Preach the Word

(A)I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, (B)who is to judge the living and the dead, and by (C)his appearing and his kingdom:

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but they will give account to him who is ready (A)to judge the living and the dead.

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For to this end Christ (A)died and lived again, that he might be Lord both (B)of the dead and of the living.

10 Why do you pass judgment on your brother? Or you, why do you despise your brother? For (C)we will all stand before (D)the judgment seat of God;

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15 For this we declare to you (A)by a word from the Lord,[a] that (B)we who are alive, who are left until (C)the coming of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Thessalonians 4:15 Or by the word of the Lord

17 Then we who are alive, who are left, will be (A)caught up together with them (B)in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so (C)we will always be with the Lord.

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