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Butδὲwe do notΟὐwantθέλομενyouὑμᾶςto be ignorant,ἀγνοεῖνbrothers,ἀδελφοίaboutπερὶthose who are sleeping,τῶν κοιμωμένωνso thatἵναyou may notμὴgrieveλυπῆσθεasκαθὼςalsoκαὶthe rest doοἱ λοιποὶwhoοἱhaveἔχοντεςnoμὴhope.ἐλπίδα
1 Thessalonians 4:13
Study it in the app“But we do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, about those who are sleeping, so that you may not grieve as also the rest do who have no hope.”
So that they do not grieve without hope: God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleepThe ResurrectionPaul writes so that they will not grieve like those who have no hopeDeath and Eternal Life
With the Greek beneath
1 Thessalonians 4:13, word by word
- wantθέλομενthelomen
want
To have the desire or the resolve for something.
Where else “thelomen” appears- to be ignorantἀγνοεῖνagnoein
not know
To lack knowledge, or act in the dark.
Where else “agnoein” appears- brothersἀδελφοίadelphoi
brother in faith
A believer, of the same family of God through the Messiah.
Where else “adelphoi” appears- those who are sleepingκοιμωμένωνkoimōmenōn
pass away
To die, like drifting off to rest.
Where else “koimōmenōn” appears- grieveλυπῆσθεlypēsthe
grieve
Make sad; be sad, grieve.
Where else “lypēsthe” appears- the rest doλοιποὶloipoi
rest
What remains of a group, those not yet named.
Where else “loipoi” appears- haveἔχοντεςechontes
have
To count something or someone as one's own: goods, family, faith, power.
Where else “echontes” appears- hopeἐλπίδαelpida
hope
Hope: confidence in what God will do.
Where else “elpida” appears
Translation note
“Those who are sleeping”: those who have died; verse 16 speaks of “the dead in the Messiah.”
The context
12so that you may walk properly toward those outside and have need of nothing.
13 · This verse (above)
14For if we believe that Jesus died and rose, so also God will bring with him, through Jesus, those who have fallen asleep.