Scriptures

I want to get scripture more deeply inside me and I know we can do that by meditating throughout the day on key scriptures. 

You can put scriptures into an email to yourself so when you open your email throughout that day, those scriptures will be there and this will give you more opportunity to think on those scripture and do them.

Joan Boney


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Joshua 1:5  (God says)  I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.

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John 14:26    But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.

John 16:13   Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come. 

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God lifts us up from the gates of death by showing us HIS way.

Joan Boney ... apostle/prophet

Humans often speak their reasonings to me, which I know to be "the gates of death." 

Examples of which are approvals of homosexuals, fornication,and various forms of adultery.

I cry out to God in prayer when they tell me their reasonings.

I cry out to God for HIS help.

God always answers my cry ... giving me HIS word on the matter at hand.

Then I rejoice and have life again and walk in that word given me by God ... and I greatly rejoice in that which God has shown me for HIS judgment is right and true.

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Matthew 7:13-14    Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: 

Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.

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Man wants freedom to sin.  And desires to be around those who will approve him regardless of his sin.

I want freedom from sin and I find that through God by HIS Spirit, by hearing that which God would speak to me.

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Instruction in Righteousness: From Mark 14

1 After two days was the feast of the passover, and of unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take Him by craft, and put Him to death.

² But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar of the people.

³ And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as He sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured it on His head.

⁴ And there were some that had indignation within themselves, and said, Why was this waste of the ointment made?
⁵ For it might have been sold for more than three hundred pence, and have been given to the poor. And they murmured against her.

⁶ And Jesus said, Let her alone; why trouble ye her? she hath wrought a good work on Me.
⁷ For ye have the poor with you always, and whensoever ye will ye may do them good: but me ye have not always.
⁸ She hath done what she could: she is come aforehand to anoint My body to the burying.

(Have we done what we could to encourage others in God?)  

⁹ Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached throughout the whole world, this also that she hath done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her.

¹⁰ And Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went unto the chief priests, to betray Him unto them.
¹¹ And when they heard it, they were glad, and promised to give him money. And he sought how he might conveniently betray Him.

¹² And the first day of unleavened bread, when they killed the passover, His disciples said unto Him, Where wilt Thou that we go and prepare that Thou mayest eat the passover?

¹³ And He sendeth forth two of His disciples, and saith unto them, Go ye into the city, and there shall meet you a man bearing a pitcher of water: follow him.
¹⁴ And wheresoever he shall go in, say ye to the goodman of the house, The Master saith, Where is the guestchamber, where I shall eat the passover with my disciples?
¹⁵ And he will shew you a large upper room furnished and prepared: there make ready for us.

¹⁶ And His disciples went forth, and came into the city, and found as He had said unto them: and they made ready the passover.

(The truth is Jesus, the Word.)

¹⁷ And in the evening He cometh with the twelve.

¹⁸ And as they sat and did eat, Jesus said, Verily I say unto you, One of you which eateth with Me shall betray Me.

¹⁹ And they began to be sorrowful, and to say unto Him one by one, Is it I? and another said, Is it I?

²⁰ And He answered and said unto them, It is one of the twelve, that dippeth with Me in the dish.

²¹ The Son of man indeed goeth, as it is written of Him: but woe to that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! good were it for that man if he had never been born.

²² And as they did eat, Jesus took bread, and blessed, and brake it, and gave to them, and said, Take, eat: this is My body.
²³ And He took the cup, and when He had given thanks, He gave it to them: and they all drank of it.
²⁴ And He said unto them, This is My blood of the new testament, which is shed for many.

(The Lord's supper is the Word of God.  HE gives us that, HIMSELF, The Word, to eat and drink.)

²⁵ Verily I say unto you, I will drink no more of the fruit of the vine, until that day that I drink it new in the kingdom of God.

²⁶ And when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives.

²⁷ And Jesus saith unto them, All ye shall be offended because of Me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered.

