We want you to be quite certain, brothers and sisters, about those who have died, to make sure that you do not grieve about them,

Let us love one another, because love is from God; everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.  Whoever does not love does

Christ has been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who have died.  For since death came through one man, the resurrection of

With God on our side who can be against us?  Since God did not spare his own Son, but gave him up to benefit us

We know that he who raised the Lord Jesus to life will raise us with Jesus in our turn, and put us by his side

Think of the love that the Father has lavished on us, by letting us be called God’s children, and   that is what we are.  Because

The life and death of each of us has its influence on others; if we live, we live for the Lord; and if we die,

We know that when the tent that we live in on earth is folded up, there is a house built by God for us, an

For us, our homeland is in heaven, and from heaven comes the saviour we are waiting for, the Lord Jesus Christ, and he will transfigure

I want you to be happy, always happy in the Lord: I repeat, what I want is your happiness.  Let your tolerance be evident to