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1 Thessalonians 4:17

In 1 Thessalonians 4 of 1 Thessalonians.

Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.

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ἔπειταepeitaThenἔπειταadverb — “Then”G1899then, thereafter, afterwards.This verse uses “then”.ThenἡμεῖςhēmeisIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, nominative, plural — “I”, the subject formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).weοἱhoiwhichὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, masculine — “which”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.whichζῶντεςzōntesare aliveζάω (zaō)verb, present active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “are alive”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2198I live, am alive.are aliveοἱhoitheὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.περιλειπόμενοιperileipomenoiand remainπεριλείπομαι (perileipomai)verb, present passive participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “and remain”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4035I leave behind; pass: I am left behind, remain, survive.and remainἅμαhamatogetherἅμαadverb — “together”G260at the same time, therewith, along with, together with.togetherσὺνsunwithσύνpreposition — “with”G4862with.withαὐτοῖςautoisthemαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, dative, plural, masculine — “them”, the to- or for-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.This verse uses “them”.themἁρπαγησόμεθαharpagēsomethato seizeἁρπάζω (harpazō)verb, future passive indicative, 1st person plural — “to seize”, an action still aheadG726I seize, snatch, obtain by robbery.This verse uses “seize”.ἐνeninἐνpreposition — “in”G1722in, on, among.inνεφέλαιςnephelaiscloudsνεφέλη (nephelē)noun, dative, plural, feminine — “clouds”, the to- or for-formG3507a cloud.the cloudsεἰςeistoεἰςpreposition — “to”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.toἀπάντησινapantēsinmeetἀπάντησις (apantēsis)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “meet”, the object formG529the act of meeting, to meet (a phrase seemingly almost technical for the reception of a newly arrived official).This verse uses “meet”.meetτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.κυρίουkuriouLordκύριος (kurios)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “Lord”, the of-formG2962lord, master, sir; the Lord.This verse uses “lord”.the Lordεἰςeisinεἰςpreposition — “in”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.inἀέραaeraairἀήρ (aēr)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “air”, the object formG109air, the lower air we breathe.the airκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andοὕτωςhoutōssoοὕτω(ς)adverb — “so”G3779thus, so, in this manner.soπάντοτεpantoteeverπάντοτεadverb — “ever”G3842always, at all times, ever.everσὺνsunwithσύνpreposition — “with”G4862with.withκυρίῳkuriōLordκύριος (kurios)noun, dative, singular, masculine — “Lord”, the to- or for-formG2962lord, master, sir; the Lord.This verse uses “lord”.the Lordἐσόμεθαesomethato beεἰμί (eimi)verb, future middle indicative, 1st person plural — “to be”, an action still aheadG1510I am, exist.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

then we who are living, who are remaining over, together with them shall be caught away in clouds to meet the Lord in air, and so always with the Lord we shall be;

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American Standard Version (1901)

then we that are alive, that are left, shall together with them be caught up in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.

Young’s Literal Translation

then we who are living, who are remaining over, together with them shall be caught away in clouds to meet the Lord in air, and so always with the Lord we shall be;

World English Bible

then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. So we will be with the Lord forever.

Darby Translation

then we , the living who remain, shall be caught up together with them in [the] clouds, to meet the Lord in [the] air; and thus we shall be always with [the] Lord.

Douay-Rheims

Wherefore, comfort ye one another with these words.

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