1 Thessalonians 4:14

“For if we believe that Jesus died, and rose again, etc.] As every Christian does, for both the death and resurrection of Christ are fundamental articles of faith; nothing is more certain or more comfortable, and more firmly to be believed, than that Christ died for the sins of his people, and rose again for their justification; on these depend the present peace, joy, and comfort of the saints, and their everlasting salvation and happiness: and no less certain and comfortable, and as surely to be believed, is what follows, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. The saints that are dead are not only represented as asleep, as before, but as “asleep in Jesus”; to…”

“For if--confirmation of his statement, Th1 4:13, that the removal of ignorance as to the sleeping believers would remove undue grief respecting them. See Th1 4:13, "hope." Hence it appears our hope rests on our faith ("if we believe"). "As surely as we all believe that Christ died and rose again (the very doctrine specified as taught at Thessalonica, Act 17:3), so also will God bring those laid to sleep by Jesus with Him (Jesus)." (So the order and balance of the members of the Greek sentence require us to translate). Believers are laid in sleep by Jesus, and so will be brought back from sleep with Jesus in His train when He comes. The disembodied souls are not here spoken of; the reference…”

“For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again - That is, if we believe this, we ought also to believe that those who have died in. the faith of Jesus will be raised from the dead. The meaning is not that the fact of the resurrection depends on our believing that Jesus rose, but that the death and resurrection of the Saviour were connected with the resurrection of the saints; that the one followed from the other, and that the one was as certain as the other. The doctrine of the resurrection of the saints so certainly follows from that of the resurrection of Christ, that, if the one is believed, the other ought to be also; see the notes on 1 Corinthians 15:12-14. Which sleep in Jesus - A…”

“So - As God raised him. With him - With their living head. 1 Thessalonians 4:15”

“4:14 The central Christian creed, that Jesus died and was raised to life again, is the foundation for hope in the face of death, guaranteed by the resurrection of Christ (1 Cor 15). • God will bring back refers to the resurrection of believers (1 Thes 4:16).”

“if we: Isa 26:19; Rom 8:11; Co1 15:12-23; Co2 4:13, Co2 4:14; Rev 1:18 sleep: Th1 4:13, Th1 3:13; Co1 15:18; Rev 14:13 God: Th1 4:17; Gen 49:19; Zac 14:15; Mat 24:31; Co1 15:23; Phi 3:20, Phi 3:21; Th2 2:1; Jde 1:14, Jde 1:15 1 Thessalonians 4:15”