1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, so also that, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep. (4:14)
Acts 17:16-34 He is not far from each one of us (17:27b). Paul exhorts the people in Athens to serve the Lord of heaven and earth not idols, and to seek not human ideas but relationship with the living, creator God.