soul sleep

²⁵The dead will not praise you, Lord, and neither will all those who descend into Hell.

¹³And no one has ascended to heaven, except the one who descended from heaven: the Son of man who is in heaven.

²And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth will awaken: some to everlasting life, and others to a reproach that they will always see.

²⁸Do not be amazed at this. For the hour is coming in which all who are in the grave shall hear the voice of the Son of God. ²⁹And those who have done good shall go forth to the resurrection of life. Yet truly, those who have done evil shall go to the resurrection of judgment.

⁷and the dust returns to its earth, from which it was, and the spirit returns to God, who granted it.

¹³And we do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning those who are sleeping, so as not to be sorrowful, like these others who do not have hope. ¹⁴For if we believe that Jesus has died and risen again, so also will God bring back with Jesus those who sleep in him. ¹⁵For we say this to you, in the Word of the Lord: that we who are alive, who remain until the return of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep. ¹⁶For the Lord himself, with a command and with the voice of an Archangel and with a trumpet of God, shall descend from heaven. And the dead, who are in Christ, shall rise up first. ¹⁷Next, we who are alive, who are remaining, shall be taken up quickly together with them into the clouds to meet Christ in the air. And in this way, we shall be with the Lord always. ¹⁸Therefore, console one another with these words.

⁵For the living know that they themselves will die, yet truly the dead know nothing anymore, nor do they have any recompense. For the memory of them is forgotten.

⁴His spirit will depart, and he will return to his earth. In that day, all their thoughts will perish.

⁶For there is no one in death who would be mindful of you. And who will confess to you in Hell?

⁵¹Behold, I tell you a mystery. Certainly, we shall all rise again, but we shall not all be transformed: ⁵²in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will rise up, incorruptible. And we shall be transformed. ⁵³Thus, it is necessary for this corruptibility to be clothed with incorruptibility, and for this mortality to be clothed with immortality. ⁵⁴And when this mortality has been clothed with immortality, then the word that was written shall occur: “Death is swallowed up in victory.” ⁵⁵“O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?”