Those who walk uprightly(A)
    enter into peace;
    they find rest(B) as they lie in death.

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He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, each one walking in his uprightness.

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13 Then I heard a voice from heaven say, “Write this: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord(A) from now on.”

“Yes,” says the Spirit,(B) “they will rest from their labor, for their deeds will follow them.”

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13 And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them.

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Awaiting the New Body

For we know that if the earthly(A) tent(B) we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands.

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For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

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29 “Sovereign Lord, as you have promised,(A)
    you may now dismiss[a] your servant in peace.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 2:29 Or promised, / now dismiss

29 Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word:

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50 Jesus said to the woman, “Your faith has saved you;(A) go in peace.”(B)

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50 And he said to the woman, Thy faith hath saved thee; go in peace.

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21 “His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things.(A) Come and share your master’s happiness!’

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21 His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.

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17 There the wicked cease from turmoil,(A)
    and there the weary are at rest.(B)

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17 There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest.

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22 “The time came when the beggar died and the angels carried him to Abraham’s side. The rich man also died and was buried.

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22 And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;

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25 A bed is made for her among the slain, with all her hordes around her grave. All of them are uncircumcised,(A) killed by the sword. Because their terror had spread in the land of the living, they bear their shame with those who go down to the pit; they are laid among the slain.

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25 They have set her a bed in the midst of the slain with all her multitude: her graves are round about him: all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword: though their terror was caused in the land of the living, yet have they borne their shame with them that go down to the pit: he is put in the midst of them that be slain.

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14 They buried him in the tomb that he had cut out for himself(A) in the City of David. They laid him on a bier covered with spices and various blended perfumes,(B) and they made a huge fire(C) in his honor.

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14 And they buried him in his own sepulchres, which he had made for himself in the city of David, and laid him in the bed which was filled with sweet odours and divers kinds of spices prepared by the apothecaries' art: and they made a very great burning for him.

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23 I am torn between the two: I desire to depart(A) and be with Christ,(B) which is better by far;

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23 For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:

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We are confident, I say, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.(A)

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We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.

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Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, observing all the Lord’s commands and decrees blamelessly.(A)

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And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.

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