1 Thessalonians 4:13 BSB

1 Thessalonians 4:13

Brothers, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you will not grieve like the rest, who are without hope.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

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.

KJV

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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Commentary

4 voices

Hippolytus of Rome

Treatise on Christ and Antichrist (235)

Concerning the resurrection of the righteous, Paul also speaks thus in writing to the Thessalonians: "We would not have you to be ignorant concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not even as others which have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with Him.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

It is to act too much like the Gentiles, who had no hope of a better life after this; whereas we Christians, who have a most sure hope, the hope of eternal life after this, which God who cannot lie hath promised us, should moderate all our joys and our sorrows on account of any worldly thing.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

There are some things which we cannot be ignorant of concerning those that are asleep; for the land they are removed to is a land of darkness, which we know but little of and have no correspondence with.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

But I would not have you to be ignorant - I would have you fully informed on the important subject which is here referred to. It is quite probable from this, that some erroneous views prevailed among them in reference to the condition of those who were dead, which tended to prevent their enjoying the full consolation, which they might otherwise have done. Of the prevalence of these views, it is probable the apostle had been informed by Timothy on his return from Thessalonica; 1Th 3:

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Original language & word study

20 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Οὐ	Ou	Not	G3756 →
θέλομεν	thelomen	we do want	G2309 →
δὲ	de	but	G1161 →
ὑμᾶς	humas	you	G4771 →
ἀγνοεῖν,	agnoein	to be ignorant,	G50 →
ἀδελφοί,	adelphoi	brothers,	G80 →
περὶ	peri	concerning	G4012 →
τῶν	tōn	those	G3588 →
κοιμωμένων,	koimōmenōn	themselves falling asleep,	G2837 →
ἵνα	ina	so that	G2443 →
μὴ	mē	not	G3361 →
λυπῆσθε	lupēsthe	you may be grieved	G3076 →
καθὼς	kathōs	even as	G2531 →
καὶ	kai	also	G2532 →
οἱ	hoi	the	G3588 →
λοιποὶ	loipoi	rest	G3062 →
οἱ	hoi	those	G3588 →
μὴ	mē	not	G3361 →
ἔχοντες	echontes	having	G2192 →
ἐλπίδα.	elpida	hope.	G1680 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Daniel 12:2
And many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, but others to shame and everlasting contempt.
leads to
- John 5:28–29
  Do not be amazed at this, for the hour is coming when all who are in their graves will hear His voice
- Isaiah 26:19
  Your dead will live; their bodies will rise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust! For your dew is like the dew of the morning, and the earth will bring forth her…
- Matthew 25:46
  And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”
- Ezekiel 37:12
  Therefore prophesy and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘O My people, I will open your graves and bring you up from them, and I will bring you back to…
- 1 Corinthians 15:51–54
  Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed—
Through
1 Thessalonians 4:15
By the word of the Lord, we declare to you that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who have fallen asleep.
leads to
- 1 Corinthians 15:51–53
  Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed—
Through
2 Peter 3:4
“Where is the promise of His coming?” they will ask. “Ever since our fathers fell asleep, everything continues as it has from the beginning of creation.”
leads to
- Jeremiah 17:15
  Behold, they keep saying to me, “Where is the word of the LORD? Let it come now!”
- Malachi 2:17
  You have wearied the LORD with your words; yet you ask, “How have we wearied Him?” By saying, “All who do evil are good in the sight of the LORD, and in them He…