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  • The Message - And regarding the question, friends, that has come up about what happens to those already dead and buried, we don’t want you in the dark any longer. First off, you must not carry on over them like people who have nothing to look forward to, as if the grave were the last word. Since Jesus died and broke loose from the grave, God will most certainly bring back to life those who died in Jesus.
  • 新标点和合本 - 论到睡了的人,我们不愿意弟兄们不知道,恐怕你们忧伤,像那些没有指望的人一样。
  • 和合本2010(上帝版-简体) - 弟兄们,至于已睡了的人,我们不愿意你们不知道,恐怕你们忧伤,像那些没有指望的人一样。
  • 和合本2010(神版-简体) - 弟兄们,至于已睡了的人,我们不愿意你们不知道,恐怕你们忧伤,像那些没有指望的人一样。
  • 当代译本 - 弟兄姊妹,关于安息的信徒 ,我们不愿意你们一无所知,免得你们像那些没有盼望的人一样悲伤。
  • 圣经新译本 - 弟兄们,论到睡了的人,我们不愿意你们不知道,免得你们忧伤,像那些没有盼望的人一样。
  • 中文标准译本 - 弟兄们,关于睡了的人,我们不愿意你们不明白,免得你们忧伤,就像其他那些没有盼望的人一样。
  • 现代标点和合本 - 论到睡了的人,我们不愿意弟兄们不知道,恐怕你们忧伤,像那些没有指望的人一样。
  • 和合本(拼音版) - 论到睡了的人,我们不愿意弟兄们不知道,恐怕你们忧伤,像那些没有指望的人一样。
  • New International Version - Brothers and sisters, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you do not grieve like the rest of mankind, who have no hope.
  • New International Reader's Version - Brothers and sisters, we want you to know what happens to those who die. We don’t want you to mourn, as other people do. They mourn because they don’t have any hope.
  • English Standard Version - But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope.
  • New Living Translation - And now, dear brothers and sisters, we want you to know what will happen to the believers who have died so you will not grieve like people who have no hope.
  • Christian Standard Bible - We do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters, concerning those who are asleep, so that you will not grieve like the rest, who have no hope.
  • New American Standard Bible - But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters, about those who are asleep, so that you will not grieve as indeed the rest of mankind do, who have no hope.
  • New King James Version - But I do not want you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who have fallen asleep, lest you sorrow as others who have no hope.
  • Amplified Bible - Now we do not want you to be uninformed, believers, about those who are asleep [in death], so that you will not grieve [for them] as the others do who have no hope [beyond this present life].
  • American Standard Version - But we would not have you ignorant, brethren, concerning them that fall asleep; that ye sorrow not, even as the rest, who have no hope.
  • King James Version - 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.
  • New English Translation - Now we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters, about those who are asleep, so that you will not grieve like the rest who have no hope.
  • World English Bible - But we don’t want you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning those who have fallen asleep, so that you don’t grieve like the rest, who have no hope.
  • 新標點和合本 - 論到睡了的人,我們不願意弟兄們不知道,恐怕你們憂傷,像那些沒有指望的人一樣。
  • 和合本2010(上帝版-繁體) - 弟兄們,至於已睡了的人,我們不願意你們不知道,恐怕你們憂傷,像那些沒有指望的人一樣。
  • 和合本2010(神版-繁體) - 弟兄們,至於已睡了的人,我們不願意你們不知道,恐怕你們憂傷,像那些沒有指望的人一樣。
  • 當代譯本 - 弟兄姊妹,關於安息的信徒 ,我們不願意你們一無所知,免得你們像那些沒有盼望的人一樣悲傷。
  • 聖經新譯本 - 弟兄們,論到睡了的人,我們不願意你們不知道,免得你們憂傷,像那些沒有盼望的人一樣。
  • 呂振中譯本 - 弟兄們,關於長眠着的人、我們不願意你們不明白,只願意你們不憂愁、不像那些沒有指望的會外人 一樣。
  • 中文標準譯本 - 弟兄們,關於睡了的人,我們不願意你們不明白,免得你們憂傷,就像其他那些沒有盼望的人一樣。
  • 現代標點和合本 - 論到睡了的人,我們不願意弟兄們不知道,恐怕你們憂傷,像那些沒有指望的人一樣。
  • 文理和合譯本 - 兄弟乎、至於已寢者、我不欲爾不知、免爾憂傷如無望者然、
  • 文理委辦譯本 - 我欲兄弟知、已死者勿為之憂、效絕望者所為、
  • 施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 論及已死者、 死原文作寢下同 我儕不願兄弟不知、勿為死者憂、如彼無望之外人、
  • 吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 對於已亡之人、勿過於哀傷、一如未具望德者之所為;此吾不欲兄弟之不知也。
  • Nueva Versión Internacional - Hermanos, no queremos que ignoren lo que va a pasar con los que ya han muerto, para que no se entristezcan como esos otros que no tienen esperanza.
