1 Thessalonians 4:13

Easy To Read Version

Brothers and sisters, we want you to know about those people who have died. We don’t want you to be sad like other people—people who have no hope.

Cross References

Genesis 37:35

All of Jacob’s sons and daughters tried to comfort him. But Jacob was never comforted. Jacob said, “I will be sorry for my son until the day I die.” [227] So Jacob continued to be sad for his son Joseph.

2 Samuel 18:33

{Then the king knew Absalom was dead}. The king was very upset. He went up to the room over the gate and cried. He kept crying again and again as he walked to that room. He was saying, “O my son Absalom, my son Absalom! I wish I had died instead of you. O Absalom, my son, my son!”

1 Kings 1:21

{You must do something before you die.} If you don’t, then after you are buried with your fathers, those men will say that Solomon and I are criminals.”

1 Kings 2:10

Then David died. He was buried in the City of David.

Job 1:21

He said:

Proverbs 14:32

During times of trouble, evil people are defeated. But good people win a victory even during death.

Ezekiel 37:11

Then the Lord my Master said to me, “Son of man, {\cf2\super [291]} these bones are like the whole family of Israel. The people of Israel say, ‘Our bones have dried up, {\cf2\super [292]} our hope is gone. We have been completely destroyed!’

Daniel 12:2

Many of the people that are dead and buried {\cf2\super [133]} will wake up. Some of them will wake up to have life forever. But some will wake up to have shame and disgrace forever.

Leviticus 19:28

You must not cut your body as a way to remember dead people. You must not make any tattoo marks on yourselves. I am the Lord!

Leviticus 21:2

But if the dead person was one of his close relatives, {then he can touch the dead body}. The priest can make himself unclean if the dead person is his mother or father, his son or daughter, his brother or

Matthew 27:52

All the graves opened, and many of God’s people that had died were raised from death.

John 11:24

Martha answered, “I know that he will rise to live again when people are resurrected (raised from death) on the last day.”

Acts 13:36

David did God’s will during the time he lived. Then he died and was buried like all his ancestors. And his body did rot in the grave!

Romans 1:13

Brothers and sisters, I want you to know that I planned many times to come to you. But I have not been allowed to come to you. I wanted to come so that I could help you grow spiritually. I want to help you like I have helped the other non-Jewish people.

1 Corinthians 10:1

Brothers and sisters, I want you to know what happened to our ancestors {\cf2\super [62]} \{that followed Moses {\cf2\super [63]} \}. They were all under the cloud, and they all walked through the sea.

1 Corinthians 12:1

Now, brothers and sisters, I want you to understand about spiritual \{gifts\}.

1 Corinthians 15:6

After that, Christ showed himself to more than 500 of the brothers and sisters at the same time. Most of these people are still living today. But some have died.

2 Corinthians 1:8

Brothers and sisters, we want you to know about the trouble we suffered in the country of Asia. {\cf2\super [2]} We had great burdens there. The burdens were greater than our own strength. We even gave up hope for life.

Ephesians 2:12

Remember that in the past you were without Christ. You were not citizens of Israel. {\cf2\super [11]} And you did not have the agreements {\cf2\super [12]} with the promise \{that God made to his people\}. You had no hope, and you did not know God.

Ephesians 2:3

In the past, all of us lived like those people. We lived trying to please our sinful selves. We did all the things our bodies and minds wanted. We were \{evil\} people. We should have suffered God’s anger because of the way we were. We were the same as all other people.

1 Thessalonians 4:14

We believe that Jesus died. But we believe that Jesus rose again. So, because of Jesus, God will raise to be with Jesus those people who have died.

1 Thessalonians 4:15

What we tell you now is the Lord’s own message. We who are living now might still be living when the Lord comes again. We who are living at that time will be with the Lord, but not before those people who have already died.

1 Thessalonians 5:10

Jesus died for us so that we can live together with him. It is not important if we are alive or dead \{when Jesus comes\}.

1 Thessalonians 5:6

So we should not be like other people. We should not be sleeping. We should be awake and have self-control.

2 Peter 3:4

Those people will say, “He (Jesus) promised to come again. Where is he? Our fathers have died. But the world continues the way it has been since it was made.”

2 Peter 3:8

But don’t forget this one thing, dear friends: To the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years is like a day.