1 Thessalonians 4:13

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1 Thessalonians 4:13

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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

Which have

1 Corinthians 15:19

General references

Leviticus 21:2

Ezekiel 44:25

Bible References

I would

Now I want you to know,

brothers, that I often planned to come to you (but was prevented until now) in order that I might have a fruitful ministry among you, just as among the rest of the Gentiles.

Now I want you to know, brothers, that our fathers were all under the cloud, all passed through the sea,

Now concerning what comes from the Spirit: brothers, I do not want you to be unaware.

For we don’t want you to be unaware, brothers, of our affliction that took place in Asia: we were completely overwhelmed—beyond our strength—so that we even despaired of life.

Dear friends, don’t let this one thing escape you: With the Lord one day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years like one day.

Which are

For we say this to you by a revelation from the Lord:

We who are still alive at the Lord’s coming will certainly have no advantage over those who have fallen asleep.

who died for us, so that whether we are awake or asleep, we will live together with Him.

Otherwise, when my lord the king rests with his fathers, I and my son Solomon will be regarded as criminals.”

Then David rested with his fathers and was buried in the city of David.

Many of those who sleep in the dust
of the earth will awake,
some to eternal life,
and some to shame and eternal contempt.

The tombs were also opened and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised.

Everyone was crying and mourning for her. But He said, “Stop crying, for she is not dead but asleep.”

He said this, and then He told them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I’m on My way to wake him up.”

Then he knelt down and cried out with a loud voice, “Lord, do not charge them with this sin!” And saying this, he fell asleep.

For David, after serving his own generation in God’s plan, fell asleep, was buried with his fathers, and decayed.

Then He appeared to over 500 brothers at one time;
most of them are still alive,
but some have fallen asleep.

saying, “Where is the promise of His coming? Ever since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they have been since the beginning of creation.”

Ye sorrow

All his sons and daughters tried to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. “No,” he said. “I will go down to Sheol to my son, mourning.” And his father wept for him.

You are not to make gashes on your bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves; I am Yahweh.

“You are sons of the Lord your God; do not cut yourselves or make a bald spot on your head on behalf of the dead,

When David saw that his servants were whispering to each other, he guessed that the baby was dead. So he asked his servants, “Is the baby dead?”

“He is dead,” they replied.

The king was deeply moved and went up to the gate chamber and wept. As he walked, he cried, “My son Absalom! My son, my son Absalom! If only I had died instead of you, Absalom, my son, my son!”

saying:

Naked I came from my mother’s womb,
and naked I will leave this life.

The Lord gives, and the Lord takes away.
Praise the name of Yahweh.

“Son of man, I am about to take the delight of your eyes away from you with a fatal blow. But you must not lament or weep or let your tears flow.

Martha said, “I know that he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.”

Devout men buried Stephen and mourned deeply over him.

Which have

At that time you were without the Messiah, excluded from the citizenship of Israel, and foreigners to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world.

But I know my living Redeemer,

and He will stand on the dust at last.

The wicked one is thrown down by his own sin,
but the righteous one has a refuge in his death.

Then He said to me, “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Look how they say, ‘Our bones are dried up, and our hope has perished; we are cut off.’

If we have put our hope in Christ for this life only, we should be pitied more than anyone.

General references

except for his immediate family: his mother, father, son, daughter, or brother.

A priest may not come near a dead person so that he becomes defiled. However, he may defile himself for a father, a mother, a son, a daughter, a brother, or an unmarried sister.