  • 현대인의 성경 - 형제 여러분, 우리는 여러분이 이미 죽은 사람들에 대해서 모르는 것을 원치 않습니다. 그렇지 않으면 여러분도 희망 없는 사람들처럼 슬퍼하게 될 것입니다.
  • Новый Русский Перевод - Братья! Мы не хотим оставить вас в незнании относительно усопших, чтобы вы не скорбели о них, как скорбят другие, у которых нет надежды.
  • Восточный перевод - Братья! Мы не хотим оставить вас в незнании относительно тех, кто умер, чтобы вы не скорбели о них, как скорбят другие, у которых нет надежды.
  • Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Братья! Мы не хотим оставить вас в незнании относительно тех, кто умер, чтобы вы не скорбели о них, как скорбят другие, у которых нет надежды.
  • Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Братья! Мы не хотим оставить вас в незнании относительно тех, кто умер, чтобы вы не скорбели о них, как скорбят другие, у которых нет надежды.
  • La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Nous ne voulons pas, frères et sœurs, vous laisser dans l’ignorance au sujet de ceux qui sont décédés, afin que vous ne soyez pas tristes de la même manière que le reste des hommes, qui n’ont pas d’espérance.
  • リビングバイブル - それから、皆さん。クリスチャンが死んだらどうなるか、よく知っておいてほしいのです。悲しみのあまり取り乱して、何の希望もない人たちと同じようにならないためです。
  • Nestle Aland 28 - Οὐ θέλομεν δὲ ὑμᾶς ἀγνοεῖν, ἀδελφοί, περὶ τῶν κοιμωμένων, ἵνα μὴ λυπῆσθε καθὼς καὶ οἱ λοιποὶ οἱ μὴ ἔχοντες ἐλπίδα.
  • unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - οὐ θέλομεν δὲ ὑμᾶς ἀγνοεῖν, ἀδελφοί, περὶ τῶν κοιμωμένων, ἵνα μὴ λυπῆσθε, καθὼς καὶ οἱ λοιποὶ, οἱ μὴ ἔχοντες ἐλπίδα.
  • Nova Versão Internacional - Irmãos, não queremos que vocês sejam ignorantes quanto aos que dormem, para que não se entristeçam como os outros que não têm esperança.
  • Hoffnung für alle - Und nun, liebe Brüder und Schwestern, möchten wir euch nicht im Unklaren darüber lassen, was mit den Christen ist, die schon gestorben sind. Ihr sollt nicht so trauern müssen wie die Menschen, denen die Hoffnung auf das ewige Leben fehlt.
  • Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Thưa anh chị em, chúng tôi muốn anh chị em biết số phận những người đã khuất, để anh chị em khỏi buồn rầu như người tuyệt vọng.
  • พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - พี่น้องทั้งหลาย เราไม่อยากให้ท่านไม่รู้ความจริงเกี่ยวกับคนที่ล่วงลับไปหรือทุกข์โศกเหมือนคนอื่นๆ ซึ่งไม่มีความหวัง
  • พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - พี่​น้อง​ทั้ง​หลาย พวก​เรา​อยาก​ให้​ท่าน​ทราบ​เกี่ยว​กับ​บรรดา​ผู้​ล่วงลับ​ไป​แล้ว ท่าน​จะ​ได้​ไม่​ระทม​ใจ​ดังเช่น​ผู้อื่น​ที่​ปราศจาก​ความ​หวัง
Cross Reference
  • Job 1:21 - Naked I came from my mother’s womb, naked I’ll return to the womb of the earth. God gives, God takes. God’s name be ever blessed.
