I do not want you to be ignorant, brethren Concerning those who have fallen asleep Lest you sorrow as others who have no hope If we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him those who sleep in Jesus ♪ For this we say to you by the word of the Lord That we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord Will by no means precede those who are asleep For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout And with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God Hear it sounding loud and clear He's coming soon And the dead in Christ will rise first ♪ Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together With them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air And thus we shall, we shall always be with the Lord We'll always be with the Lord Therefore comfort one another with these words