Cross references

1 Thessalonians 4:16

For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a loud command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will be the first to rise.

1 Thessalonians 4:16 BSB

1 Thessalonians 4:16 has 27 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 26 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to 1 Corinthians 15:51–52 (55 votes) and Revelation 1:7 (40 votes). 47 other verses point back to it. It links with 26 other books, from Genesis 18 to Revelation 20.

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Which verses does 1 Thessalonians 4:16 point to?

The 20 strongest of 27, ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed— in an instant, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.

  2. Behold, He is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see Him—even those who pierced Him. And all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of Him. So shall it be! Amen.

  3. At that time the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and all the tribes of the earth will mourn. They will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. And He will send out His angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather His elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.

  4. But each in his own turn: Christ the firstfruits; then at His coming, those who belong to Him.

  5. For the Son of Man will come in His Father’s glory with His angels, and then He will repay each one according to what he has done.

  6. When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, He will sit on His glorious throne.

  7. and to grant relief to you who are oppressed and to us as well. This will take place when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with His mighty angels

  8. Isaiah 27:1314 votes

    And in that day a great ram’s horn will sound, and those who were perishing in Assyria will come forth with those who were exiles in Egypt. And they will worship the LORD on the holy mountain in Jerusalem.

  9. Now concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered together to Him, we ask you, brothers,

  10. The rest of the dead did not come back to life until the thousand years were complete. This is the first resurrection. Blessed and holy are those who share in the first resurrection! The second death has no power over them, but they will be priests of God and of Christ and will reign with Him for a thousand years.

  11. Psalm 47:511 votes
  12. Acts 1:1110 votes
  13. “You have said it yourself,” Jesus answered. “But I say to all of you, from now on you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power and coming on the clouds of heaven.”

Which verses point to 1 Thessalonians 4:16?

The 10 strongest of 47.