John 5:21-29
5:21 For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life,
so also the Son gives life to whomever he wishes.
5:22 Furthermore, the Father does not judge
anyone, but has assigned
all judgment to the Son,
5:23 so that all people
will honor the Son just as they honor the Father. The one who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him.
5:24 “I tell you the solemn truth, the one who hears my message and believes the one who sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned, but has crossed over from death to life.
5:25 I tell you the solemn truth, a time is coming – and is now here – when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.
5:26 For just as the Father has life in himself, thus he has granted the Son to have life in himself,
5:27 and he has granted the Son authority to execute judgment, because he is the Son of Man.
5:28 “Do not be amazed at this, because a time is coming when all who are in the tombs will hear his voice
5:29 and will come out – the ones who have done what is good to the resurrection resulting in life, and the ones who have done what is evil to the resurrection resulting in condemnation.
John 10:18
10:18 No one takes it away from me, but I lay it down
of my own free will.
I have the authority
to lay it down, and I have the authority
to take it back again. This commandment
I received from my Father.”
John 11:25-26
11:25 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live
even if he dies,
11:26 and the one who lives and believes in me will never die.
Do you believe this?”
Acts 2:31-38
2:31 David by foreseeing this
spoke about the resurrection of the Christ,
that
he was neither abandoned to Hades,
nor did his body
experience decay.
2:32 This Jesus God raised up, and we are all witnesses of it.
2:33 So then, exalted
to the right hand
of God, and having received
the promise of the Holy Spirit
from the Father, he has poured out
what you both see and hear.
2:34 For David did not ascend into heaven, but he himself says,
‘The Lord said to my lord,
“Sit at my right hand
2:35 until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet.”’
2:36 Therefore let all the house of Israel know beyond a doubt that God has made this Jesus whom you crucified both Lord and Christ.”
The Response to Peter’s Address
2:37 Now when they heard this, they were acutely distressed and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “What should we do, brothers?”
2:38 Peter said to them, “Repent, and each one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
Romans 6:4-11
6:4 Therefore we have been buried with him through baptism into death, in order that just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we too may live a new life.
6:5 For if we have become united with him in the likeness of his death, we will certainly also be united in the likeness of his resurrection.
6:6 We know that our old man was crucified with him so that the body of sin would no longer dominate us, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin.
6:7 (For someone who has died has been freed from sin.)
6:8 Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him.
6:9 We know that since Christ has been raised from the dead, he is never going to die again; death no longer has mastery over him.
6:10 For the death he died, he died to sin once for all, but the life he lives, he lives to God.
6:11 So you too consider yourselves dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus.
Romans 8:10-11
8:10 But if Christ is in you, your body is dead because of sin, but
the Spirit is your life
because of righteousness.
8:11 Moreover if the Spirit of the one
who raised Jesus from the dead lives in you, the one who raised Christ
from the dead will also make your mortal bodies alive through his Spirit who lives in you.
Romans 8:1
The Believer’s Relationship to the Holy Spirit
8:1 There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
Colossians 1:21-23
Paul’s Goal in Ministry
1:21 And you were at one time strangers and enemies in your minds as expressed through your evil deeds,
1:22 but now he has reconciled you by his physical body through death to present you holy, without blemish, and blameless before him –
1:23 if indeed you remain in the faith, established and firm, without shifting from the hope of the gospel that you heard. This gospel has also been preached in all creation under heaven, and I, Paul, have become its servant.
Colossians 1:2
1:2 to the saints, the faithful
brothers and sisters
in Christ, at Colossae. Grace and peace to you
from God our Father!
Colossians 1:10
1:10 so that you may live
worthily of the Lord and please him in all respects
– bearing fruit in every good deed, growing in the knowledge of God,
Colossians 4:10-13
4:10 Aristarchus, my fellow prisoner, sends you greetings, as does Mark, the cousin of Barnabas (about whom you received instructions; if he comes to you, welcome him).
4:11 And Jesus who is called Justus also sends greetings. In terms of Jewish converts, these are the only fellow workers for the kingdom of God, and they have been a comfort to me.
4:12 Epaphras, who is one of you and a slave of Christ, greets you. He is always struggling in prayer on your behalf, so that you may stand mature and fully assured in all the will of God.
4:13 For I can testify that he has worked hard for you and for those in Laodicea and Hierapolis.
Colossians 1:4
1:4 since
we heard about your faith in Christ Jesus and the love that you have for all the saints.
Ephesians 1:19-21
1:19 and what is the incomparable
greatness of his power toward
us who believe, as displayed in
the exercise of his immense strength.
1:20 This power
he exercised
in Christ when he raised him
from the dead and seated him
at his right hand in the heavenly realms
1:21 far above every rule and authority and power and dominion and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come.
Colossians 2:13
2:13 And even though you were dead in your
transgressions and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, he nevertheless
made you alive with him, having forgiven all your transgressions.
Colossians 3:1
Exhortations to Seek the Things Above
3:1 Therefore, if you have been raised with Christ, keep seeking the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.
Colossians 3:1
Exhortations to Seek the Things Above
3:1 Therefore, if you have been raised with Christ, keep seeking the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.
Colossians 4:14-15
4:14 Our dear friend Luke the physician and Demas greet you.
4:15 Give my greetings to the brothers and sisters
who are in Laodicea and to Nympha and the church that meets in her
house.
Colossians 4:1
4:1 Masters, treat your slaves with justice and fairness, because you know that you also have a master in heaven.
Colossians 1:3
Paul’s Thanksgiving and Prayer for the Church
1:3 We always give thanks to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you,
Colossians 4:1-2
4:1 Masters, treat your slaves with justice and fairness, because you know that you also have a master in heaven.
Exhortation to Pray for the Success of Paul’s Mission
4:2 Be devoted to prayer, keeping alert in it with thanksgiving.
Revelation 1:18
1:18 and the one who lives! I
was dead, but look, now I am alive – forever and ever – and I hold the keys of death and of Hades!