Paul wrote back, "But I would not have you
to be ignorant, brethern, concerning them
who are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as
others who have no hope.

For if we believe that Jesus died and rose
again, even so them also who sleep in Jesus
will God bring with him.

For this we say unto you by the word of the
Lord, that we who are alive and remain unto
the coming of the Lord shall not precede them
who are asleep.

For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven
with a shout, with the voice of the archangel,
and with the trump of God; and the dead in
Christ shall rise first; Then we who are alive
and remain shall be caught up together with
them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air;
and so shall we ever be with the Lord.

Wherefore, comfort one another with these
words," 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18