Now, dear brothers and sisters, let us clarify some things about the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and how we will be gathered to meet him.
Parallel translations
- WEB Now, brothers, concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and our gathering together to him, we ask you
- KJV Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him,
- BSB Now concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered together to Him, we ask you, brothers,
- NKJV Now, brethren, concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to Him, we ask you,
- NASB Now we ask you, brothers and sisters, regarding the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to Him,
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Quick answer
Paul turns to the central concern of the letter: the coming of the Lord Jesus and the gathering of believers to him. He writes to correct confusion about end-time events.
Overview
The "coming" (parousia) and "our gathering together to him" refer to Christ's return and the assembling of his people to meet him (1 Thessalonians 4:16-17). This appeal sets up Paul's correction of a false teaching that had unsettled the church. He addresses them tenderly as "brothers," pastorally steadying an anxious congregation.
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- 1 Th 4:14–17For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep in Jesus.
- Mark 13:27Then he will send out his angels, and will gather together his chosen ones from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of the sky.
- Matt 24:31He will send out his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather together his chosen ones from the four winds, from one end of the sky to the other.
- 1 Th 3:13to the end he may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.
- 1 Th 2:19For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Isn’t it even you, before our Lord Jesus at his coming?
- 2 Tim 4:1I command you therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who will judge the living and the dead at his appearing and his Kingdom:
- Matt 25:32Before him all the nations will be gathered, and he will separate them one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.
- Eph 1:10to an administration of the fullness of the times, to sum up all things in Christ, the things in the heavens, and the things on the earth, in him;
- Gen 49:10The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, until he comes to whom it belongs. To him will the obedience of the peoples be.
- Rom 12:1Therefore I urge you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service.
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