1 Corinthians 15:18

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished.

Cross References

Acts 7:60

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

1 Corinthians 15:6

Then he appeared to more than five hundred brethren at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have fallen asleep.

1 Thessalonians 4:15

For this we declare to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, shall not precede those who have fallen asleep.

1 Thessalonians 4:16

For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the archangel's call, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first;

Revelation 14:13

And I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Write this: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord henceforth.” “Blessed indeed,” says the Spirit, “that they may rest from their labors, for their deeds follow them!”