Isaiah 25:6-9

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⁶^(A)On this mountain the Lord of hosts will make for all peoples
    a feast of rich food, a feast of well-aged wine,
    ^(B)of rich food full of marrow, of aged wine well refined.
⁷And he will swallow up ^(C)on this mountain
    the covering that is cast over all peoples,
    ^(D)the veil that is spread over all nations.
⁸    ^(E)He will swallow up death forever;
and ^(F)the Lord God will wipe away tears from all faces,
    and ^(G)the reproach of his people he will take away from all the earth,
    ^(H)for the Lord has spoken.
⁹It will be said on that day,
    “Behold, this is our God; ^(I)we have waited for him, that he might save us.
    This is the Lord; we have waited for him;
    ^(J)let us be glad and rejoice in his salvation.”

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1 Corinthians 15:50-58

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Mystery and Victory

⁵⁰I tell you this, brothers: ^(A)flesh and blood ^(B)cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. ⁵¹Behold! I tell you a mystery. ^(C)We shall not all sleep, ^(D)but we shall all be changed, ⁵²in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For ^(E)the trumpet will sound, and ^(F)the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed. ⁵³For this perishable body must put on the imperishable, and ^(G)this mortal body must put on immortality. ⁵⁴When the perishable puts on the imperishable, and the mortal puts on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written:

^(H)“Death is swallowed up in victory.”
⁵⁵^(I)“O death, where is your victory?
O death, where is your sting?”

⁵⁶The sting of death is sin, and ^(J)the power of sin is the law. ⁵⁷But thanks be to God, ^(K)who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

⁵⁸^(L)Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in ^(M)the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord ^(N)your labor is not in vain.

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John 5:24-27

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²⁴Truly, truly, I say to you, ^(A)whoever hears my word and ^(B)believes him who sent me has eternal life. He ^(C)does not come into judgment, but ^(D)has passed from death to life.

²⁵“Truly, truly, I say to you, ^(E)an hour is coming, and is now here, when ^(F)the dead will hear ^(G)the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear ^(H)will live. ²⁶^(I)For as the Father has life in himself, ^(J)so he has granted the Son also to have life in himself. ²⁷And he ^(K)has given him authority to execute judgment, because he is the Son of Man.