For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so those who have fallen asleep in Jesus will God bring with him.
The mark of the true body of Christ is that of great love for one another. Jesus said, "By this sign shall men know that you are my disciples that ye love one another" ( John 13:35 ). And so the love among the body of Christ is, first of all, a sign to the world that indeed they are the disciples of Jesus, but it also becomes the personal sign unto me that I have passed from death into life, because of the love that I have for the brethren.