1 Thessalonians 4:15 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹⁵For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.

1 Thessalonians 4:15 —

Old words in this verse

prevent: — go before, come ahead of.

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 15:51-53
Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, …
2 Corinthians 4:14
Knowing that he which raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise up us also by Jesus, and shall present us with you.
1 Thessalonians 2:19
For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Are not even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming?
1 Kings 13:17-18
For it was said to me by the word of the LORD, Thou shalt eat no bread nor drink water there, nor turn again to go by the way that thou camest. …

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 13-18)

In these words the apostle comforts the Thessalonians who mourned for the death of their relations and friends that died in the Lord. His design is to dissuade them from excessive grief, or inordinate sorrow, on that account. All grief for the death of friends is far from being unlawful; we may weep at least for ourselves if we do not weep for them, weep for own loss, though it may be their fain.…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 15)

15. by the word of the Lord--Greek, “in,” that is, in virtue of a direct revelation from the Lord to me. So 1Ki 20:35. This is the “mystery,” a truth once hidden, now revealed, which Paul shows (1Co 15:51, 52). prevent--that is, “anticipate.” So far were the early Christians from regarding their departed brethren as anticipating them in entering glory, that they needed to be assured that those who…