  • 2 Samuel 18:33 - The king was stunned. Heartbroken, he went up to the room over the gate and wept. As he wept he cried out, O my son Absalom, my dear, dear son Absalom! Why not me rather than you, my death and not yours, O Absalom, my dear, dear son!
  • 1 Corinthians 12:1 - What I want to talk about now is the various ways God’s Spirit gets worked into our lives. This is complex and often misunderstood, but I want you to be informed and knowledgeable. Remember how you were when you didn’t know God, led from one phony god to another, never knowing what you were doing, just doing it because everybody else did it? It’s different in this life. God wants us to use our intelligence, to seek to understand as well as we can. For instance, by using your heads, you know perfectly well that the Spirit of God would never prompt anyone to say “Jesus be damned!” Nor would anyone be inclined to say “Jesus is Master!” without the insight of the Holy Spirit.
  • 1 Corinthians 10:1 - Remember our history, friends, and be warned. All our ancestors were led by the providential Cloud and taken miraculously through the Sea. They went through the waters, in a baptism like ours, as Moses led them from enslaving death to salvation life. They all ate and drank identical food and drink, meals provided daily by God. They drank from the Rock, God’s fountain for them that stayed with them wherever they were. And the Rock was Christ. But just experiencing God’s wonder and grace didn’t seem to mean much—most of them were defeated by temptation during the hard times in the desert, and God was not pleased.
  • Ezekiel 24:18 - I preached to the people in the morning. That evening my wife died. The next morning I did as I’d been told.
  • 2 Samuel 12:19 - David noticed that the servants were whispering behind his back, and realized that the boy must have died. He asked the servants, “Is the boy dead?” “Yes,” they answered. “He’s dead.”
  • 2 Samuel 12:20 - David got up from the floor, washed his face and combed his hair, put on a fresh change of clothes, then went into the sanctuary and worshiped. Then he came home and asked for something to eat. They set it before him and he ate.
  • Deuteronomy 14:1 - You are children of God, your God, so don’t mutilate your bodies or shave your heads in funeral rites for the dead. You only are a people holy to God, your God; God chose you out of all the people on Earth as his cherished personal treasure.
  • Leviticus 19:28 - “Don’t gash your bodies on behalf of the dead. “Don’t tattoo yourselves. I am God.
  • 2 Peter 3:8 - Don’t overlook the obvious here, friends. With God, one day is as good as a thousand years, a thousand years as a day. God isn’t late with his promise as some measure lateness. He is restraining himself on account of you, holding back the End because he doesn’t want anyone lost. He’s giving everyone space and time to change.
  • Romans 1:13 - Please don’t misinterpret my failure to visit you, friends. You have no idea how many times I’ve made plans for Rome. I’ve been determined to get some personal enjoyment out of God’s work among you, as I have in so many other non-Jewish towns and communities. But something has always come up and prevented it. Everyone I meet—it matters little whether they’re mannered or rude, smart or simple—deepens my sense of interdependence and obligation. And that’s why I can’t wait to get to you in Rome, preaching this wonderful good news of God.
  • 2 Corinthians 1:8 - We don’t want you in the dark, friends, about how hard it was when all this came down on us in Asia province. It was so bad we didn’t think we were going to make it. We felt like we’d been sent to death row, that it was all over for us. As it turned out, it was the best thing that could have happened. Instead of trusting in our own strength or wits to get out of it, we were forced to trust God totally—not a bad idea since he’s the God who raises the dead! And he did it, rescued us from certain doom. And he’ll do it again, rescuing us as many times as we need rescuing. You and your prayers are part of the rescue operation—I don’t want you in the dark about that either. I can see your faces even now, lifted in praise for God’s deliverance of us, a rescue in which your prayers played such a crucial part.
  • John 11:24 - Martha replied, “I know that he will be raised up in the resurrection at the end of time.”
