⁶⁰ He knelt down and cried out with a loud voice,^(A) “Lord, do not hold this sin against them!” And after saying this, he fell asleep.^(B)

³⁰ This is why many are sick and ill among you, and many have fallen asleep.^(A)

⁶ Then he appeared to over five hundred brothers and sisters at one time;^(A) most of them are still alive, but some have fallen asleep.

¹⁸ Those, then, who have fallen asleep in Christ^(A) have also perished.

Christ’s Resurrection Guarantees Ours

²⁰ But as it is, Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits^(A) of those who have fallen asleep.

⁵¹ Listen, I am telling you a mystery: We will not all fall asleep, but we will all be changed,

The Comfort of Christ’s Coming

¹³ 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.^{(A) 14} For if we believe that Jesus died and rose^(B) again,^(C) in the same way, through Jesus,^(D) God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep. ¹⁵ For we say this to you by a word from the Lord:^(E) We who are still alive at the Lord’s coming^(F) will certainly not precede those who have fallen asleep.^(G)