who was appointed the Son-of-God-in-power<n id="1" /> according to the Holy Spirit<n id="2" /> by the resurrection<n id="3" /> from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord.

<p class="bodytext">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.<n id="1" />

They have strayed from the truth<n id="1" /> by saying that the resurrection has already occurred, and they are undermining some people&#8217;s faith.

But those who are regarded as worthy to share in<n id="1" /> that age and in the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage.<n id="2" />

Jesus said to her, &#8220;I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live<n id="1" /> even if he dies,

beginning from his baptism by John until the day he<n id="1" /> was taken up from us &#8211; one of these must become a witness of his resurrection together with us.&#8221;

David by foreseeing this<n id="1" /> spoke about the resurrection of the Christ,<n id="2" /> that <i>he was neither abandoned to Hadesi>,<n id="3" /> nor did his body<n id="4" /> <i>experiencei><n id="5" /> <i>decayi>.<n id="6" />

With<n id="1" /> great power the apostles were giving testimony<n id="2" /> to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great grace was on them all.

I have<n id="1" /> a hope in God (a hope<n id="2" /> that<n id="3" /> these men<n id="4" /> themselves accept too) that there is going to be a resurrection of both the righteous and the unrighteous.<n id="5" />

other than<n id="1" /> this one thing<n id="2" /> I shouted out while I stood before<n id="3" /> them: &#8216;I am on trial before you today concerning the resurrection of the dead.&#8217;&#8221;<n id="4" />p>

that<n id="1" /> the Christ<n id="2" /> was to suffer and be the first to rise from the dead, to proclaim light both to our people<n id="3" /> and to the Gentiles.&#8221;<n id="4" />p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">Now if Christ is being preached as raised from the dead,<n id="1" /> how can some of you say there is no resurrection of the dead?

My aim is to know him,<n id="1" /> to experience the power of his resurrection, to share in his sufferings,<n id="2" /> and to be like him in his death,

And this prefigured baptism, which now saves you<n id="1" /> &#8211; not the washing off of physical dirt<n id="2" /> but the pledge<n id="3" /> of a good conscience to God &#8211; through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

(The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were finished.)<n id="1" /> This is the first resurrection.

Then<n id="1" /> Simeon blessed them and said to his mother Mary, &#8220;Listen carefully:<n id="2" /> This child<n id="3" /> is destined to be the cause of the falling and rising<n id="4" /> of many in Israel and to be a sign that will be rejected.<n id="5" />

<p class="bodytext">Then when Paul noticed<n id="1" /> that part of them were Sadducees<n id="2" /> and the others Pharisees,<n id="3" /> he shouted out in the council,<n id="4" /> &#8220;Brothers, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees. I am on trial concerning the hope of the resurrection<n id="5" /> of the dead!&#8221;

<t /><p class="bodytext">Blessed be<n id="1" /> 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,

Also some of the Epicurean<n id="1" /> and Stoic<n id="2" /> philosophers were conversing<n id="3" /> with him, and some were asking,<n id="4" /> &#8220;What does this foolish babbler<n id="5" /> want to say?&#8221; Others said, &#8220;He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign gods.&#8221;<n id="6" /> (They said this because he was proclaiming the good news about Jesus and the resurrection.)<n id="7" />

Blessed and holy is the one who takes part<n id="1" /> in the first resurrection. The second death has no power over them,<n id="2" /> but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and they will reign with him for a thousand years.p>