  • Ezekiel 37:11 - Then God said to me, “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Listen to what they’re saying: ‘Our bones are dried up, our hope is gone, there’s nothing left of us.’
  • Luke 8:52 - Everyone was crying and carrying on over her. Jesus said, “Don’t cry. She didn’t die; she’s sleeping.” They laughed at him. They knew she was dead.
  • 1 Thessalonians 4:15 - And then this: We can tell you with complete confidence—we have the Master’s word on it—that when the Master comes again to get us, those of us who are still alive will not get a jump on the dead and leave them behind. In actual fact, they’ll be ahead of us. The Master himself will give the command. Archangel thunder! God’s trumpet blast! He’ll come down from heaven and the dead in Christ will rise—they’ll go first. Then the rest of us who are still alive at the time will be caught up with them into the clouds to meet the Master. Oh, we’ll be walking on air! And then there will be one huge family reunion with the Master. So reassure one another with these words.
  • 1 Kings 2:10 - Then David joined his ancestors. He was buried in the City of David. David ruled Israel for forty years—seven years in Hebron and another thirty-three in Jerusalem. Solomon took over on the throne of his father David; he had a firm grip on the kingdom.
  • Acts 13:36 - “David, of course, having completed the work God set out for him, has been in the grave, dust and ashes, a long time now. But the One God raised up—no dust and ashes for him! I want you to know, my very dear friends, that it is on account of this resurrected Jesus that the forgiveness of your sins can be promised. He accomplishes, in those who believe, everything that the Law of Moses could never make good on. But everyone who believes in this raised-up Jesus is declared good and right and whole before God.
  • Proverbs 14:32 - The evil of bad people leaves them out in the cold; the integrity of good people creates a safe place for living.
  • John 11:11 - He said these things, and then announced, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep. I’m going to wake him up.”
  • John 11:12 - The disciples said, “Master, if he’s gone to sleep, he’ll get a good rest and wake up feeling fine.” Jesus was talking about death, while his disciples thought he was talking about taking a nap.
Parallel VersesCross Reference
  • The Message - And regarding the question, friends, that has come up about what happens to those already dead and buried, we don’t want you in the dark any longer. First off, you must not carry on over them like people who have nothing to look forward to, as if the grave were the last word. Since Jesus died and broke loose from the grave, God will most certainly bring back to life those who died in Jesus.
  • 新标点和合本 - 论到睡了的人,我们不愿意弟兄们不知道,恐怕你们忧伤,像那些没有指望的人一样。
  • 和合本2010(上帝版-简体) - 弟兄们,至于已睡了的人,我们不愿意你们不知道,恐怕你们忧伤,像那些没有指望的人一样。
  • 和合本2010(神版-简体) - 弟兄们,至于已睡了的人,我们不愿意你们不知道,恐怕你们忧伤,像那些没有指望的人一样。
  • 当代译本 - 弟兄姊妹,关于安息的信徒 ,我们不愿意你们一无所知,免得你们像那些没有盼望的人一样悲伤。
  • 圣经新译本 - 弟兄们,论到睡了的人,我们不愿意你们不知道,免得你们忧伤,像那些没有盼望的人一样。
  • 中文标准译本 - 弟兄们,关于睡了的人,我们不愿意你们不明白,免得你们忧伤,就像其他那些没有盼望的人一样。
  • 现代标点和合本 - 论到睡了的人,我们不愿意弟兄们不知道,恐怕你们忧伤,像那些没有指望的人一样。
  • 和合本(拼音版) - 论到睡了的人,我们不愿意弟兄们不知道,恐怕你们忧伤,像那些没有指望的人一样。
  • New International Version - Brothers and sisters, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you do not grieve like the rest of mankind, who have no hope.
  • New International Reader's Version - Brothers and sisters, we want you to know what happens to those who die. We don’t want you to mourn, as other people do. They mourn because they don’t have any hope.
  • English Standard Version - But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope.
  • New Living Translation - And now, dear brothers and sisters, we want you to know what will happen to the believers who have died so you will not grieve like people who have no hope.
