16 because the Lord* himself will descend from heaven+ with a commanding call, with an archangel’s+ voice and with God’s trumpet,+ and those who are dead in union with Christ will rise first.+

6 Moreover, without faith+ it is impossible to please [him] well,+ for he that approaches God must believe that he is+ and that he becomes the rewarder*+ of those earnestly seeking him.+

13 And I heard a voice out of heaven say: “Write: Happy are the dead+ who die in union with [the] Lord+ from this time onward.+ Yes, says the spirit, let them rest* from their labors, for the things they did* go right with them.”