³⁸ For He is not the God of the dead but of the living, for ^(A)all live to Him.”

^3 (A)For you died, ^(B)and your life is hidden with Christ in God. ^4 (C)When Christ who is ^(D)our life appears, then you also will appear with Him in ^(E)glory.

²⁵ Jesus said to her, “I am ^(A)the resurrection and the life. ^(B)He who believes in Me, though he may ^(C)die, he shall live. ²⁶ And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die. Do you believe this?”

¹⁰ For the death that He died, ^(A)He died to sin once for all; but the life that He lives, ^(B)He lives to God. ¹¹ Likewise you also, ^[a]reckon yourselves to be ^(C)dead indeed to sin, but ^(D)alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

⁷ For ^(A)none of us lives to himself, and no one dies to himself. ⁸ For if we ^(B)live, we live to the Lord; and if we die, we die to the Lord. Therefore, whether we live or die, we are the Lord’s. ⁹ For ^(C)to this end Christ died ^[a]and rose and lived again, that He might be ^(D)Lord of both the dead and the living.

The River of Life

22 And he showed me ^(A)a ^[a]pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding from the throne of God and of the Lamb.

¹⁵ Therefore they are before the throne of God, and serve Him day and night in His temple. And He who sits on the throne will ^(A)dwell among them. ^16 (B)They shall neither hunger anymore nor thirst anymore; ^(C)the sun shall not strike them, nor any heat; ¹⁷ for the Lamb who is in the midst of the throne ^(D)will shepherd them and lead them to ^[a]living fountains of waters. ^(E)And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”

¹⁶ But now they desire a better, that is, a heavenly country. Therefore God is not ashamed ^(A)to be called their God, for He has ^(B)prepared a city for them.

^4 (A)For though He was crucified in weakness, yet ^(B)He lives by the power of God. For ^(C)we also are weak in Him, but we shall live with Him by the power of God toward you.