²⁸ But after that I am risen, I will go before you into Galilee.

²⁹ But Peter said unto him, Although all shall be offended, yet will not I.

³⁰ And Jesus saith unto him, Verily I say unto thee, That this day, even in this night, before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny Me thrice.

³¹ But he spake the more vehemently, If I should die with Thee, I will not deny Thee in any wise. Likewise also said they all.

³² And they came to a place which was named Gethsemane: and He saith to His disciples, Sit ye here, while I shall pray.
³³ And He taketh with him Peter and James and John, and began to be sore amazed, and to be very heavy;
³⁴ And saith unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful unto death: tarry ye here, and watch.

³⁵ And He went forward a little, and fell on the ground, and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass from Him.

³⁶ And He said, Abba, Father, all things are possible unto Thee; take away this cup from Me: nevertheless not what I will, but what Thou wilt.

³⁷ And He cometh, and findeth them sleeping, and saith unto Peter, Simon, sleepest thou? couldest not thou watch one hour?

³⁸ Watch ye and pray, lest ye enter into temptation. The spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is weak.

³⁹ And again He went away, and prayed, and spake the same words.

⁴⁰ And when He returned, He found them asleep again, (for their eyes were heavy,) neither wist they what to answer Him.

⁴¹ And He cometh the third time, and saith unto them, Sleep on now, and take your rest: it is enough, the hour is come; behold, the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.

⁴² Rise up, let us go; lo, he that betrayeth me is at hand.

⁴³ And immediately, while He yet spake, cometh Judas, one of the twelve, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders.

⁴⁴ And he that betrayed Him had given them a token, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is He; take Him, and lead Him away safely.

⁴⁵ And as soon as he was come, he goeth straightway to Him, and saith, Master, master; and kissed Him.

⁴⁶ And they laid their hands on Him, and took Him.

⁴⁷ And one of them that stood by drew a sword, and smote a servant of the high priest, and cut off his ear. (Peter did this:  John 18:10)

⁴⁸ And Jesus answered and said unto them, Are ye come out, as against a thief, with swords and with staves to take Me?
⁴⁹ I was daily with you in the temple teaching, and ye took Me not: but the scriptures must be fulfilled.

⁵⁰ And they all forsook Him, and fled.

⁵¹ And there followed Him a certain young man, having a linen cloth cast about his naked body; and the young men laid hold on him:
⁵² And he left the linen cloth, and fled from them naked.

⁵³ And they led Jesus away to the high priest: and with him were assembled all the chief priests and the elders and the scribes.

⁵⁴ And Peter followed Him afar off, even into the palace of the high priest: and he sat with the servants, and warmed himself at the fire.

⁵⁵ And the chief priests and all the council sought for witness against Jesus to put Him to death; and found none.

⁵⁶ For many bare false witness against Him, but their witness agreed not together.

⁵⁷ And there arose certain, and bare false witness against Him, saying,
⁵⁸ We heard Him say, I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and within three days I will build another made without hands.

⁵⁹ But neither so did their witness agree together.

⁶⁰ And the high priest stood up in the midst, and asked Jesus, saying, Answerest Thou nothing? what is it which these witness against Thee?

⁶¹ But He held His peace, and answered nothing.

Again the high priest asked Him, and said unto Him, Art thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?

⁶² And Jesus said, I am: and ye shall see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.

⁶³ Then the high priest rent his clothes, and saith, What need we any further witnesses?
⁶⁴ Ye have heard the blasphemy: what think ye? And they all condemned Him to be guilty of death.
⁶⁵ And some began to spit on Him, and to cover His face, and to buffet Him, and to say unto Him, Prophesy: and the servants did strike Him with the palms of their hands.

⁶⁶ And as Peter was beneath in the palace, there cometh one of the maids of the high priest:
⁶⁷ And when she saw Peter warming himself, she looked upon him, and said, And thou also wast with Jesus of Nazareth.

