17 Bible Verses about Death Of God's People
Most Relevant Verses
We do not want you to be under any misapprehension, brothers, about those who are falling asleep. You must not grieve for them, as others do who have no hope.
For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, then by means of Jesus God will bring back with him those who have fallen asleep.
For we can assure you, on the Lord's own authority, that those of us who will still be living when the Lord comes will have no advantage over those who have fallen asleep.
For the Lord himself, at the summons, when the archangel calls and God's trumpet sounds, will come down from heaven, and first those who died in union with Christ will rise;
Then I heard a voice from heaven say, "Write: Blessed are the dead who from this time forth die as Christians!" "Yes!" answers the Spirit, "Let them rest from their toil, for what they have done will go with them!"
For, as I see it, living means Christ and dying something even better.
I am undecided between the two, for I long to depart and be with Christ, for that is far, far better,
For I am convinced that neither death nor life nor angels nor their hierarchies nor the present nor the future
Then Paul answered, "What do you mean by crying and breaking my heart? I am ready not only to be bound at Jerusalem but to die there for the sake of the Lord Jesus."
We know what love means from the fact that he laid down his life for us; so we also ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.
Why, a man will hardly give his life for an upright person, though perhaps for a really good man some may be brave enough to die.
He said this to show the kind of death by which Peter was to honor God; and after he had said it he said to Peter, "Follow me!"
for I know that I must soon put it away, as our Lord Jesus Christ has shown me.
