1 Thessalonians 4:13

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.

I would

2 Peter 3:8

Which are

Ye sorrow

John 11:24

Acts 8:2

Which have

Ephesians 2:12

1 Corinthians 15:19

Bible References

I would

now I would not have you ignorant, my brethren, that I often purposed to come to you, tho' I have been hindered hitherto, that I might be useful among you as well as among other Gentiles.

I would not have you ignorant, my brethren, that all our fathers were under the Cloud, all passed thro' the sea:

Now concerning those who are spiritual, my brethren, I would not have you be mistaken.

For I would not, brethren, have you ignorant of that insupportable weight of affliction that over-whelm'd me so in Asia that I despaired even of life:

But there is one thing, my brethren, you ought to be appriz'd of, which is this, that "with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day."

Which are

for one thing I have in charge to tell you from the Lord, that we, who shall be found still alive at the coming of the Lord, shall not get the advance of those that are dead:

that whether we happen to be alive or dead, we may be secure of living with him.

the graves opened, and the bodies of many saints who slept arose,

the company there were all in tears lamenting for her: but he said don't weep; she is not dead, but asleep.

thus he entertain'd them: and after that, he said to them, our friend Lazarus is asleep; but I am going to awake him.

and on his knees he cried with a loud voice, "Lord, lay not this sin to their charge." and having said this, he expired.

for David, after he had serv'd in his time the designs of providence, died and was buryed with his fathers, and was subject to corruption.

after that, he was seen by above five hundred brethren at once: of whom the greater part remain alive to this day, but some are now dead.

"where is the promise of his coming? for since our fathers are dead, the state of things is the same it has ever been since the beginning of the world."

Ye sorrow

Martha said to him, I know that he shall rise again at the resurrection of the last day.

and some devout men who carried Stephen to his burial, making great lamentation over him.

Which have

that at that time ye were without all knowledge of the Messiah, being aliens from the common-wealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope, and living in the world without any true knowledge of God.

if our expectations as christians all terminate in this life, we of all men are most to be pitied.