⁶⁸ But he denied, saying, I know not, neither understand I what thou sayest. And he went out into the porch; and the cock crew.

⁶⁹ And a maid saw him again, and began to say to them that stood by, This is one of them.

⁷⁰ And he denied it again.

And a little after, they that stood by said again to Peter, Surely thou art one of them: for thou art a Galilaean, and thy speech agreeth thereto.

⁷¹ But he began to curse and to swear, saying, I know not this man of whom ye speak.

⁷² And the second time the cock crew. And Peter called to mind the word that Jesus said unto him, Before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny Me thrice. And when he thought thereon, he wept.

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Faith in God

2017, we live in the perilous times which Paul spoke of in II Timothy 3.

How can this be?  No major wars, in USA at moment.  Everything relatively calm out on the streets.  No major sign of problems.  Seems like peace.

I Thessalonians. 5 ... But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you. For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.

Homosexuals and lesbians are protected by law in USA as never before in their history.  They have to feel great peace and safety.

Fornicators and adulterers are welcomed even into the churches.  Everything is just great.  No one can tell them what to do and they brazenly flaunt their acts which would have been hidden in times past.  Often they are even proud and brag about their sexual conquests. And sometimes they even flaunt their sexual partner in the eyes of the congregation by coming to church together.

All sins are openly shown on TV advertisement with "beautiful, desirable" physical images of people.  We are all supposed to be thin, well dressed, glamorous so we can be more attractive to have more opportunities for sex.  Women are to be outspoken and boisterous. 

It's a really great time to be alive ... except for the truly godly person.

But where are we really?

We stand today, as never before, set for the coming of Jesus and the Wrath of God that is to come upon the whole world.

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This book, Faith in God, presents the basic principles of faith which I delight in considering.

The last two chapters, are information which I have received in 2017, concerning antichrist in the churches, the apostasy in the church which sets the stage for the return of Jesus.

Hopefully we can wake up to where we really are at this time.

Joan Boney

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BOOK: Faith in God

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Scriptures

I want to get scripture more deeply inside me and I know we can do that by meditating throughout the day on key scriptures. 

You can put scriptures into an email to yourself so when you open your email throughout that day, those scriptures will be there and this will give you more opportunity to think on those scripture and do them.

Joan Boney

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Recently I have been dealing with two women from our church group.  During the situation, God gave me several scriptures to uphold me and strengthen me and to show me the way to go and the way to continue to go.  

First God showed me that which a godly woman is and that which we can expect her to be in the church.

Proverbs 31 

11  The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her.

12  She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life.

26  She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness.

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From the church people, we see the fruits of the Spirit.

Galatians 5:22-23 

Butter the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.

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Some people cannot be corrected.  No matter what you do they continue to be like Nabal.

I Samuel 25

3   the man was churlish and evil in his doings; 

Churlish:

- marked by a lack of civility or graciousness

- surly

- rude in a mean spirited way

- hard to work with or deal with

- selfish, saying things without regard for feeling of others

17   he is such a son of Belial, that a man cannot speak to him.

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In the church group, there are some who are always learning but the truth is not in them for they learn by their own minds and not by the Spirit of God.  They have "a form of godlessness" but it is not by the Spirit.  They copy those people they consider to be godly and their religion is of their own selves and their own thinking.

II Timothy 3

⁵   Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.

7 Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.

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We often explain and explain and they never understand for understanding is from God and the natural man "receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God."  II Corinthians 2

There is no way we can make them understand.  God gives understanding.  We can't give understanding. 

Luke 16 

26  And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence.

31  If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.

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Our fellowship is with those who are truly of God, those who walk in the ways of God and continue in the ways of God.  Those who keep God's word and love God's word more than anything else.

