Ephesians 5:14
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14 for everything that becomes visible is light. Therefore it says,
“Sleeper, awake!
Rise from the dead,
and Christ will shine on you.”(A)
Isaiah 60:1
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The Ingathering of the Dispersed
60 Arise, shine, for your light has come,
and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you.(A)
Romans 13:11-12
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An Urgent Appeal
11 Besides this, you know what time it is, how it is already the moment for you to wake from sleep. For salvation is nearer to us now than when we became believers;(A) 12 the night is far gone; the day is near. Let us then throw off[a] the works of darkness and put on the armor of light;(B)
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- 13.12 Other ancient authorities read lay aside
Isaiah 26:19
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19 Your dead shall live; their corpses[a] shall rise.
Those who dwell in the dust will awake and shout for joy![b]
For your dew is a radiant dew,
and the earth will give birth to those long dead.[c](A)
1 Thessalonians 5:6
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6 So, then, let us not fall asleep as others do, but let us keep awake and be sober,(A)
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Isaiah 52:1
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Let Zion Rejoice
52 Awake; awake;
put on your strength, O Zion!
Put on your beautiful garments,
O Jerusalem, the holy city,
for the uncircumcised and the unclean
shall enter you no more.(A)
2 Corinthians 4:6
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6 For it is the God who said, “Light will shine out of darkness,” who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.(A)
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John 5:25-29
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25 “Very truly, I tell you, the hour is coming and is now here when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.(A) 26 For just as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son also to have life in himself, 27 and he has given him authority to execute judgment because he is the Son of Man.(B) 28 Do not be astonished at this, for the hour is coming when all who are in their graves will hear his voice 29 and will come out: those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of condemnation.(C)
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Isaiah 51:17
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17 Rouse yourself, rouse yourself!
Stand up, O Jerusalem,
you who have drunk at the hand of the Lord
the cup of his wrath,
who have drunk to the dregs
the cup of staggering.(A)
Romans 6:4-5
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4 Therefore we were buried with him by baptism into death, so that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, so we also might walk in newness of life.(A)
5 For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we will certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his.
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Colossians 3:1
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The New Life in Christ
3 So if you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.(A)
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John 9:5
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5 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”(A)
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John 8:12
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Jesus the Light of the World
12 Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness but will have the light of life.”(A)
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2 Timothy 1:10
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10 but it has now been revealed through the appearing of our Savior Jesus Christ,[a] who abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel.(A)
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- 1.10 Other ancient authorities read Christ Jesus
Ephesians 2:5
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5 even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ[a]—by grace you have been saved—
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- 2.5 Other ancient authorities read in Christ
1 Corinthians 15:34
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34 Sober up, as you rightly ought to, and sin no more, for some people have no knowledge of God. I say this to your shame.(A)
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Ezekiel 37:4-10
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4 Then he said to me, “Prophesy to these bones and say to them: O dry bones, hear the word of the Lord. 5 Thus says the Lord God to these bones: I will cause breath[a] to enter you, and you shall live.(A) 6 I will lay sinews on you and will cause flesh to come upon you and cover you with skin and put breath[b] in you, and you shall live, and you shall know that I am the Lord.”(B)
7 So I prophesied as I had been commanded, and as I prophesied, suddenly there was a noise, a rattling, and the bones came together, bone to its bone. 8 I looked, and there were sinews on them, and flesh had come upon them, and skin had covered them, but there was no breath in them. 9 Then he said to me, “Prophesy to the breath, prophesy, mortal, and say to the breath:[c] Thus says the Lord God: Come from the four winds, O breath,[d] and breathe upon these slain, that they may live.”(C) 10 I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived and stood on their feet, a vast multitude.(D)
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Romans 6:13
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13 No longer present your members to sin as instruments[a] of unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life, and present your members to God as instruments[b] of righteousness.(A)
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John 11:43-44
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43 When he had said this, he cried with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!” 44 The dead man came out, his hands and feet bound with strips of cloth and his face wrapped in a cloth. Jesus said to them, “Unbind him, and let him go.”(A)
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2 Timothy 2:26
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26 and that they may escape from the snare of the devil, having been held captive by him to do his will.[a]
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- 2.26 Or by him, to do his (that is, God’s) will
Luke 1:78
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Acts 13:47
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47 For so the Lord has commanded us, saying,
‘I have set you to be a light for the gentiles,
so that you may bring salvation to the ends of the earth.’ ”(A)
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