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1 Thessalonians 4:17

ἔπειτα ἡμεῖς οἱ ζῶντες οἱ περιλειπόμενοι ἅμα σὺν αὐτοῖς ἁρπαγησόμεθα ἐν νεφέλαις εἰς ἀπάντησιν τοῦ κυρίου εἰς ἀέρα· καὶ οὕτως πάντοτε σὺν κυρίῳ ἐσόμεθα

Reading the Verse Like a Journey

This verse moves forward almost like ascending steps.

Greek carefully guides the reader from one stage to another:

the living → caught up → in clouds → meeting the Lord → forever with the Lord

Instead of rushing, the sentence unfolds slowly and deliberately. The Greek structure allows the hope of the passage to grow line by line.

Transliteration

epeita hēmeis hoi zōntes hoi perileipomenoi hama syn autois harpagēsometha en nephelais eis apantēsin tou kyriou eis aera; kai houtōs pantote syn kyriō esometha

Literal Translation

“Then we who are living, the ones remaining, together with them will be caught up in clouds for a meeting of the Lord in the air; and thus we will always be with the Lord.”… Learn Koine Greek