² except for a close relative, such as his mother or father,^(A) his son or daughter, his brother,

Believers Who Have Died

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

⁶ “‘No one is to approach any close relative to have sexual relations. I am the Lord.