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1 Thessalonians 4:13 — But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them…
“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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The verses around 1 Thessalonians 4:13.
11And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;
12That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and that ye may have lack of nothing.
13But 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.
14For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.
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.
Verse explanation
‘Asleep’ was a common way of talking about death, used by both Jews and Greeks, without denying that the person was really dead. The Thessalonians were distressed because some in the church had already died before the return of Christ they expected to see soon, and they feared those believers had missed out on something; Paul writes the rest of the chapter to reassure them about this.
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1 Thessalonians 4:13 in other versions
The same verse in the 4 Bible versions we have on the site.
- KJV · King James
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.
Read the chapter in this version → - ARC · Almeida 1911Português
Não quero, porém, irmãos, que sejaes ignorantes ácerca dos que já dormem, para que vos não entristeçaes, como tambem os demais, que não teem esperança.
Read the chapter in this version → - BLIVRE · Bíblia LivrePortuguês
Mas irmãos, não quero que desconheçais acerca dos que morreram, para que não vos entristeçais como os outros que não têm esperança.
Read the chapter in this version → - VBL · Versión Biblia LibreEspañol
No queremos que se confundan en cuanto a lo que sucede cuando las personas mueren, hermanos y hermanas, para que no se entristezcan como aquellos que no tienen ninguna esperanza.
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