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1 Thessalonians 4:14 (WEB)
For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep in Jesus.

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§649Paragraph 2 · On the Third Day He Rose from the DeadRead at vatican.va
“"We believe that Jesus died and rose again."” — Catechism footnote: I Th 4:14.

§989Article 11 · "I Believe in the Resurrection of the Body"Read at vatican.va
“If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will give life to your mortal bodies also through his Spirit who dwells in you.” — Catechism footnote: Rom 8:11; cf. 1 Thess 4:14; 1 Cor 6:14; 2 Cor 4:14; Phil 3:10-11.
§1012Article 11 · "I Believe in the Resurrection of the Body"Read at vatican.va
“The Christian vision of death receives privileged expression in the liturgy of the Church:” — Catechism footnote: Cf. I Thess 4:13-14.

Origen, Against Celsus II.64Book II
“For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord, shall not prevent them that are asleep.”” — editor's note: Cf. 1 Thess. iv. 13–15.
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John Damascene, An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith IV.27Book IV
“And, Now is Christ risen from the dead and become the first-fruits of them that slept, and the first-born from the dead; and again, For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with Him.” — editor's note: 1 Thess. iv. 14.
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John Cassian, Conferences XI–XVII XIV.8Conference XIV
“For this we say to you by the word of God, that we which are alive at the coming of the Lord shall not prevent those that sleep in Christ, for the Lord Himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with the trump of God; and the dead in Christ shall rise first.”” — editor's note: 1 Thess. iv. 12–15.
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Augustine of Hippo, Confessions IX.9Book IX
“Lastly, to all of us, O Lord (since of Thy favour Thou sufferest Thy servants to speak), who, before her sleeping in Thee, lived associated together, having received the grace of Thy baptism, did she devote, care such as she might if she had been mother of us all; served us as if she had been child of all.” — editor's note: 1 Thess. iv. 14.
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Augustine of Hippo, The City of God XX.20Book XX
“…of the dead; but in his first Epistle to the Thessalonians he says, “We would not have you to be ignorant brethren, concerning them which are asleep,” etc. These words of the apostle most distinctly proclaim the future resurrection of the dead, when the Lord Christ shall come to judge the quick and the dead.” — editor's note: 1 Thess. iv. 13–16.
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Theodoret of Cyrus, Dialogues (Eranistes) §4
“And in his letter to the Thessalonians, he strengthens his argument concerning the general resurrection by that of our Saviour in the passage “For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.”” — editor's note: 1 Thess. iv. 14
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Tertullian, On the Apparel of Women II.6Book II
“I shall (then) see whether you will rise with (your) ceruse and rouge and saffron, and in all that parade of headgear: whether it will be women thus tricked out whom the angels carry up to meet Christ in the air!” — editor's note: See 1 Thess. iv. 13–17.
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Tertullian, On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 24
“For the Lord Himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God; and the dead in Christ shall rise first: then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air; and so shall we be ever with the Lord.”” — editor's note: 1 Thess. iv. 13–17.
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Tertullian, On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 57
“I suppose, moreover, that he promises to the Thessalonians the integrity of the whole substance of man.” — editor's note: 1 Thess. iv. 13–17 and v. 23.
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Ambrose of Milan, On the Decease of His Brother Satyrus Book 1
“The Apostle calls me back, and as it were puts a bit upon my sorrow, saying, as you heard just now: “We would not that ye should be ignorant, brethren, concerning them that sleep, that ye be not sorrowful, as the rest which have no hope.”” — editor's note: 1 Thess. iv. 14.
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Ambrose of Milan, On the Decease of His Brother Satyrus Book 2
“Therefore he is aroused that he may live, that he may be like to Paul, that he may be able to say: “For we that are alive shall not prevent those that are asleep.”” — editor's note: 1 Thess. iv. 14.
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Cyprian of Carthage, Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.59Book III
“For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, so also them which have fallen asleep in Jesus will God bring with Him.”” — editor's note: 1 Thess. iv. 13, 14.
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