en_tn_lite_do_not_use/1th/04/13.md

# General Information:

Paul talks about believers who have died, those who are now alive, and those who will be alive when Christ returns.

# We do not want you to be uninformed

This can be stated in positive form. Alternate translation: "We want you to be informed" or "We want you to know"

# brothers

Here "brothers" means fellow Christians.

# those who sleep

Here "sleep" is a euphemism for being dead. Alternate translation: "those who have died" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-euphemism]])

# so that you do not grieve like the rest

"because we do not want you grieve like the rest"

# grieve

mourn, be sad about something

# like the rest, who do not have hope

Here "hope" means a certainty about the future. What those people do not have confidence about can be stated clearly. Alternate translation: "like people who do not have confidence in the future promise" or "like the people who are not sure that they will rise from the dead" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit]])