Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 Thessalonians 4:14
for if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also that are fallen asleep in Jesus will God bring with him.If we believe, .... "There is no uncertainty implied by the use of the conditional, the same being an idiomatic way of arguing from a certainty, as when Jesus said, "If I go and prepare a place for you, I come again" (John 14:3).Asleep in Jesus ... Stibbs construed the prepositional phrase in this passage as modifying "God will bring," rendering it: "Even so, through... read more
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Thessalonians 4:14
For . Greek. gar . if . App-118 . believe . App-150 . rose again . App-178 . even so them also . Read "so ( we believe) also that them". sleep = are fallen asleep. in Jesus = through ( App-104 . 1 Thessalonians 4:1 ) Jesus. This stands in the Greek between the words "sleep" and "bring". To which does it belong? "Sleep in Jesus" is an expression not found elsewhere. In 1 Thessalonians 4:16 the "dead in Christ" are spoken of, with which may be compared 1 Corinthians 15:18 . And the... read more