Hebrews 2:14
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14 Since, therefore, the children share flesh and blood, he himself likewise shared the same things, so that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil,(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
Romans 8:3
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3 For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do: by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and to deal with sin,[a] he condemned sin in the flesh,(A)
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- 8.3 Or and as a sin offering
Colossians 2:15
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15 He disarmed[a] the rulers and authorities and made a public example of them, triumphing over them in it.(A)
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- 2.15 Or divested himself of
1 Corinthians 15:54-57
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54 When this perishable body puts on imperishability and this mortal body puts on immortality, then the saying that is written will be fulfilled:
“Death has been swallowed up in victory.”(A)
55 “Where, O death, is your victory?
Where, O death, is your sting?”
56 The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.(B) 57 But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
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John 1:14
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14 And the Word became flesh and lived among us, and we have seen his glory, the glory as of a father’s only son,[a] full of grace and truth.(A)
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- 1.14 Or the Father’s only Son
Hosea 13:14
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14 Shall I ransom them from the power of Sheol?
Shall I redeem them from Death?
O Death, where are[a] your plagues?
O Sheol, where is[b] your destruction?
Compassion is hidden from my eyes.(A)
Isaiah 25:8
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8 he will swallow up death forever.
Then the Lord God will wipe away the tears from all faces,
and the disgrace of his people he will take away from all the earth,
for the Lord has spoken.(A)
Hebrews 9:15
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15 For this reason he is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, because a death has occurred that redeems them from the transgressions under the first covenant.[a](A)
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- 9.15 The Greek word used here means both covenant and will
John 12:31-33
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31 Now is the judgment of this world; now the ruler of this world will be driven out.(A) 32 And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people[a] to myself.”(B) 33 He said this to indicate the kind of death he was to die.
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- 12.32 Other ancient authorities read all things
1 John 3:8-10
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8 Everyone who commits sin is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The Son of God was revealed for this purpose: to destroy the works of the devil.(A) 9 Those who have been born of God do not sin because God’s seed abides in them;[a] they cannot sin because they have been born of God.(B) 10 The children of God and the children of the devil are revealed in this way: all who do not do what is right are not from God, nor are those who do not love a brother or sister.(C)
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- 3.9 Or because the children of God abide in him
1 Corinthians 15:50
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50 What I am saying, brothers and sisters, is this: flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.(A)
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Revelation 1:18
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18 and the Living One. I was dead, and see, I am alive forever and ever, and I have the keys of Death and of Hades.(A)
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