1 Thessalonians 4:13
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.
Context
This verse from 1 Thessalonians Chapter 4 connects to 10 cross-references. Instruction on sexual holiness: abstain from sexual immorality, controlling your own body in holiness and honor, not in passionate lust like the Gentiles. Concerning those who have died: we should not grieve as those without hope, for Jesus who died …
Other Translations
But we would not have you ignorant, brethren, concerning them that fall asleep; that ye sorrow not, even as the rest, who have no hope.
And I do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who have fallen asleep, that ye may not sorrow, as also the rest who have not hope,
But it is our desire, brothers, that you may be certain about those who are sleeping; so that you may have no need for sorrow, as others have who are without hope.
Cross References
For thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God, and the Lord hath chosen thee to be a …
Ye are the children of the Lord your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your …
So David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David.
Otherwise it shall come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my …
Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; though my reins be consumed within …
For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:
And said, Naked came I out of my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return thither: the Lord gave, and …
The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.
Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our …
So I spake unto the people in the morning: and at even my wife died; and I did in the …