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1Th 4:17. Ἅμα) Ammonious, ἅμα μὲν ἐστι χρονικὸν ἐπίῤῥημα· ὁμοῦ δὲ, τοπικόν, “ἅμα is an adverb of time, ὁμοῦ of place.” You see here the propriety of the apostle’s language.-εἰς ἀέρα, in, or rather, [caught up] into the air) The ungodly will remain on the earth. The godly, having been acquitted, will be made assessors in the judgment.-καὶ οὕτω, and so) When Paul has written what needed to be written for consolation, he treats of [lit. he wraps up] the most important matters in this brief style.-πάντοτε, [ever] always) without any separation.-σὺν Κυρίῳ, with the Lord) not only in the air, but in heaven, whence He came.-ἐσόμεθα, we shall be) both [the living and those raised from the dead].