1 Thessalonians 5:10

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“He died for us so that, whether we are awake or asleep, we may live together with Him.”

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“He died for us so that, whether we are awake or asleep, we may live together with Him.”

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KJVPD

“Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.”

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“who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.”

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“who did die for us, that whether we wake--whether we sleep--together with him we may live;”

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Cross references

Other passages that echo 1 Thessalonians 5:10 — 18 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Matthew 20:28just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.”
  2. John 10:11I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.
  3. John 10:15just as the Father knows Me and I know the Father. And I lay down My life for the sheep.
  4. John 10:17The reason the Father loves Me is that I lay down My life in order to take it up again.
  5. John 15:13Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.
  6. Romans 5:6For at just the right time, while we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly.
  7. Romans 8:34Who is there to condemn us? For Christ Jesus, who died, and more than that was raised to life, is at the right hand of God—and He is interceding for us.
  8. Romans 14:8If we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. So whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.
  9. 1 Corinthians 15:3For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,
  10. 2 Corinthians 5:15And He died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves, but for Him who died for them and was raised again.
  11. 2 Corinthians 5:21God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.
  12. Ephesians 5:2and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant sacrificial offering to God.
  13. 1 Thessalonians 4:13Brothers, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you will not grieve like the rest, who are without hope.
  14. 1 Thessalonians 4:17After that, we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will always be with the Lord.
  15. 1 Timothy 2:6who gave Himself as a ransom for all—the testimony that was given at just the right time.
  16. Titus 2:14He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds.
  17. 1 Peter 2:24He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. “By His stripes you are healed.”
  18. 1 Peter 3:18For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit,

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