1 Thessalonians 4:13

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

But we would not have you ignorant, brethren, concerning those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others do 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 said, “No, I shall go down to Sheol to my son, mourning.” Thus his father wept for him.

2 Samuel 18:33

And the king was deeply moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept; and as he went, he said, “O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! Would I had died instead of you, O Absalom, my son, my son!”

1 Kings 1:21

Otherwise it will come to pass, when my lord the king sleeps with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon will be counted offenders.”

1 Kings 2:10

Then David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David.

Job 1:21

And he said, “Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked shall I return; the Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.”

Proverbs 14:32

The wicked is overthrown through his evil-doing, but the righteous finds refuge through his integrity.

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 clean cut off.’

Daniel 12:2

And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.

Leviticus 19:28

You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh on account of the dead or tattoo any marks upon you: I am the Lord.

Leviticus 21:2

except for his nearest of kin, his mother, his father, his son, his daughter, his brother,

Matthew 27:52

the tombs also were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised,

John 11:24

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

Acts 13:36

For David, after he had served the counsel of God in his own generation, fell asleep, and was laid with his fathers, and saw corruption;

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.

Acts 8:2

Devout men buried Stephen, and made great lamentation over him.

Romans 1:13

I want you to know, brethren, that I have often intended to come to you (but thus far have been prevented), in order that I may reap some harvest among you as well as among the rest of the Gentiles.

1 Corinthians 10:1

I want you to know, brethren, that our fathers were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea,

1 Corinthians 12:1

Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I do not want you to be uninformed.

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.

2 Corinthians 1:8

For we do not want you to be ignorant, brethren, of the affliction we experienced in Asia; for we were so utterly, unbearably crushed that we despaired of life itself.

Ephesians 2:12

remember that you were at that time separated from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.

Ephesians 2:3

Among these we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, following the desires of body and mind, and so we were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.

1 Thessalonians 4:14

For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who 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 5:10

who died for us so that whether we wake or sleep we might live with him.

1 Thessalonians 5:6

So then let us not sleep, as others do, but let us keep awake and be sober.

2 Peter 3:4

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

2 Peter 3:8

But do not ignore this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.