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1 Thess. 4:13 KJV (With Strong’s)

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But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.

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I would.

Rom. 1:13• ¹³Now I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that oftentimes I purposed to come unto you, (but was let hitherto,) that I might have some fruit among you also, even as among other Gentiles. (Rom. 1:13)

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1 Cor. 10:1• ¹Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea; (1 Cor. 10:1)

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1 Cor. 12:1• ¹Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant. (1 Cor. 12:1)

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2 Cor. 1:8• ⁸For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life: (2 Cor. 1:8)

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2 Peter 3:8• ⁸But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. (2 Peter 3:8)

which are.

1 Thess. 4:15• ¹⁵For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. (1 Thess. 4:15)

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1 Thess. 5:10• ¹⁰Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him. (1 Thess. 5:10)

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1 Kings 1:21• ²¹Otherwise it shall come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted offenders. (1 Kings 1:21)

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1 Kings 2:10• ¹⁰So David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David. (1 Kings 2:10)

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Dan. 12:2• ²And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt. (Dan. 12:2)

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Matt. 27:52• ⁵²And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, (Matt. 27:52)

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Luke 8:52‑53• ⁵²And all wept, and bewailed her: but he said, Weep not; she is not dead, but sleepeth.
⁵³And they laughed him to scorn, knowing that she was dead. (Luke 8:52‑53)

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John 11:11‑13• ¹¹These things said he: and after that he saith unto them, Our friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep.
¹²Then said his disciples, Lord, if he sleep, he shall do well.
¹³Howbeit Jesus spake of his death: but they thought that he had spoken of taking of rest in sleep. (John 11:11‑13)

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Acts 7:60• ⁶⁰And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep. (Acts 7:60)

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Acts 13:36• ³⁶For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption: (Acts 13:36)

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1 Cor. 15:6,18• ⁶After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep.
¹⁸Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished. (1 Cor. 15:6,18)

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2 Peter 3:4• ⁴And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation. (2 Peter 3:4)

ye sorrow.

Gen. 37:35• ³⁵And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him. (Gen. 37:35)

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Lev. 19:28• ²⁸Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the Lord. (Lev. 19:28)

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Deut. 14:1‑2• ¹Ye are the children of the Lord your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.
²For thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God, and the Lord hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that are upon the earth. (Deut. 14:1‑2)

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2 Sam. 12:19‑20• ¹⁹But when David saw that his servants whispered, David perceived that the child was dead: therefore David said unto his servants, Is the child dead? And they said, He is dead.
²⁰Then David arose from the earth, and washed, and anointed himself, and changed his apparel, and came into the house of the Lord, and worshipped: then he came to his own house; and when he required, they set bread before him, and he did eat. (2 Sam. 12:19‑20)

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2 Sam. 18:33• ³³And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son! (2 Sam. 18:33)

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Job 1:21• ²¹And said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord. (Job 1:21)

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Ezek. 24:16‑18• ¹⁶Son of man, behold, I take away from thee the desire of thine eyes with a stroke: yet neither shalt thou mourn nor weep, neither shall thy tears run down.
¹⁷Forbear to cry, make no mourning for the dead, bind the tire of thine head upon thee, and put on thy shoes upon thy feet, and cover not thy lips, and eat not the bread of men.
¹⁸So I spake unto the people in the morning: and at even my wife died; and I did in the morning as I was commanded. (Ezek. 24:16‑18)

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John 11:24• ²⁴Martha saith unto him, I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection at the last day. (John 11:24)

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Acts 8:2• ²And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great lamentation over him. (Acts 8:2)

which have.

Eph. 2:12• ¹²That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world: (Eph. 2:12)

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Job 19:25‑27• ²⁵For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:
²⁶And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God:
²⁷Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; though my reins be consumed within me. (Job 19:25‑27)

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Prov. 14:32• ³²The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death. (Prov. 14:32)

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Ezek. 37:11• ¹¹Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our parts. (Ezek. 37:11)

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1 Cor. 15:19• ¹⁹If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable. (1 Cor. 15:19)

• They had never taken into account that He might tarry according to the will of God who would gather fresh souls to the fellowship of His love, while letting the world ripen in iniquity and lawlessness, whether in proud unbelief or in hollow profession, till the apostasy come and the man of sin be revealed. (“On 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18” by W. Kelly)

• The Apostle, in comforting them with regard to their brethren who had lately died, does not say a word of the survivors rejoining them in heaven. They are maintained in the thought that they were still to look for the Lord during their lifetime to transform them into His glorious image (compare 2 Corinthians 5 and 1 Corinthians 15). (“1 Thessalonians 4” by J.N. Darby)

• So filled were they with the expectation of the presence of the Lord, that they had not conceived the possibility of any saints thus passing away. They looked only for His coming, and drew inferences which, not being of the Lord, exposed them, as all human reasonings do, to danger. (“On 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18” by W. Kelly)

• It is remarkable that the Apostle does not unveil the state of the separate spirit, as we see done in Luke 23:43, Acts 7:59, 2 Cor. 5:8, and Phil. 1:23. He meets fully the error that death in any way destroys or detracts from the blessed hope of the Christian. (“On 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18” by W. Kelly)

• They were laid to sleep by Jesus; and, far from forgetting or even postponing their joy and blessedness, God will bring them with Jesus in that day. (“On 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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But we do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them that are fallen asleep, to the end that ye be not grieved even as also the rest who have no hope.

W. Kelly Translation

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But wea would not have you ignorant, brethren, concerning those that fall asleepb; that ye be not grieved even as the rest also that have no hope.

WK Translation Notes

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a

It is "we," not "I" as in T. R.

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The oldest authorities have "kiomōmenōn." It is the class of those that sleep, character, and not time.