to the end he may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.
Christ will bring "them that have fallen asleep" with him  (1 Thessalonians 4:14); and his holy angels shall likewise attend the event  (2 Thessalonians 1:7); and, upon the basis of these Scriptures, the view is preferable that holds "saints" in this passage as including both.