  • Christian Standard Bible - We do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters, concerning those who are asleep, so that you will not grieve like the rest, who have no hope.
  • New American Standard Bible - But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters, about those who are asleep, so that you will not grieve as indeed the rest of mankind do, who have no hope.
  • New King James Version - But I do not want you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who have fallen asleep, lest you sorrow as others who have no hope.
  • Amplified Bible - Now we do not want you to be uninformed, believers, about those who are asleep [in death], so that you will not grieve [for them] as the others do who have no hope [beyond this present life].
  • American Standard Version - But we would not have you ignorant, brethren, concerning them that fall asleep; that ye sorrow not, even as the rest, who have no hope.
  • King James Version - 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.
  • New English Translation - Now we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters, about those who are asleep, so that you will not grieve like the rest who have no hope.
  • World English Bible - But we don’t want you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning those who have fallen asleep, so that you don’t grieve like the rest, who have no hope.
  • 新標點和合本 - 論到睡了的人,我們不願意弟兄們不知道,恐怕你們憂傷,像那些沒有指望的人一樣。
  • 和合本2010(上帝版-繁體) - 弟兄們,至於已睡了的人,我們不願意你們不知道,恐怕你們憂傷,像那些沒有指望的人一樣。
  • 和合本2010(神版-繁體) - 弟兄們,至於已睡了的人,我們不願意你們不知道,恐怕你們憂傷,像那些沒有指望的人一樣。
  • 當代譯本 - 弟兄姊妹,關於安息的信徒 ,我們不願意你們一無所知,免得你們像那些沒有盼望的人一樣悲傷。
  • 聖經新譯本 - 弟兄們,論到睡了的人,我們不願意你們不知道,免得你們憂傷,像那些沒有盼望的人一樣。
  • 呂振中譯本 - 弟兄們,關於長眠着的人、我們不願意你們不明白,只願意你們不憂愁、不像那些沒有指望的會外人 一樣。
  • 中文標準譯本 - 弟兄們,關於睡了的人,我們不願意你們不明白,免得你們憂傷,就像其他那些沒有盼望的人一樣。
  • 現代標點和合本 - 論到睡了的人,我們不願意弟兄們不知道,恐怕你們憂傷,像那些沒有指望的人一樣。
  • 文理和合譯本 - 兄弟乎、至於已寢者、我不欲爾不知、免爾憂傷如無望者然、
  • 文理委辦譯本 - 我欲兄弟知、已死者勿為之憂、效絕望者所為、
  • 施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 論及已死者、 死原文作寢下同 我儕不願兄弟不知、勿為死者憂、如彼無望之外人、
  • 吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 對於已亡之人、勿過於哀傷、一如未具望德者之所為;此吾不欲兄弟之不知也。
  • Nueva Versión Internacional - Hermanos, no queremos que ignoren lo que va a pasar con los que ya han muerto, para que no se entristezcan como esos otros que no tienen esperanza.
  • 현대인의 성경 - 형제 여러분, 우리는 여러분이 이미 죽은 사람들에 대해서 모르는 것을 원치 않습니다. 그렇지 않으면 여러분도 희망 없는 사람들처럼 슬퍼하게 될 것입니다.
  • Новый Русский Перевод - Братья! Мы не хотим оставить вас в незнании относительно усопших, чтобы вы не скорбели о них, как скорбят другие, у которых нет надежды.
  • Восточный перевод - Братья! Мы не хотим оставить вас в незнании относительно тех, кто умер, чтобы вы не скорбели о них, как скорбят другие, у которых нет надежды.
  • Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Братья! Мы не хотим оставить вас в незнании относительно тех, кто умер, чтобы вы не скорбели о них, как скорбят другие, у которых нет надежды.
  • Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Братья! Мы не хотим оставить вас в незнании относительно тех, кто умер, чтобы вы не скорбели о них, как скорбят другие, у которых нет надежды.
  • La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Nous ne voulons pas, frères et sœurs, vous laisser dans l’ignorance au sujet de ceux qui sont décédés, afin que vous ne soyez pas tristes de la même manière que le reste des hommes, qui n’ont pas d’espérance.
