2 And many of ^ethose who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, ^fsome to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.

60 And falling to his knees he cried out with a loud voice, ^y“Lord, do not hold this sin against them.” And when he had said this, he fell ^zasleep.

36 For David, after he had served the purpose of God in his own generation, fell asleep and was laid with his fathers and saw corruption,

30 That is why many of you are weak and ill, and some have died.¹

6 Then he appeared to more than five hundred brothers at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have fallen asleep.

14 for anything that becomes visible is light. Therefore it says,

The Coming of the Lord

13 But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are ^sasleep, that you may not grieve as others do who ^thave no ^uhope. 14 For ^vsince we believe ^wthat Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep. 15 For this we declare to you by a word from the Lord,¹ that ^xwe who are alive, who are left until the ^ycoming of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep.

4 They will say, ^z“Where is the promise of his ^acoming? For ever since the fathers fell asleep, all things are continuing as they were from the beginning of creation.”