1 Thessalonians 4:13
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The Coming of the Lord
13 But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters, about those who have died,[a] so that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope.
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- 4.13 Gk are asleep
Daniel 12:2
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2 Many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth[a] shall awake, some to everlasting life and some to shame and everlasting contempt.(A)
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- 12.2 Or the land of dust
1 Thessalonians 4:15
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15 For this we declare to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will by no means precede those who have died.[a]
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- 4.15 Gk fallen asleep
Ephesians 2:12
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12 remember that you were at that time without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.(A)
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1 Thessalonians 5:10
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10 who died for us, so that whether we are awake or asleep we may live with him.(A)
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1 Corinthians 15:6
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6 Then he appeared to more than five hundred brothers and sisters at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have died.[a]
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- 15.6 Gk fallen asleep
2 Peter 3:4
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4 and saying, “Where is the promise of his coming? For ever since our ancestors died,[a] all things continue as they were from the beginning of creation!”(A)
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- 3.4 Gk our fathers fell asleep
1 Corinthians 15:18-19
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18 Then those also who have died[a] in Christ have perished. 19 If for this life only we have hoped in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied.
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- 15.18 Gk fallen asleep
Acts 7:60
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60 Then he knelt down and cried out in a loud voice, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them.” When he had said this, he died.[a](A)
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- 7.60 Gk fell asleep
John 11:11-13
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11 After saying this, he told them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I am going there to awaken him.” 12 The disciples said to him, “Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will be all right.”[a] 13 Jesus, however, had been speaking about his death, but they thought that he was referring merely to sleep.
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- 11.12 Or will be saved
Ezekiel 37:11
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11 Then he said to me, “Mortal, these bones are the whole house of Israel. They say, ‘Our bones are dried up, and our hope is lost; we are cut off completely.’(A)
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2 Corinthians 1:8
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8 We do not want you to be ignorant, brothers and sisters, of the affliction we experienced in Asia, for we were so utterly, unbearably crushed that we despaired of life itself.(A)
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1 Corinthians 10:1
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Warnings from Israel’s History
10 I do not want you to be ignorant, brothers and sisters, that our ancestors were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea,(A)
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