by the fresh and living way that he inaugurated for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh,

He gave her his hand and helped her get up. Then he called the saints and widows and presented her alive.

So also it is written, “The first man, Adam, became a living person”; the last Adam became a life-giving spirit.

Therefore I exhort you, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a sacrifice – alive, holy, and pleasing to God – which is your reasonable service.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By his great mercy he gave us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,