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

John 11:24

Acts 8:2

Which have

Ephesians 2:12

1 Corinthians 15:19

Bible References

I would

And I do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, that oftentimes I purposed to come to you (and was hindered hitherto), that I might have some fruit in you also, even as in the rest of the gentiles.

For I do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, that our fathers were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea;

Now concerning the spiritual gifts, brethren, I do not wish you to be ignorant.

For we do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning our tribulation which befell us in Asia; that we were exceedingly weighed down beyond our power, insomuch that we despaired even of life:

But, beloved, let not this one thing escape you, that one day with the Lord is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

Which are

For this we say to You, in a word of the Lord, that we, the living who remain over to the coming of the Lord, shall in nowise precede those who fell asleep;

Who died for us, that, whether we watch or sleep, we may live together with Him.

and the tombs were opened; and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised;

And they were all weeping, and bewailing her; but He said, "Weep not; for she did not die, but is sleeping."

These things He spake; and after this He saith to them, "Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep; but I am going to awake him out of sleep."

And, kneeling down, he cried with a loud voice, "Lord, lay not this sin to them!" And, having said this, he fell asleep.

For David, indeed, having served his own generation according to the will of God, fell asleep, and was added to his fathers, and saw corruption;

after that He appeared to above five hundred brethren at once, of whom the greater part remain until now, but some fell asleep.

and saying, "Where is the promise of His coming? for, from the day the fathers fell asleep, all things remain as they were from the beginning of the creation."

Ye sorrow

Martha says to Him, "I know that he will rise again, in the resurrection at the last day."

And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great lamentation over him.

Which have

that at that time ye were apart from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world.

If in this life only we have hoped in Christ, we are of all men most pitiable!