1 Thessalonians 4:13

Modern English Version

But I would not have you ignorant, brothers, concerning those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others who have no hope.

Cross References

Genesis 37:35

All his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. And he said, “For I will go down into the grave mourning for my son.” So his father wept for him.

2 Samuel 18:33

The king was deeply moved and went up to the upper chamber of the gate and wept. As he went he said, “O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! If only I could have given my death in your stead, Absalom, my son, my son!”

1 Kings 1:21

Otherwise it shall be that when my lord the king sleeps with his fathers, I and my son Solomon shall be considered offenders.”

1 Kings 2:10

So David slept with his fathers and was buried in the City of David.

Job 1:21

He said, “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked will I return there. The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.”

Proverbs 14:32

The wicked is banished in his wickedness, but the righteous has a refuge in his death.

Ezekiel 37:11

Then He said to me, “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Behold, they say, ‘Our bones are dried up, and our hope is lost. We are cut off completely.’

Daniel 12:2

Many of those who sleep in the dust of the ground will awake—some to everlasting life, and others to everlasting shame and contempt.

Leviticus 19:28

You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor make any tattoo marks on yourselves: I am the Lord.

Leviticus 21:2

but for his closest relatives, that is, for his mother, his father, his son, his daughter, his brother,

Matthew 27:52

The graves also were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had died were raised,

John 11:24

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

Acts 13:36

“For after David had served by the counsel of God in his own generation, he fell asleep, was buried with his fathers, and saw decay.

Acts 7:60

Then he knelt down and cried with a loud voice, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them.” Having said this, he fell asleep.

Acts 8:2

Devout men carried Stephen to his burial and made great lamentation over him.

Romans 1:13

Now I would not have you unaware, brothers, that I often intended to come to you (but was prevented until now), that I might have a harvest among you also, even as among the other Gentiles.

1 Corinthians 10:1

I would not want you to be unaware that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea,

1 Corinthians 12:1

Now concerning spiritual gifts, brothers, I do not want you to be ignorant.

1 Corinthians 15:6

Then He was seen by over five hundred brothers at once, of whom the greater part remain to this present time, though some have passed away.

2 Corinthians 1:8

For we would not, brothers, have you ignorant of our troubles which came to us in Asia. We were pressured beyond measure, above strength, so that we despaired even of life.

Ephesians 2:12

were at that time apart from Christ, alienated from the citizenship of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, without hope and without God in the world.

Ephesians 2:3

among them we all also once lived in the lusts of our flesh, doing the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and we were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest.

1 Thessalonians 4:14

For if we believe that Jesus died and arose again, so God will bring with Him those who sleep in Jesus.

1 Thessalonians 4:15

For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will not precede those who are asleep.

1 Thessalonians 5:10

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

1 Thessalonians 5:6

Therefore let us not sleep as others do. But let us be alert and sober.

2 Peter 3:4

and say, “Where is the promise of His coming? For since the fathers fell asleep, all things have continued as they were since the beginning of the creation.”

2 Peter 3:8

But, beloved, do not be ignorant of this one thing, that with the Lord one day is as one thousand years, and one thousand years as one day.