:15 And He died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves, but for Him who died for them and was raised again.
- Ephesians 5:2 and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant sacrificial offering to God.
- John 15:13 Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.
- Romans 5:6 For at just the right time, while we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly.
- Romans 8:34 Who is there to condemn us? For Christ Jesus, who died, and more than that was raised to life, is at the right hand of God—and He is interceding for us.
- 2 Corinthians 5:21 God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.
- 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.