I John 1

7  But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanseth us from all sin.

Walk with those who demonstrate to us that they follow God by HIS Spirit out of a pure heart.  You cannot walk with a person who steals your joy.  We cannot walk with darkness if we are light.  If the church person is an enemy of the Word of God, choosing to go in a way opposite to the Word of God, we cannot "fellowship" with that person though he says, "Jesus is Lord."

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Genesis 21:10    Cast out this bondwoman and her son: for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac.

Cast out:  defined by following scripture

John 2:13-16   And the Jews' passover was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. And found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting: And when HE had made a scourge of small cords, HE drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers' money, and overthrew the tables;  And said unto them that sold doves, Take these things hence; make not my Father's house an house of merchandise.

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Goals for our life.

Joan Boney ... apostle/prophet

Psalm 9:1-2

I will praise thee, O Lord, with my whole heart;

I will shew forth all THY marvellous works.

I will be glad and rejoice in THEE:

I will sing praise to THY name (The WORD), O thou most High.

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When we speak, it should be our goal to show God's works, telling what God has told us, exalting God's word to us.

We also should be very glad in that which God has said to us and rejoice in that.

We should continually praise HIS name which is THE WORD OF GOD.

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I continually examine that which I write on this blog by these questions:

* Is this what God has shown me?

* Does this edify the church?  (turning the church to faith in God and faith in that which God has said and has done)

* Is this information God wants spoken? 

* Is this truth from God?

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In the last days of the end times

Joan Boney  ... apostle/prophet

I believe part of the confusion concerning the subject of antichrist comes from failure to recognize the difference between the "fierce king" Daniel 8 and antichrist spoken of in II Thessalonians 2.

These are different subjects.

In Daniel, it speaks of one man who is a "fierce king."  (Most church people are calling this "fierce king" the antichrist.  The fierce king is one man, a head of state, a king, a president)

In II Thessalonians 2, it speaks of many who are antichrist and they sit in "the temple of God", the church itself.  (The antichrists are those persons in churches who fall away from scripture and/or set up other doctrines in the church.)

The apostle John says this: 

I John 2:18     Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.

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Each time I have heard the church people or the people of the world speak of antichrist, I've heard them speak of one man, usually someone in governments of men.  (They are really speaking of the "fierce king" of Daniel 8 and not the antichrist of II Thessalonians 2.)

In Tolstoy's book, War and Peace, the Russian people thought Napoleon was the fierce king of Daniel 8.  (They were calling him antichrist.)

Some people who lived through WWII thought Hitler "the antichrist" ... I believe Hitler was this fierce king of Daniel 8.  

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The first time I heard of an antichrist was in 1975, after I was born again.  In the church I was attending at that time, a woman told me of the antichrist.

(However I think she really spoke of the one man, the fierce king, of Daniel 8 but she called him antichrist.)

When I heard of this, I replied:  "They must have thought this man to be Hitler."

She replied:  "No ... because he comes speaking peace." 

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I thought no more about it but I continued to feel Hitler fit somewhere in the end times that we read about in the Bible.

I believe Hitler could have been that "fierce king" that we read about in Daniel 8.

23-25   And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up.  And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power: and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practise, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people.

And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart,

and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes; but he shall be broken without hand.

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What this woman and I did not know at that time in 1970's, since neither of us knew what Hitler really did, is Hitler came speaking peace and by speaking peace he did destroy many.

Before WWII was declared by England, France, and Russia, Hitler came at various times in 1936-1938 saying he did not want war, while he was at the same time laying out his war plans which first involved conquering Austria, then Czechoslovakia, and then Poland.

The leaders of England and France met with Hitler and Hitler strongly declared he wanted peace, not war.  (So the leaders of England and France were relieved and relaxed their guard.)

But as he said this, he was building up his army and preparing them to invade these three countries.  Austria, then Czechoslovakia, and then Poland.  

As he spoke peace to the world, he was secretly planning to go to war, building up his armies and armaments.   And Hitler wanted to completely destroy Czechoslovikia and Poland.  Although he took control of Czechosolvikia without war, he did bomb Poland on September 1, 1939, and that caused England and France to declare war.

