1 Thessalonians 4:17

Easy To Read Version

After that, we people who are still alive at that time will be gathered up with those people who have died. We will be taken up in the clouds and meet the Lord in the air. And we will be with the Lord forever.

Cross References

1 Kings 18:12

If I go tell King Ahab that you are here, then the Lord might carry you to some other place. King Ahab will come here, and he will not be able to find you. Then he will kill me! I have followed the Lord since I was a boy.

2 Kings 2:11

Elijah and Elisha were walking and talking together. Suddenly, some horses and a chariot [11] came and separated Elijah from Elisha. The horses and the chariot were like fire! Then Elijah was carried up into heaven in a whirlwind.

2 Kings 2:16

They said to him, “Look, we have 50 good men. Please let them go and look for your master. Maybe the Lord’s Spirit has taken Elijah up and dropped him on some mountain or in some valley.”

Psalm 16:11

You will teach me the right way to live.\par Just being with you, Lord, will bring\par complete happiness.\par Being at your right side will bring\par happiness forever.\par

Psalm 17:15

\{I prayed for\} fairness.\par So I will see your face, Lord.\par And seeing you, Lord, {\cf2\super [93]} \par I will be fully satisfied.\par

Psalm 49:15

But God will pay the price\par and save my life. {\cf2\super [296]} \par He will save me\par from the power of the grave\par when he takes me \{to be with him\}!\par \i (SELAH {\cf2\super [297]})\i0 \par

Psalm 73:24

God, you lead me and give me good advice.\par And later you will lead me to glory. {\cf2\super [418]} \par

Isaiah 35:10

God will make his people free! And those people will come back to him. The people will be happy when they come into Zion. {\cf2\super [333]} The people will be happy forever. Their happiness will be like a crown on their heads. Their gladness and joy will fill them completely. Sorrow and sadness will be gone far, far away.

Daniel 7:13

“In my vision at night I looked, and there in front of me was a person that looked like a human being. {\cf2\super [78]} He was coming on the clouds in the sky. He came to the Ancient King, {\cf2\super [79]} and they brought him before him.

Matthew 26:64

Jesus answered, “Yes, I am. But I tell you, in the future you will see the Son of Man {\cf2\super [418]} sitting at the right side of God. And you will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven.”

Mark 14:62

Jesus answered, “Yes, I am the Son of God. And in the future you will see the Son of Man {\cf2\super [219]} sitting at the right side of the Great One (God). And you will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven.”

John 12:26

The person that serves me must follow me. Then my servant will be with me everywhere I am. My Father will give honor to people that serve me.

John 14:3

After I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back. Then I will take you with me, so that you can be where I am.

John 17:24

“Father, I want these people that you have given me to be with me in every place I am. I want them to see my glory. This is the glory you gave me because you loved me before the world was made.

Acts 1:9

After Jesus told the apostles {\cf2\super [6]} these things, he was lifted up into the sky. While the apostles were watching, Jesus went into a cloud, and they could not see him.

Acts 8:39

When they came up out of the water, the Spirit {\cf2\super [182]} of the Lord took Philip away; the officer never saw him again. The officer continued on his way home. He was very happy.

1 Corinthians 15:52

It will only take the time of a second. We will be changed as quickly as an eye blinks. This will happen when the last trumpet blows. The trumpet will blow and those \{believers\} who have died will be raised to live forever. And we \{also\} will all be changed.

2 Corinthians 5:8

So I say that we have confidence. And we really want to be away from this body and be at home with the Lord.

Philippians 1:23

It is hard to choose between living or dying. I want to leave this life and be with Christ. That is much better.

1 Thessalonians 3:13

We pray this so that your hearts will be made strong. Then you will be holy {\cf2\super [11]} and without fault before our God and Father when our Lord Jesus comes with all his holy people.

1 Thessalonians 4:15

What we tell you now is the Lord’s own message. We who are living now might still be living when the Lord comes again. We who are living at that time will be with the Lord, but not before those people who have already died.

1 Thessalonians 4:18

So encourage each other with these words.

1 Thessalonians 5:10

Jesus died for us so that we can live together with him. It is not important if we are alive or dead \{when Jesus comes\}.

2 Peter 3:13

But God made a promise to us. And we are waiting for what he promised—a new sky and a new earth. That will be the place where goodness lives.

Revelation 1:7

Look, Jesus is coming with the clouds! Every person will see him, even the people who pierced {\cf2\super [4]} him. All people of the earth will cry loudly because of him. Yes, this will happen! Amen. {\cf2\super [5]}

Revelation 11:12

Then the two prophets heard a loud voice from heaven say, “Come up here!” And the two prophets went up into heaven in a cloud. Their enemies watched them go.

Revelation 12:5

The woman gave birth to a son, a male child. He will rule all the nations with an iron rod. And her child was taken up to God and to his throne.