1 Thessalonians 4:17

Catholic Public Domain Version

Next, we who are alive, who are remaining, shall be taken up quickly together with them into the clouds to meet Christ in the air. And in this way, we shall be with the Lord always.

Cross References

1 Kings 18:12

And when I will have departed from you, the Spirit of the Lord will transport you to a place that I do not know. And entering, I will report to Ahab. And he, not finding you, will put me to death. Yet your servant has feared the Lord from his infancy.

2 Kings 2:11

And as they continued on, they were conversing while walking. And behold, a fiery chariot with fiery horses divided the two. And Elijah ascended by a whirlwind into heaven.

2 Kings 2:16

And they said to him, "Behold, with your servants there are fifty strong men, who are able to go forth and to seek your lord. For perhaps, the Spirit of the Lord has taken him up and cast him upon some mountain, or into some valley." But he said, "Do not send them."

Psalm 16:11

They have cast me out, and now they have surrounded me. They have cast their eyes down to the earth.

Psalm 17:15

And he sent forth his arrows and scattered them. He multiplied lightnings, and he set them in disarray.

Psalm 49:15

And call upon me in the day of tribulation. I will rescue you, and you will honor me.

Isaiah 35:10

And the redeemed of the Lord will be converted, and they will return to Zion with praising. And everlasting joy will be upon their heads. They will obtain gladness and rejoicing. For pain and sorrow will flee away.

Daniel 7:13

I watched, therefore, in the vision of the night, and behold, with the clouds of heaven, one like a son of man arrived, and he approached all the way to the ancient of days, and they presented him before him.

Matthew 26:64

Jesus said to him: "You have said it. Yet truly I say to you, hereafter you shall see the Son of man sitting at the right hand of the power of God, and coming on the clouds of heaven."

Mark 14:62

Then Jesus said to him: "I am. And you shall see the Son of man sitting at the right hand of the power of God and arriving with the clouds of heaven."

John 12:26

If anyone serves me, let him follow me. And where I am, there too my minister shall be. If anyone has served me, my Father will honor him.

John 14:3

And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will return again, and then I will take you to myself, so that where I am, you also may be.

John 17:24

Father, I will that where I am, those whom you have given to me may also be with me, so that they may see my glory which you have given to me. For you loved me before the founding of the world.

Acts 1:9

And when he had said these things, while they were watching, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him from their sight.

Acts 8:39

And when they had ascended from the water, the Spirit of the Lord took Philip away, and the eunuch did not see him anymore. Then he went on his way, rejoicing.

1 Corinthians 15:52

in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will rise up, incorruptible. And we shall be transformed.

2 Corinthians 5:8

So we are confident, and we have the good will to be on a pilgrimage in the body, so as to be present to the Lord.

Philippians 1:23

For I am constrained between the two: having a desire to be dissolved and to be with Christ, which is the far better thing,

1 Thessalonians 3:13

in order to confirm your hearts without blame, in sanctity, before God our Father, unto the return of our Lord Jesus Christ, with all his saints. Amen.

1 Thessalonians 4:15

For we say this to you, in the Word of the Lord: that we who are alive, who remain until the return of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep.

1 Thessalonians 4:18

Therefore, console one another with these words.

1 Thessalonians 5:10

who died for us, so that, whether we watch, or whether we sleep, we may live in union with him.

2 Peter 3:13

Yet truly, in accord with his promises, we are looking forward to the new heavens and the new earth, in which justice lives.

Revelation 1:7

Behold, he arrives with the clouds, and every eye shall see him, even those who pierced him. And all the tribes of the earth shall lament for themselves over him. Even so. Amen.

Revelation 11:12

And they heard a great voice from heaven, saying to them, "Ascend to here!" And they ascended into heaven on a cloud. And their enemies saw them.

Revelation 12:5

And she brought forth a male child, who was soon to rule all the nations with an iron rod. And her son was taken up to God and to his throne.