  • リビングバイブル - それから、皆さん。クリスチャンが死んだらどうなるか、よく知っておいてほしいのです。悲しみのあまり取り乱して、何の希望もない人たちと同じようにならないためです。
  • Nestle Aland 28 - Οὐ θέλομεν δὲ ὑμᾶς ἀγνοεῖν, ἀδελφοί, περὶ τῶν κοιμωμένων, ἵνα μὴ λυπῆσθε καθὼς καὶ οἱ λοιποὶ οἱ μὴ ἔχοντες ἐλπίδα.
  • unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - οὐ θέλομεν δὲ ὑμᾶς ἀγνοεῖν, ἀδελφοί, περὶ τῶν κοιμωμένων, ἵνα μὴ λυπῆσθε, καθὼς καὶ οἱ λοιποὶ, οἱ μὴ ἔχοντες ἐλπίδα.
  • Nova Versão Internacional - Irmãos, não queremos que vocês sejam ignorantes quanto aos que dormem, para que não se entristeçam como os outros que não têm esperança.
  • Hoffnung für alle - Und nun, liebe Brüder und Schwestern, möchten wir euch nicht im Unklaren darüber lassen, was mit den Christen ist, die schon gestorben sind. Ihr sollt nicht so trauern müssen wie die Menschen, denen die Hoffnung auf das ewige Leben fehlt.
  • Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Thưa anh chị em, chúng tôi muốn anh chị em biết số phận những người đã khuất, để anh chị em khỏi buồn rầu như người tuyệt vọng.
  • พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - พี่น้องทั้งหลาย เราไม่อยากให้ท่านไม่รู้ความจริงเกี่ยวกับคนที่ล่วงลับไปหรือทุกข์โศกเหมือนคนอื่นๆ ซึ่งไม่มีความหวัง
  • พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - พี่​น้อง​ทั้ง​หลาย พวก​เรา​อยาก​ให้​ท่าน​ทราบ​เกี่ยว​กับ​บรรดา​ผู้​ล่วงลับ​ไป​แล้ว ท่าน​จะ​ได้​ไม่​ระทม​ใจ​ดังเช่น​ผู้อื่น​ที่​ปราศจาก​ความ​หวัง
  • Job 1:21 - Naked I came from my mother’s womb, naked I’ll return to the womb of the earth. God gives, God takes. God’s name be ever blessed.
  • 2 Samuel 18:33 - The king was stunned. Heartbroken, he went up to the room over the gate and wept. As he wept he cried out, O my son Absalom, my dear, dear son Absalom! Why not me rather than you, my death and not yours, O Absalom, my dear, dear son!
  • 1 Corinthians 12:1 - What I want to talk about now is the various ways God’s Spirit gets worked into our lives. This is complex and often misunderstood, but I want you to be informed and knowledgeable. Remember how you were when you didn’t know God, led from one phony god to another, never knowing what you were doing, just doing it because everybody else did it? It’s different in this life. God wants us to use our intelligence, to seek to understand as well as we can. For instance, by using your heads, you know perfectly well that the Spirit of God would never prompt anyone to say “Jesus be damned!” Nor would anyone be inclined to say “Jesus is Master!” without the insight of the Holy Spirit.
  • 1 Corinthians 10:1 - Remember our history, friends, and be warned. All our ancestors were led by the providential Cloud and taken miraculously through the Sea. They went through the waters, in a baptism like ours, as Moses led them from enslaving death to salvation life. They all ate and drank identical food and drink, meals provided daily by God. They drank from the Rock, God’s fountain for them that stayed with them wherever they were. And the Rock was Christ. But just experiencing God’s wonder and grace didn’t seem to mean much—most of them were defeated by temptation during the hard times in the desert, and God was not pleased.
  • Ezekiel 24:18 - I preached to the people in the morning. That evening my wife died. The next morning I did as I’d been told.
  • 2 Samuel 12:19 - David noticed that the servants were whispering behind his back, and realized that the boy must have died. He asked the servants, “Is the boy dead?” “Yes,” they answered. “He’s dead.”
