But we don't want you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning those who have fallen asleep, so that you don't grieve like the rest, who have no hope.
That every one of you ought to know how to posses his vessel [how to keep your body] in sanctification and honor [in purity]; And not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God ( 1 Thessalonians 4:4-5 ):