Verse 13
The Lord Returns for Believers Now we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters, about those who are asleep, so that you will not grieve like the rest who have no hope.
Referenced Verses
- Eph 2:12 : 12 that you were at that time without the Messiah, alienated from the citizenship of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.
- 2 Pet 3:4 : 4 and saying,“Where is his promised return? For ever since our ancestors died, all things have continued as they were from the beginning of creation.”
- Ezek 37:11 : 11 Then he said to me,“Son of man, these bones are all the house of Israel. Look, they are saying,‘Our bones are dry, our hope has perished; we are cut off.’
- Dan 12:2 : 2 Many of those who sleep in the dusty ground will awake– some to everlasting life, and others to shame and everlasting abhorrence.
- John 11:11-13 : 11 After he said this, he added,“Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep. But I am going there to awaken him.” 12 Then the disciples replied,“Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will recover.” 13 (Now Jesus had been talking about his death, but they thought he had been talking about real sleep.)
- Acts 7:60 : 60 Then he fell to his knees and cried out with a loud voice,“Lord, do not hold this sin against them!” When he had said this, he died.
- Acts 8:2 : 2 Some devout men buried Stephen and made loud lamentation over him.
- Acts 13:36 : 36 For David, after he had served God’s purpose in his own generation, died, was buried with his ancestors, and experienced decay,
- Rom 1:13 : 13 I do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, that I often intended to come to you(and was prevented until now), so that I may have some fruit even among you, just as I already have among the rest of the Gentiles.
- 1 Cor 10:1 : 1 Learning from Israel’s Failures For I do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, that our fathers were all under the cloud and all passed through the sea,
- 1 Cor 12:1 : 1 Spiritual Gifts With regard to spiritual gifts, brothers and sisters, I do not want you to be uninformed.
- 1 Cor 15:6 : 6 Then he appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers and sisters at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have fallen asleep.
- 1 Cor 15:18-19 : 18 Furthermore, those who have fallen asleep in Christ have also perished. 19 For if only in this life we have hope in Christ, we should be pitied more than anyone.
- 2 Cor 1:8 : 8 For we do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, regarding the affliction that happened to us in the province of Asia, that we were burdened excessively, beyond our strength, so that we despaired even of living.
- Gen 37:35 : 35 All his sons and daughters stood by him to console him, but he refused to be consoled.“No,” he said,“I will go to the grave mourning my son.” So Joseph’s father wept for him.
- Lev 19:28 : 28 You must not slash your body for a dead person or incise a tattoo on yourself. I am the LORD.
- Deut 14:1-2 : 1 The Holy and the Profane You are children of the LORD your God. Do not cut yourselves or shave your forehead bald for the sake of the dead. 2 For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. He has chosen you to be his people, prized above all others on the face of the earth.
- 2 Sam 12:19-20 : 19 When David saw that his servants were whispering to one another, he realized that the child was dead. So David asked his servants,“Is the child dead?” They replied,“Yes, he’s dead.” 20 So David got up from the ground, bathed, put on oil, and changed his clothes. He went to the house of the LORD and worshiped. Then, when he entered his palace, he requested that food be brought to him, and he ate.
- 1 Kgs 1:21 : 21 If a decision is not made, when my master the king is buried with his ancestors, my son Solomon and I will be considered state criminals.”
- 1 Kgs 2:10 : 10 Then David passed away and was buried in the City of David.
- Job 19:25-27 : 25 As for me, I know that my Redeemer lives, and that as the last he will stand upon the earth. 26 And after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God, 27 whom I will see for myself, and whom my own eyes will behold, and not another. My heart grows faint within me.
- Prov 14:32 : 32 An evil person will be thrown down through his wickedness, but a righteous person takes refuge in his integrity.
- Ezek 24:16-18 : 16 “Son of man, realize that I am about to take the delight of your eyes away from you with a jolt, but you must not mourn or weep or shed tears. 17 Groan to moan for the dead, but do not perform mourning rites. Bind on your turban and put your sandals on your feet. Do not cover your lip and do not eat food brought by others.” 18 So I spoke to the people in the morning, and my wife died in the evening. In the morning I acted just as I was commanded.
- John 11:24 : 24 Martha said,“I know that he will come back to life again in the resurrection at the last day.”
- 2 Pet 3:8 : 8 Now, dear friends, do not let this one thing escape your notice, that a single day is like a thousand years with the Lord and a thousand years are like a single day.
- 1 Thess 4:15 : 15 For we tell you this by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will surely not go ahead of those who have fallen asleep.
- 1 Thess 5:10 : 10 He died for us so that whether we are alert or asleep we will come to life together with him.
- Luke 8:52-53 : 52 Now they were all wailing and mourning for her, but he said,“Stop your weeping; she is not dead but asleep!” 53 And they began making fun of him, because they knew that she was dead.
- Matt 27:52 : 52 And tombs were opened, and the bodies of many saints who had died were raised.
- Job 1:21 : 21 He said,“Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will return there. The LORD gives, and the LORD takes away. May the name of the LORD be blessed!”
- 2 Sam 18:33 : 33 (19:1) The king then became very upset. He went up to the upper room over the gate and wept. As he went he said,“My son, Absalom! My son, my son, Absalom! If only I could have died in your place! Absalom, my son, my son!”