RSV ~ 1 Thessalonians 4 v11

13 But we would not have you ignorant, brethren, concerning those who areasleep, that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope.

14 For since we believe thatJesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep.

5 For this we declare to you by the word of the Lord, thatwe who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, shall not precede those who have fallen asleep.

16 For theLord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the archangel’s call, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first;

17 then we who are alive, who are left, shall becaught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air; and so we shall always be with the Lord.

18 Therefore comfort one another with these words.

1 Thessalonians 5

1 But as tothe times and the seasons, brethren, you have no need to have anything written to you.

2 For you yourselves know well that theday of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.

3 When people say, “There ispeace and security,” then sudden destruction will come upon them as labor pains come upon a woman with child, and there will be no escape.

4 But you are not in darkness, brethren, for that day to surprise you like a thief.

5 For you are allsons of light and sons of the day; we are not of the night or of darkness.

6 So then let us not sleep, as others do, but let us keep awake and be sober.

7 For those who sleep sleep at night, and those who get drunk are drunk at night.

8 But, since we belong to the day, let us be sober, and put on thebreastplate of faith and love, and for a helmet the hope of salvation.

9 For God has not destined us for wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,

10 who died for us so that whether we wake or sleep we might live with him.

11 Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing.