Alive in Christ

^6 (A)Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him,

²⁵ Now a discussion arose between some of John's disciples and a Jew over ^(A)purification. ²⁶ And they came to John and said to him, ^(B)“Rabbi, he who was with you across the Jordan, ^(C)to whom you bore witness—look, he is baptizing, and ^(D)all are going to him.” ²⁷ John answered, ^(E)“A person cannot receive even one thing ^(F)unless it is given him ^(G)from heaven. ²⁸ You yourselves bear me witness, that I said, ^(H)‘I am not the Christ, but ^(I)I have been sent before him.’ ^29 (J)The one who has the bride is the bridegroom. ^(K)The friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, ^(L)rejoices greatly at the bridegroom's voice. Therefore this joy of mine is now complete.

for the fine linen is ^(D)the righteous deeds of the saints.

² And I saw ^(A)the holy city, ^(B)new Jerusalem, ^(C)coming down out of heaven from God, ^(D)prepared ^(E)as a bride adorned for her husband. ³ And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, ^(F)the dwelling place^[a] of God is with man. He will ^(G)dwell with them, and they will be his people,^[b] and God himself will be with them as their God.^{[c] 4 (H)}He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and ^(I)death shall be no more, ^(J)neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.”