1 Thessalonians 4:9-13

New International Version

⁹ Now about your love for one another^(A) we do not need to write to you,^(B) for you yourselves have been taught by God^(C) to love each other.^{(D) 10} And in fact, you do love all of God’s family throughout Macedonia.^(E) Yet we urge you, brothers and sisters, to do so more and more,^{(F) 11} and to make it your ambition to lead a quiet life: You should mind your own business and work with your hands,^(G) just as we told you, ¹² so that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders^(H) and so that you will not be dependent on anybody.

Believers Who Have Died

¹³ Brothers and sisters, we do not want you to be uninformed^(I) about those who sleep in death,^(J) so that you do not grieve like the rest of mankind, who have no hope.^(K)