1 Thessalonians 4:13

KJV1611 – Modern English

But I would not have you be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who are asleep, that you sorrow not, even as others who have no hope.

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  • Eph 2:12 : 12 That at that time you were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:
  • 2 Pet 3:4 : 4 And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? For since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.
  • Ezek 37:11 : 11 Then he said to me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off.
  • Dan 12:2 : 2 And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
  • John 11:11-13 : 11 These things he said: and after that he said to them, Our friend Lazarus sleeps; but I go that I may wake him out of sleep. 12 Then his disciples said, Lord, if he sleeps, he will get better. 13 However, Jesus spoke of his death: but they thought he had spoken of taking rest in sleep.
  • Acts 7:60 : 60 And he knelt down and cried with a loud voice, Lord, do not charge them with this sin. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
  • Acts 8:2 : 2 And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great lamentation over him.
  • Acts 13:36 : 36 For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell asleep, and was laid to his fathers, and saw corruption:
  • Rom 1:13 : 13 Now I would not have you ignorant, brothers, that I often planned to come to you, (but was hindered until now,) that I might have some fruit among you also, just as among other Gentiles.
  • 1 Cor 10:1 : 1 Moreover, brothers, I would not have you ignorant, that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea;
  • 1 Cor 12:1 : 1 Now concerning spiritual gifts, brothers, I do not want you to be ignorant.
  • 1 Cor 15:6 : 6 After that, He was seen by over five hundred brothers and sisters at once; of whom the greater part remain to this present, but some have fallen asleep.
  • 1 Cor 15:18-19 : 18 Then also those who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. 19 If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all people most miserable.
  • 2 Cor 1:8 : 8 For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed beyond measure, above strength, so much that we despaired even of life.
  • Gen 37:35 : 35 And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into the grave mourning my son. Thus his father wept for him.
  • Lev 19:28 : 28 You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor tattoo any marks on you: I am the LORD.
  • Deut 14:1-2 : 1 You are the children of the LORD your God; you shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead. 2 For you are a holy people to the LORD your God, and the LORD has chosen you to be a peculiar people to Himself, above all the nations that are upon the earth.
  • 2 Sam 12:19-20 : 19 But when David saw his servants whispering, he perceived the child was dead: therefore David said to his servants, Is the child dead? They said, He is dead. 20 Then David arose from the ground, washed, anointed himself, changed his clothing, came into the house of the LORD, and worshiped: then he went to his own house; when he asked, they set food before him, and he ate.
  • 1 Kgs 1:21 : 21 Otherwise, it shall come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted as offenders.
  • 1 Kgs 2:10 : 10 So David rested with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David.
  • Job 19:25-27 : 25 For I know that my Redeemer lives, and that He shall stand at last on the earth; 26 And though after my skin, worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh I shall see God, 27 Whom I shall see for myself, and my eyes shall behold, and not another. How my heart yearns within me!
  • Prov 14:32 : 32 The wicked is banished in his wickedness, but the righteous has hope in his death.
  • Ezek 24:16-18 : 16 Son of man, behold, I take away from you the desire of your eyes with a stroke: yet you shall neither mourn nor weep, nor shall your tears run down. 17 Refrain from crying, make no mourning for the dead, bind the turban of your head upon you, and put on your shoes upon your feet, and do not cover your lips, and do not eat the bread of men. 18 So I spoke to the people in the morning: and at evening my wife died; and in the morning I did as I was commanded.
  • John 11:24 : 24 Martha said to him, I know that he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.
  • 2 Pet 3:8 : 8 But, beloved, do not be ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
  • 1 Thess 4:15 : 15 For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not precede those who are asleep.
  • 1 Thess 5:10 : 10 Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.
  • Luke 8:52-53 : 52 And all wept, and mourned for her: but he said, Weep not; she is not dead, but sleeps. 53 And they laughed him to scorn, knowing that she was dead.
  • Matt 27:52 : 52 And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep arose,
  • Job 1:21 : 21 And he said, "Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked shall I return there. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD."
  • 2 Sam 18:33 : 33 And the king was deeply moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! If only I had died for you, O Absalom, my son, my son!

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