Ephesians 2:1
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Made Alive with Christ
2 Once you were dead because of your disobedience and your many sins.
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Colossians 2:13
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13 You were dead because of your sins and because your sinful nature was not yet cut away. Then God made you alive with Christ, for he forgave all our sins.
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Ephesians 2:5-6
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5 that even though we were dead because of our sins, he gave us life when he raised Christ from the dead. (It is only by God’s grace that you have been saved!) 6 For he raised us from the dead along with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms because we are united with Christ Jesus.
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Colossians 3:1-4
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Living the New Life
3 Since you have been raised to new life with Christ, set your sights on the realities of heaven, where Christ sits in the place of honor at God’s right hand. 2 Think about the things of heaven, not the things of earth. 3 For you died to this life, and your real life is hidden with Christ in God. 4 And when Christ, who is your[a] life, is revealed to the whole world, you will share in all his glory.
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- 3:4 Some manuscripts read our.
Ephesians 4:18
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18 Their minds are full of darkness; they wander far from the life God gives because they have closed their minds and hardened their hearts against him.
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Romans 8:2
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2 And because you belong to him, the power[a] of the life-giving Spirit has freed you[b] from the power of sin that leads to death.
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John 11:25-26
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25 Jesus told her, “I am the resurrection and the life.[a] Anyone who believes in me will live, even after dying. 26 Everyone who lives in me and believes in me will never ever die. Do you believe this, Martha?”
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- 11:25 Some manuscripts do not include and the life.
John 5:21
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21 For just as the Father gives life to those he raises from the dead, so the Son gives life to anyone he wants.
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1 John 3:14
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14 If we love our brothers and sisters who are believers,[a] it proves that we have passed from death to life. But a person who has no love is still dead.
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John 14:6
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6 Jesus told him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me.
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Ephesians 5:14
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14 for the light makes everything visible. This is why it is said,
“Awake, O sleeper,
rise up from the dead,
and Christ will give you light.”
Ephesians 1:19-20
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19 I also pray that you will understand the incredible greatness of God’s power for us who believe him. This is the same mighty power 20 that raised Christ from the dead and seated him in the place of honor at God’s right hand in the heavenly realms.
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John 5:25
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25 “And I assure you that the time is coming, indeed it’s here now, when the dead will hear my voice—the voice of the Son of God. And those who listen will live.
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1 Timothy 5:6
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6 But the widow who lives only for pleasure is spiritually dead even while she lives.
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1 Corinthians 15:45
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45 The Scriptures tell us, “The first man, Adam, became a living person.”[a] But the last Adam—that is, Christ—is a life-giving Spirit.
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Luke 15:32
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32 We had to celebrate this happy day. For your brother was dead and has come back to life! He was lost, but now he is found!’”
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Revelation 3:1
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The Message to the Church in Sardis
3 “Write this letter to the angel[a] of the church in Sardis. This is the message from the one who has the sevenfold Spirit[b] of God and the seven stars:
“I know all the things you do, and that you have a reputation for being alive—but you are dead.
John 10:10
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10 The thief’s purpose is to steal and kill and destroy. My purpose is to give them a rich and satisfying life.
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Luke 15:24
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24 for this son of mine was dead and has now returned to life. He was lost, but now he is found.’ So the party began.
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Matthew 8:22
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22 But Jesus told him, “Follow me now. Let the spiritually dead bury their own dead.[a]”
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- 8:22 Greek Let the dead bury their own dead.
2 Corinthians 5:14
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14 Either way, Christ’s love controls us.[a] Since we believe that Christ died for all, we also believe that we have all died to our old life.[b]
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