Romans 14:8
if we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. Thus we are the Lord's whether we live or die;
1 Thessalonians 5:10
who died for us that waking in life or sleeping in death we should live together with him.
Revelation 14:13
Then I heard a voice from heaven saying, "Write this: ??'Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from henceforth! Even so, it is the voice of the Spirit ??blessed in resting from their toils; for what they have done goes with them.'"
John 21:19
(he said this to indicate the kind of death by which Peter would glorify God); then he added, "Follow me."
Acts 13:36
Of course David, after serving God's purpose in his own generation, died and was laid beside his fathers; he suffered decay,
Acts 20:24
But then, I set no value on my own life as compared with the joy of finishing my course and fulfilling the commission I received from the Lord Jesus to attest the gospel of the grace of God.
Acts 21:13
Then Paul replied, "What do you mean by weeping and disheartening me? I am ready not only to be bound but also to die at Jerusalem for the sake of the Lord Jesus."
1 Corinthians 3:22-23
Paul, Apollos, Cephas, the world, life, death, the present and the future ??all belongs to you;
1 Corinthians 15:23
But each in his own division: ??Christ the first to be reaped; after that, all who belong to Christ, at his arrival.
Philippians 2:17
Even if my life-blood has to be poured as a libation on the sacred sacrifice of faith you are offering to God, I rejoice, I congratulate you all ??18 and you in turn must rejoice and congratulate me.
Philippians 2:30
for he nearly died in the service of Christ by risking his life to make up for the services you were not here to render me.
1 Thessalonians 4:14-18
Since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, then it follows that by means of Jesus God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep.