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¶ 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.

But {G1161} I would {G2309} not {G3756} have {G2309} you {G5209} to be ignorant {G50}, brethren {G80}, concerning {G4012} them which are asleep {G2837}, that {G3363} ye sorrow {G3076} not {G3363}, even {G2532} as {G2531} others {G3062} which {G3588} have {G2192} no {G3361} hope {G1680}.

Now, brothers, we want you to know the truth about those who have died; otherwise, you might become sad the way other people

Brothers, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you will not grieve like the rest, who are without hope.

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.

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Cross-References

  • Daniel 12:2 (22 votes)

    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 (12 votes)

    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.

  • 1 Corinthians 15:18 (11 votes)

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

  • 1 Corinthians 15:19 (11 votes)

    If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.

  • 1 Thessalonians 5:10 (11 votes)

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

  • Ephesians 2:12 (11 votes)

    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:

  • 2 Peter 3:4 (10 votes)

    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.