France and England wanted peace so much they were easily deceived by Hitler when he came saying he wanted peace while he was planning for war.  

At the time Hitler was speaking peace to the leaders of England and France, who could have fought him, Hitler had invasion date on his calendar, preparing to take over in the nations of Austria, Czechoslovakia and Poland.

Because Hitler said he wanted peace, England and France did not oppose Hitler, conceding both Austria and Czechoslovakia to appease Hitler and to keep from going to war with Germany.

Because of their desire for peace and the deception Hitler posed by speaking peace, England and France did not oppose Hitler when he and his army moved into Austria and then Czechoslovakia.

Hitler turned these two countries into German countries without firing a shot.

He just came to the leaders of these countries and told them to resign and to move out and announced they would henceforth be under the "protection" of Germany and would be ruled by Germany. He removed their police and replaced them with German police who were controlled by himself.

England and France let Hitler take over these two nations.


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Then on September 1, 1939, Hitler bombed Poland. Then it was obvious to all that Hitler, while speaking peace, had war in mind all the time and was actually preparing for war.

Two days after Hitler bombed Poland, England declared war on Germany and France followed England.

WWII officially began.

Hitler fit this description of this "king of fierce countenance" of Daniel 8, who destroyed many through speaking peace.

After Hitler bombed Poland on September 1, 1939, both England and France declared war on Germany.

Hitler continued to ask them for peace but they did not back down because Hitler was occupying Poland and Hitler refused to move his troups out of Poland though Hitler kept saying he wanted peace.

Then Hitler moved troups into both Norway and Denmark ... then France.

Amazingly, even after Hitler had taken over all these nations, Hitler told England he wanted peace, but England refused to talk to him about peace unless he removed his troups from all these nations which he had taken over: Austria,Czechoslovakia, Poland, Denmark, Norway, Belgium, Luxembourg, and France.  (Hitler would not do that so England fought on against Hitler.)

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Antichrist is something other than the fierce king of Daniel 8.

According to the Bible, there are many antichrists ... and not just one person.

The apostle John says this: 

I John 2:18     Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.

And the apostle Paul says antichrist will come through the temple of God showing himself to be as God.

II Thessalonians 2:3-4    Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.

There would first be "a falling away" ... church people would fall away from scripture.  

Anti-christ is opposite from Christ, opposed to Christ ... thus opposed to The Word.

As the apostle John described, " even now are there many antichrists;" ... John said by this they knew they were in the last days.

Many in churches today fall away from Bible as they set up other doctrines and remove portions of the Bible from the church ... thus antichrists.

I believe that "king of fierce countenance" in Daniel 8 could have been Hitler.  For a season, he had to rule.  Then he was destroyed.  

I believe Hitler was one part of the end-time story.  But not the only part.

The "falling away" are church people departing from portions of scripture, thus allowing lawlessness against the scripture to reign in their groups.  

All these parts in different decades of time are part of the story of the end-times.  

For the end times began after the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus, and at the time of Paul and John the end times were already taking place according to that which John said in I John 2:18  

 (Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.)

When the iniquities of the end-times are full, the wrath of God will be poured out upon the earth and the appointed plagues and troubles will come upon this earth as we are told in Revelation 8-16

Jesus will return for HIS church which HE will remove from this earth.  The church of Jesus are those persons who cling to the scriptures, doing the scriptures, as they live upon this earth.

The church people who fall away from scripture are antichrist. 

There are many antichrists today.

Jesus will destroy all who are antichrist at HIS coming.  

II Thessalonians 2:8    And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of His mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of HIS coming:

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For those who hold fast to the scriptures:

I Thessalonians 4:13-18    But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep (dead), that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.

For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with Him.

For 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 (precede) them which are asleep (dead).  

For 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: 

Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. 

Wherefore comfort one another with these words.

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