Are Jesus and God the same in 1 Thessalonians 4:14?
The passage presents Jesus and God as synonymous, identifying them as the same God and the same Jesus. It speaks of those who sleep in Jesus, and God bringing them with Him, showing the two are not separate in this context. The wording treats Jesus and God interchangeably.
Les explains that this is another one of those Scripture portions where Jesus and God are synonymous; it is the same God, the same Jesus. The verse reads, “If we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also who sleep in Christ, or in Jesus, who have died, God will bring with Him.” The surrounding context stresses believing the gospel—that Jesus died and rose again—and says those who sleep in Jesus will be brought with Him by God.
For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.
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Does 1 Thessalonians 4:14 call Jesus God?
In 1 Thessalonians 4:14 the names Jesus and God are used interchangeably, so the God who comes with the saints is Jesus and Jesus is the God who comes with the saints.