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 ye sorrow not: This is not a blanket prohibition against manifesting those natural feelings of sorrow experienced at the passing of a loved one. Jesus himself experiences such (John 11:35). Paul is capable of such expressions as well (Philippians 2:27). What is prohibited is the kind of hopeless grief characteristic of the pagans.