1 Corinthians 15:18

James Moffatt - New Testament

More than that: those who have slept the sleep of death in Christ have perished after all.

Cross References

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.'"

1 Thessalonians 4:16

The Lord himself will descend from heaven with a loud summons, when the archangel calls and the trumpet of God sounds; the dead in Christ will rise first;

1 Corinthians 15:6

after that, he was seen by over five hundred brothers all at once, the majority of whom survive to this day, though some have died;

Acts 7:60

Then he knelt down and cried aloud, "Lord, let not this sin stand against them!" With these words he slept the sleep of death.

1 Thessalonians 4:15

For we tell you, as the Lord has told us, that we the living, who survive till the Lord comes, are by no means to take precedence of those who have fallen asleep.