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.
But as touching brotherly love you need not that I write unto you: for you yourselves are taught of God to love one another. And indeed you do it toward all the brethren which are in all of Macedonia: but we beseech you, brethren, that you increase [do it] more and more ( 1 Thessalonians 4:9-10 );