1 quotation linked to King James Bible — 1 Thessalonians 4:13 associated with Paul the Apostle, with source notes, explanations and related topics.
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“That ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.”
The instruction does not forbid sorrow; it distinguishes grief shaped by hope from grief imagined as having no future beyond the loss.
Source note: 1 Thessalonians 4:13, King James Version; Paul addresses sorrow concerning those who have died and frames the following passage around hope.