Psalm 146:3-4
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3 (A)Put not your trust in princes,
(B)in a son of man, in whom there is (C)no salvation.
4 When (D)his breath departs, he returns to the earth;
on that very day his plans perish.
Ecclesiastes 9:5-6
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5 For the living know that they will die, but (A)the dead know nothing, and they have no more reward, for (B)the memory of them is forgotten. 6 Their love and their hate and their envy have already perished, and forever they have no more share in all that is done under the sun.
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Ecclesiastes 9:10
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10 Whatever your hand finds to do, (A)do it with your might,[a] (B)for there is no work or thought or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol, to which you are going.
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- Ecclesiastes 9:10 Or finds to do with your might, do it
Daniel 12:13
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13 (A)But go your way till the end. (B)And you shall rest and shall stand in your allotted place at (C)the end of the days.”
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John 6:39-40
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39 And (A)this is the will of him who sent me, (B)that I should lose nothing of (C)all that he has given me, but (D)raise it up on the last day. 40 For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who (E)looks on the Son and (F)believes in him (G)should have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.”
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John 11:11-14
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11 After saying these things, he said to them, “Our friend Lazarus (A)has fallen asleep, but I go to awaken him.” 12 The disciples said to him, “Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will recover.” 13 Now Jesus had spoken of his death, but they thought that he meant taking rest in sleep. 14 Then Jesus told them plainly, “Lazarus has died,
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John 11:21-26
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21 Martha said to (A)Jesus, “Lord, (B)if you had been here, my brother would not have died. 22 But even now I know that whatever you ask from God, (C)God will give you.” 23 Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise again.” 24 (D)Martha said to him, “I know that he will rise again in (E)the resurrection on the last day.” 25 Jesus said to her, (F)“I am the resurrection and (G)the life.[a] Whoever believes in me, (H)though he die, (I)yet shall he live, 26 and everyone who lives and believes in me (J)shall never die. Do you believe this?”
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- John 11:25 Some manuscripts omit and the life
Romans 6:23
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23 (A)For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
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1 Corinthians 15:12-58
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The Resurrection of the Dead
12 Now if Christ is proclaimed as raised from the dead, (A)how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? 13 But if there is no resurrection of the dead, (B)then not even Christ has been raised. 14 And if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain and your faith is in vain. 15 We are even found to be misrepresenting God, because we testified about God that (C)he raised Christ, whom he did not raise if it is true that the dead are not raised. 16 For if the dead are not raised, not even Christ has been raised. 17 And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile and (D)you are still in your sins. 18 Then those also who (E)have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. 19 If in Christ we have hope[a] in this life only, (F)we are of all people most to be pitied.
20 But in fact (G)Christ has been raised from the dead, (H)the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. 21 For as (I)by a man came death, (J)by a man has come also the resurrection of the dead. 22 For (K)as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive. 23 But each in his own order: Christ the firstfruits, then (L)at his coming (M)those who belong to Christ. 24 Then comes the end, when he delivers (N)the kingdom to God the Father after destroying (O)every rule and every authority and power. 25 For he must reign (P)until he has put all his enemies under his feet. 26 The last enemy to be (Q)destroyed is death. 27 For (R)“God[b] has put all things in subjection under his feet.” But when it says, “all things are put in subjection,” it is plain that he is excepted who put all things in subjection under him. 28 When (S)all things are subjected to him, then the Son himself will also be subjected to him who put all things in subjection under him, that (T)God may be all in all.
29 Otherwise, what do people mean by being baptized on behalf of the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why are people baptized on their behalf? 30 Why are we (U)in danger every hour? 31 I protest, brothers, by (V)my pride in you, which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, (W)I die every day! 32 What do I gain if, humanly speaking, (X)I fought with beasts at Ephesus? If the dead are not raised, (Y)“Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.” 33 (Z)Do not be deceived: (AA)“Bad company ruins good morals.”[c] 34 (AB)Wake up from your drunken stupor, as is right, and do not go on sinning. For (AC)some have no knowledge of God. (AD)I say this to your shame.
The Resurrection Body
35 But someone will ask, (AE)“How are the dead raised? With what kind of body do they come?” 36 You foolish person! (AF)What you sow does not come to life unless it dies. 37 And what you sow is not the body that is to be, but a bare kernel, perhaps of wheat or of some other grain. 38 But God gives it a body as he has chosen, and to each kind of seed its own body. 39 For not all flesh is the same, but there is one kind for humans, another for animals, another for birds, and another for fish. 40 There are heavenly bodies and earthly bodies, but the glory of the heavenly is of one kind, and the glory of the earthly is of another. 41 There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for star differs from star in glory.
42 (AG)So is it with the resurrection of the dead. What is sown is perishable; what is raised is imperishable. 43 It is sown in dishonor; (AH)it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power. 44 It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body. 45 Thus it is written, (AI)“The first man Adam became a living being”;[d] (AJ)the last Adam became a (AK)life-giving spirit. 46 But it is not the spiritual that is first but the natural, and then the spiritual. 47 (AL)The first man was from the earth, (AM)a man of dust; (AN)the second man is from heaven. 48 As was the man of dust, so also are those who are of the dust, and as is the man of heaven, (AO)so also are those who are of heaven. 49 Just (AP)as we have borne the image of the man of dust, (AQ)we shall[e] also bear the image of the man of heaven.
Mystery and Victory
50 I tell you this, brothers: (AR)flesh and blood (AS)cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. 51 Behold! I tell you a mystery. (AT)We shall not all sleep, (AU)but we shall all be changed, 52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For (AV)the trumpet will sound, and (AW)the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed. 53 For this perishable body must put on the imperishable, and (AX)this mortal body must put on immortality. 54 When the perishable puts on the imperishable, and the mortal puts on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written:
(AY)“Death is swallowed up in victory.”
55 (AZ)“O death, where is your victory?
O death, where is your sting?”
56 The sting of death is sin, and (BA)the power of sin is the law. 57 But thanks be to God, (BB)who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
58 (BC)Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in (BD)the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord (BE)your labor is not in vain.
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- 1 Corinthians 15:19 Or we have hoped
- 1 Corinthians 15:27 Greek he
- 1 Corinthians 15:33 Probably from Menander's comedy Thais
- 1 Corinthians 15:45 Greek a living soul
- 1 Corinthians 15:49 Some manuscripts let us
1 Thessalonians 4:13-18
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The Coming of the Lord
13 But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep, (A)that you may not grieve as others do (B)who have no hope. 14 For (C)since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him (D)those who have fallen asleep. 15 For this we declare to you (E)by a word from the Lord,[a] that (F)we who are alive, who are left until (G)the coming of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep. 16 For (H)the Lord himself will descend (I)from heaven (J)with a cry of command, with the voice of (K)an archangel, and (L)with the sound of the trumpet of God. And (M)the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 Then we who are alive, who are left, will be (N)caught up together with them (O)in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so (P)we will always be with the Lord. 18 Therefore encourage one another with these words.
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- 1 Thessalonians 4:15 Or by the word of the Lord
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