New Living Translation (NLT)
15 We tell you this directly from the Lord: We who are still living when the Lord returns will not meet him ahead of those who have died.[a] 16 For the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a commanding shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet call of God. First, the Christians who have died[b] will rise from their graves. 17 Then, together with them, we who are still alive and remain on the earth will be caught up in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. Then we will be with the Lord forever.
Yes that verse says that Christians will be taken up in the rapture, But and this is the really big Huge BUT, it doesn't say when that will be in relation to the tribulation.
The three references I showed you that it will occur AFTER the tribulation.
Further the scripture I showed were Jesus's own words, not Paul's interpretation of those words.
Read the whole of that article starting with part 1 and see how it all flows together.