1 THESSALONIANS 4:13 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“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.”
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 — 'asleep' (koimaomai) is the metaphor for death; the Thessalonians wrongly fear their deceased brothers are excluded from the parousia. Paul corrects the ignorance (agnoeo) with eschatological hope (elpis). Grief is not forbidden but is transformed by hope.
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