1 Tesalonika 4:17-18
Konteks4:17 Then we who are alive, who are left, 1 will be suddenly caught up 2 together 3 with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will always be with the Lord. 4:18 Therefore encourage one another with these words.
1 Tesalonika 5:11
Konteks5:11 Therefore encourage one another and build up each other, just as you are in fact doing.
[4:17] 1 tc The words οἱ περιλειπόμενοι (Joi perileipomenoi, “[the ones] who are left”) are lacking in F G {0226vid} ar b as well as a few fathers, but the rest of the textual tradition has the words. Most likely, the Western
[4:17] 2 tn Or “snatched up.” The Greek verb ἁρπάζω implies that the action is quick or forceful, so the translation supplied the adverb “suddenly” to make this implicit notion clear.
[4:17] 3 tn Or “simultaneously,” but this meaning does not fit as well in the parallel in 5:10.