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1 Thessalonians 5:10

He died for us so that, whether we are awake or asleep, we may live together with Him.
1 Thessalonians 5:10 · Berean Standard Bible
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  • WEB who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.
  • KJV Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.
  • NKJV who died for us, that whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with Him.
  • NASB who died for us, so that whether we are awake or asleep, we will live together with Him.
  • NLT Christ died for us so that, whether we are dead or alive when he returns, we can live with him forever.

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Christ died for us so that, whether alive or dead when He returns, all believers will share life together with Him.

Overview

Paul grounds Christian hope and assurance in the substitutionary death of Christ, who died "for us." The contrast of "wake or sleep" recalls the living and the dead believers discussed earlier (4:13-17), assuring both that they will live with Christ. The aim of Christ's atoning death is union and shared life with Him, a fellowship that death cannot break.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 18

  • Rom 14:8–9If 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 Pet 3:18For 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,
  • Matt 20:28just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.”
  • Eph 5:2and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant sacrificial offering to God.
  • 2 Cor 5:15And 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.
  • Titus 2:14He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds.
  • Rom 8:34Who 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.
  • 1 Th 4:17After 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.
  • John 15:13Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.
  • Rom 5:6–8For at just the right time, while we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly.
  • 1 Pet 2:24He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. “By His stripes you are healed.”
  • 2 Cor 5:21God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.
  • John 10:11I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.
  • 1 Tim 2:6who gave Himself as a ransom for all—the testimony that was given at just the right time.
  • 1 Th 4:13Brothers, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you will not grieve like the rest, who are without hope.
  • 1 Cor 15:3For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,
  • John 10:15just as the Father knows Me and I know the Father. And I lay down My life for the sheep.
  • John 10:17The reason the Father loves Me is that I lay down My life in order to take it up again.

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