“Therefore God discharged the office of a true father. He Himself formed the body; He Himself infused the soul with which we breathe. Whatever we are, it is altogether His work. In what manner He effected this He would have taught us, if it were right for us to know; as He taught us other things, which have conveyed to…”
Lucius Caecilius Firmianus Lactantius, 4th c. — The Divine Institutes, Book 2, Chapter XIII
Original
14For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.
Modern
Preparing…
Teens
Preparing…
Kids
Preparing…
In context
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.
— 1 Thessalonians 4:14 —
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.
16For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: