For this we tell you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left to the coming of the Lord, will in no way precede those who have fallen asleep.
And indeed you do it toward all the brethren which are in all of Macedonia: but we beseech you, brethren, that you increase more and more; And that you study to be quiet ( 1 Thessalonians 4:10-11 ),