For example, Paul wrote: “We the living who survive to the presence of the Lord [not, to the end of his presence] shall in no way precede those who have fallen asleep in death; because the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a commanding call, with an archangel’s voice and with God’s trumpet, and those who are dead in union with Christ will rise first.
برای مثال ،‏ پولُس نوشت که آن دسته از ‹ ما که هنگام آمدن خداوند زنده هستیم [نه در پایان زمان حضور او] ،‏ بر خوابیدگان سبقت نخواهیم جست .‏