1 Thessalonians 4:13-18

A reading from the first Letter of Saint Paul to the Thessalonians
But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those
who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others do who have no
hope. For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so,
through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have fallen
asleep. For this we declare to you by a word from the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord,
will not precede those who have fallen asleep. For the Lord
himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the
voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God.
And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive, who
are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet theLord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord.
Therefore encourage one another with these words.