1 Thessalonians 5:10
ContextNET © | He died 1 for us so that whether we are alert or asleep 2 we will come to life together with him. |
NIV © | He died for us so that, whether we are awake or asleep, we may live together with him. |
NASB © | who died for us, so that whether we are awake or asleep, we will live together with Him. |
NLT © | He died for us so that we can live with him forever, whether we are dead or alive at the time of his return. |
MSG © | He died for us, a death that triggered life. Whether we're awake with the living or asleep with the dead, we're alive with him! |
BBE © | Who was put to death for us, so that, awake or sleeping, we may have a part in his life. |
NRSV © | who died for us, so that whether we are awake or asleep we may live with him. |
NKJV © | who died for us, that whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with Him. |
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NET © | He died 1 for us so that whether we are alert or asleep 2 we will come to life together with him. |
NET © Notes |
1 tn Grk “the one who died,” describing Jesus Christ (1 Thess 5:9). Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started at the beginning of v. 10 in the translation. 2 sn The phrases alert or asleep may be understood (1) of moral alertness (living in faith, love, and hope as vv. 6, 8 call for, versus being unresponsive to God) or (2) of physical life and death (whether alive or dead). The first fits better with the context of 5:1-9, while the second returns to the point Paul started with in 4:13-18 (no disadvantage for the believing dead). |