"But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others …" — 1 Thessalonians 4:13

1 Thessalonians 4:13 · KJV

“But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.”

— 1 Thessalonians 4:13

Verse 12

That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and {that} ye may have lack of nothing. {of...: or, of no man}

Verse 14

For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.

1 Thessalonians 4 — Context

And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;

That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and {that} ye may have lack of nothing. {of...: or, of no man}

But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.

For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.

For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive {and} remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. {prevent: or, come before, or, anticipate, or, precede}

Cross References

Daniel 12:2

And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame {and} everlasting contempt.

1 Thessalonians 4:15

1 Thessalonians 5:10

Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.

2 Peter 3:4

And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as {they were} from the beginning of the creation.

1 Corinthians 15:18-19

Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished.

1 Corinthians 15:6

After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep.

Ephesians 2:12

That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:

Acts 7:60

And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.