16 for the Lord himself, with an assembling shout, with archangel's voice and with trump of God, shall descend from heaven; and the dead in Christ shall rise first;
17 then *we*, the living who remain, shall be caught up together with them in {the} clouds, to meet the Lord in {the} air; and thus we shall be always with {the} Lord.
18 So encourage one another with these words.)