  • 2 Samuel 12:20 - David got up from the floor, washed his face and combed his hair, put on a fresh change of clothes, then went into the sanctuary and worshiped. Then he came home and asked for something to eat. They set it before him and he ate.
  • Deuteronomy 14:1 - You are children of God, your God, so don’t mutilate your bodies or shave your heads in funeral rites for the dead. You only are a people holy to God, your God; God chose you out of all the people on Earth as his cherished personal treasure.
  • Leviticus 19:28 - “Don’t gash your bodies on behalf of the dead. “Don’t tattoo yourselves. I am God.
  • 2 Peter 3:8 - Don’t overlook the obvious here, friends. With God, one day is as good as a thousand years, a thousand years as a day. God isn’t late with his promise as some measure lateness. He is restraining himself on account of you, holding back the End because he doesn’t want anyone lost. He’s giving everyone space and time to change.
  • Romans 1:13 - Please don’t misinterpret my failure to visit you, friends. You have no idea how many times I’ve made plans for Rome. I’ve been determined to get some personal enjoyment out of God’s work among you, as I have in so many other non-Jewish towns and communities. But something has always come up and prevented it. Everyone I meet—it matters little whether they’re mannered or rude, smart or simple—deepens my sense of interdependence and obligation. And that’s why I can’t wait to get to you in Rome, preaching this wonderful good news of God.
  • 2 Corinthians 1:8 - We don’t want you in the dark, friends, about how hard it was when all this came down on us in Asia province. It was so bad we didn’t think we were going to make it. We felt like we’d been sent to death row, that it was all over for us. As it turned out, it was the best thing that could have happened. Instead of trusting in our own strength or wits to get out of it, we were forced to trust God totally—not a bad idea since he’s the God who raises the dead! And he did it, rescued us from certain doom. And he’ll do it again, rescuing us as many times as we need rescuing. You and your prayers are part of the rescue operation—I don’t want you in the dark about that either. I can see your faces even now, lifted in praise for God’s deliverance of us, a rescue in which your prayers played such a crucial part.
  • John 11:24 - Martha replied, “I know that he will be raised up in the resurrection at the end of time.”
  • Ezekiel 37:11 - Then God said to me, “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Listen to what they’re saying: ‘Our bones are dried up, our hope is gone, there’s nothing left of us.’
  • Luke 8:52 - Everyone was crying and carrying on over her. Jesus said, “Don’t cry. She didn’t die; she’s sleeping.” They laughed at him. They knew she was dead.
  • 1 Thessalonians 4:15 - And then this: We can tell you with complete confidence—we have the Master’s word on it—that when the Master comes again to get us, those of us who are still alive will not get a jump on the dead and leave them behind. In actual fact, they’ll be ahead of us. The Master himself will give the command. Archangel thunder! God’s trumpet blast! He’ll come down from heaven and the dead in Christ will rise—they’ll go first. Then the rest of us who are still alive at the time will be caught up with them into the clouds to meet the Master. Oh, we’ll be walking on air! And then there will be one huge family reunion with the Master. So reassure one another with these words.
  • 1 Kings 2:10 - Then David joined his ancestors. He was buried in the City of David. David ruled Israel for forty years—seven years in Hebron and another thirty-three in Jerusalem. Solomon took over on the throne of his father David; he had a firm grip on the kingdom.
  • Acts 13:36 - “David, of course, having completed the work God set out for him, has been in the grave, dust and ashes, a long time now. But the One God raised up—no dust and ashes for him! I want you to know, my very dear friends, that it is on account of this resurrected Jesus that the forgiveness of your sins can be promised. He accomplishes, in those who believe, everything that the Law of Moses could never make good on. But everyone who believes in this raised-up Jesus is declared good and right and whole before God.
  • Proverbs 14:32 - The evil of bad people leaves them out in the cold; the integrity of good people creates a safe place for living.
  • John 11:11 - He said these things, and then announced, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep. I’m going to wake him up.”
  • John 11:12 - The disciples said, “Master, if he’s gone to sleep, he’ll get a good rest and wake up feeling fine.” Jesus was talking about death, while his disciples thought he was talking about taking a nap.
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