17 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

• Hope

9 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

• 1Cor 10:1 — Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea;
• 1Cor 12:1 — Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant.
• 1Cor 15:6 — After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep.
• 1Cor 15:18 — Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished.
• 1Cor 15:18 — Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished.
• 1Kgs 1:21 — Otherwise it shall come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted offenders.
• 1Kgs 2:10 — So David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David.
• 1Thess 4:14 — For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.
• 1Thess 4:15 — For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.
• 1Thess 5:10 — Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.
• 2Cor 1:8 — For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life:
• 2Cor 2:7 — So that contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive him, and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.
• 2Pet 3:4 — And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.
• 2Pet 3:8 — But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
• 2Sam 12:19 — But when David saw that his servants whispered, David perceived that the child was dead: therefore David said unto his servants, Is the child dead? And they said, He is dead.
• Acts 4:2 — Being grieved that they taught the people, and preached through Jesus the resurrection from the dead.
• Acts 7:60 — And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
• Acts 7:60 — And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
• Acts 8:2 — And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great lamentation over him.
• Acts 13:36 — For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption:
• Acts 27:20 — And when neither sun nor stars in many days appeared, and no small tempest lay on us, all hope that we should be saved was then taken away.
• Dan 12:2 — And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
• Eph 2:12 — That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:
• Eph 2:12 — That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:
• Ezek 24:16 — Son of man, behold, I take away from thee the desire of thine eyes with a stroke: yet neither shalt thou mourn nor weep, neither shall thy tears run down.
• Ezek 24:16 — Son of man, behold, I take away from thee the desire of thine eyes with a stroke: yet neither shalt thou mourn nor weep, neither shall thy tears run down.
• Ezek 37:11 — Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our parts.
• Gen 24:67 — And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah’s tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her: and Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.
• Job 19:25 — For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:
• John 11:11 — These things said he: and after that he saith unto them, Our friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep.
• John 11:24 — Martha saith unto him, I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection at the last day.
• Lev 19:28 — Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the LORD.
• Luke 8:52 — And all wept, and bewailed her: but he said, Weep not; she is not dead, but sleepeth.
• Matt 27:52 — And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose,
• Phil 1:21 — For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
• Prov 14:32 — The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.
• Ps 4:8 — I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety.
• Ps 16:9 — Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope.
• Rom 1:13 — Now I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that oftentimes I purposed to come unto you, (but was let hitherto,) that I might have some fruit among you also, even as among other Gentiles.
• Rom 1:13 — Now I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that oftentimes I purposed to come unto you, (but was let hitherto,) that I might have some fruit among you also, even as among other Gentiles.