1 Thessalonians 4:13
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The Hope of the Resurrection
13 And now, dear brothers and sisters, we want you to know what will happen to the believers who have died[a] so you will not grieve like people who have no hope.
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Daniel 12:2
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2 Many of those whose bodies lie dead and buried will rise up, some to everlasting life and some to shame and everlasting disgrace.
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Ephesians 2:12
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12 In those days you were living apart from Christ. You were excluded from citizenship among the people of Israel, and you did not know the covenant promises God had made to them. You lived in this world without God and without hope.
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1 Thessalonians 5:10
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10 Christ died for us so that, whether we are dead or alive when he returns, we can live with him forever.
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1 Thessalonians 4:15
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15 We tell you this directly from the Lord: We who are still living when the Lord returns will not meet him ahead of those who have died.[a]
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- 4:15 Greek those who have fallen asleep.
2 Peter 3:4
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4 They will say, “What happened to the promise that Jesus is coming again? From before the times of our ancestors, everything has remained the same since the world was first created.”
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1 Corinthians 15:6
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6 After that, he was seen by more than 500 of his followers[a] at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have died.
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- 15:6 Greek the brothers.
Acts 7:60
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60 He fell to his knees, shouting, “Lord, don’t charge them with this sin!” And with that, he died.
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1 Corinthians 15:18-19
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18 In that case, all who have died believing in Christ are lost! 19 And if our hope in Christ is only for this life, we are more to be pitied than anyone in the world.
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John 11:11-13
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11 Then he said, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but now I will go and wake him up.”
12 The disciples said, “Lord, if he is sleeping, he will soon get better!” 13 They thought Jesus meant Lazarus was simply sleeping, but Jesus meant Lazarus had died.
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Ezekiel 37:11
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11 Then he said to me, “Son of man, these bones represent the people of Israel. They are saying, ‘We have become old, dry bones—all hope is gone. Our nation is finished.’
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2 Corinthians 1:8
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8 We think you ought to know, dear brothers and sisters,[a] about the trouble we went through in the province of Asia. We were crushed and overwhelmed beyond our ability to endure, and we thought we would never live through it.
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- 1:8 Greek brothers.
1 Corinthians 10:1
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Lessons from Israel’s Idolatry
10 I don’t want you to forget, dear brothers and sisters,[a] about our ancestors in the wilderness long ago. All of them were guided by a cloud that moved ahead of them, and all of them walked through the sea on dry ground.
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- 10:1 Greek brothers.
Romans 1:13
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13 I want you to know, dear brothers and sisters,[a] that I planned many times to visit you, but I was prevented until now. I want to work among you and see spiritual fruit, just as I have seen among other Gentiles.
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- 1:13 Greek brothers.
Acts 13:36
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36 This is not a reference to David, for after David had done the will of God in his own generation, he died and was buried with his ancestors, and his body decayed.
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Acts 8:2
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2 (Some devout men came and buried Stephen with great mourning.)
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Proverbs 14:32
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32 The wicked are crushed by disaster,
but the godly have a refuge when they die.
Job 19:25-27
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25 “But as for me, I know that my Redeemer lives,
and he will stand upon the earth at last.
26 And after my body has decayed,
yet in my body I will see God![a]
27 I will see him for myself.
Yes, I will see him with my own eyes.
I am overwhelmed at the thought!
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- 19:26 Or without my body I will see God. The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain.
2 Peter 3:8
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8 But you must not forget this one thing, dear friends: A day is like a thousand years to the Lord, and a thousand years is like a day.
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John 11:24
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24 “Yes,” Martha said, “he will rise when everyone else rises, at the last day.”
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Luke 8:52-53
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52 The house was filled with people weeping and wailing, but he said, “Stop the weeping! She isn’t dead; she’s only asleep.”
53 But the crowd laughed at him because they all knew she had died.
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Ezekiel 24:16-18
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16 “Son of man, with one blow I will take away your dearest treasure. Yet you must not show any sorrow at her death. Do not weep; let there be no tears. 17 Groan silently, but let there be no wailing at her grave. Do not uncover your head or take off your sandals. Do not perform the usual rituals of mourning or accept any food brought to you by consoling friends.”
18 So I proclaimed this to the people the next morning, and in the evening my wife died. The next morning I did everything I had been told to do.
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1 Kings 2:10
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10 Then David died and was buried with his ancestors in the City of David.
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1 Kings 1:21
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21 If you do not act, my son Solomon and I will be treated as criminals as soon as my lord the king has died.”
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Leviticus 19:28
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28 “Do not cut your bodies for the dead, and do not mark your skin with tattoos. I am the Lord.
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