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.

24 he said, “Go away, for the girl is ^dnot dead but sleeping.” And they laughed at him.

39 And when he had entered, he said to them, ^d“Why are you making a commotion and weeping? The child is ^enot dead but sleeping.”

52 And all were weeping and mourning for her, but he said, ^a“Do not weep, for she is ^bnot dead but sleeping.”

11 After saying these things, he said to them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen ^pasleep, but I go to ^qawaken him.”

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

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.