²⁸ For in him we live and move and exist. As some of your^[a] own poets have said, ‘We are his offspring.’

³ The Son radiates God’s own glory and expresses the very character of God, and he sustains everything by the mighty power of his command. When he had cleansed us from our sins, he sat down in the place of honor at the right hand of the majestic God in heaven.

³⁸ So he is the God of the living, not the dead, for they are all alive to him.”

²⁵ Jesus told her, “I am the resurrection and the life.^[a] Anyone who believes in me will live, even after dying.

²⁶ The Father has life in himself, and he has granted that same life-giving power to his Son.

⁹ Since we respected our earthly fathers who disciplined us, shouldn’t we submit even more to the discipline of the Father of our spirits, and live forever?^[a]