But I would not have you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning them which are asleep, that you sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. Treasury of Scripture I would. Romans 1:13 Now I would not have you ignorant, brothers, that oftentimes I purposed to come to you... 1 Corinthians 10:1 Moreover, brothers, I would not that you should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud... 1 Corinthians 12:1 Now concerning spiritual gifts, brothers, I would not have you ignorant. 2 Corinthians 1:8 For we would not, brothers, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure... 2 Peter 3:8 But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. which are. 1 Thessalonians 4:15 For this we say to you by the word of the Lord... 1 Thessalonians 5:10 Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him. 1 Kings 1:21 Otherwise it shall come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers... 1 Kings 2:10 So David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David. 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. Matthew 27:52 And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, Luke 8:52,53 And all wept, and bewailed her: but he said, Weep not; she is not dead, but sleeps... John 11:11-13 These things said he: and after that he said to them, Our friend Lazarus sleeps; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep... 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. Acts 13:36 For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid to his fathers, and saw corruption: 1 Corinthians 15:6,18 After that, he was seen of above five hundred brothers at once; of whom the greater part remain to this present... 2 Peter 3:4 And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep... ye sorrow. Genesis 37:35 And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said... Leviticus 19:28 You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks on you: I am the LORD. Deuteronomy 14:1,2 You are the children of the LORD your God: you shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead... 2 Samuel 12:19,20 But when David saw that his servants whispered, David perceived that the child was dead: therefore David said to his servants... 2 Samuel 18:33 And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom... Job 1:21 And said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away... Ezekiel 24:16-18 Son of man, behold, I take away from you the desire of your eyes with a stroke: yet neither shall you mourn nor weep... John 11:24 Martha said to him, I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection at the last day. Acts 8:2 And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great lamentation over him. which have. See on Ephesians 2:12 That at that time you were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise... Job 19:25-27 For I know that my redeemer lives, and that he shall stand at the latter day on the earth... Proverbs 14:32 The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous has hope 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, and our hope is lost... 1 Corinthians 15:19 If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.
Context The Return of the Lord
13But I would not have you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning them which are asleep, that you sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. 14For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. 15For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain to the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. 16For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: 17Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. 18Why comfort one another with these words. Parallel Verses American Standard Version
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.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And we will not have you ignorant, brethren, concerning them that are asleep, that you be not sorrowful, even as others who have no hope.
Darby Bible Translation
But we do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them that are fallen asleep, to the end that ye be not grieved even as also the rest who have no hope.
King James Bible
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.
Young's Literal Translation
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,
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