Topic

Afterlife

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Matthew 25:46

These will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”

John 3:16

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

Matthew 10:28

Don’t be afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. Rather, fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.

Hebrews 9:27

Inasmuch as it is appointed for men to die once, and after this, judgment,

Luke 23:43

Jesus said to him, “Assuredly I tell you, today you will be with me in Paradise.”

Revelation 21:8

But for the cowardly, unbelieving, sinners, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers,idolaters, and all liars, their part is in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”

John 14:2

In my Father’s house are many homes. If it weren’t so, I would have told you. I am going to prepare a place for you.

John 11:25–26

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will still live, even if he dies. — read the full passage →

John 11:25

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will still live, even if he dies.

Luke 16:19–31

“Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, living in luxury every day. — read the full passage →

Matthew 25:41

Then he will say also to those on the left hand, ‘Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels;

Revelation 21:4

He will wipe away from them every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; neither will there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain, any more. The first things have passed away.”

Ecclesiastes 12:7

and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.

Revelation 6:9–11

When he opened the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of those who had been killed for the Word of God, and for the testimony of the Lamb which they had. — read the full passage →

Revelation 20:6

Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection. Over these, the second death has no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and will reign with him one thousand years.

Ecclesiastes 9:5–6

For the living know that they will die, but the dead don’t know anything, neither do they have any more a reward; for their memory is forgotten. — read the full passage →

John 14:1–3

“Don’t let your heart be troubled. Believe in God. Believe also in me. — read the full passage →

2 Corinthians 5:8

We are courageous, I say, and are willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be at home with the Lord.

Revelation 1:18

and the Living one. I was dead, and behold, I am alive forever more. Amen. I have the keys of Death and of Hades.

Philippians 3:20–21

For our citizenship is in heaven, from where we also wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ; — read the full passage →

Romans 6:23

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Psalms 23:4

Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me. Your rod and your staff, they comfort me.

Revelation 2:11

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. He who overcomes won’t be harmed by the second death.

Ecclesiastes 9:5

For the living know that they will die, but the dead don’t know anything, neither do they have any more a reward; for their memory is forgotten.

John 5:24

“Most certainly I tell you, he who hears my word, and believes him who sent me, has eternal life, and doesn’t come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life.

Genesis 2:7

Yahweh God formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

Psalms 146:4

His spirit departs, and he returns to the earth. In that very day, his thoughts perish.

John 11:26

Whoever lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?”

Psalms 115:17

The dead don’t praise Yah, neither any who go down into silence;

1 Corinthians 15:51

Behold, I tell you a mystery. We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed,

John 14:1–4

“Don’t let your heart be troubled. Believe in God. Believe also in me. — read the full passage →

Revelation 1:1

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,

Revelation 1:1–20

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John, — read the full passage →

Philippians 3:20

For our citizenship is in heaven, from where we also wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ;

2 Corinthians 5:1–8

For we know that if the earthly house of our tent is dissolved, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in the heavens. — read the full passage →

John 14:6

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.

Daniel 12:2

Many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.

Psalms 23:1–6

Yahweh is my shepherd: I shall lack nothing. — read the full passage →

Philippians 1:21

For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

Luke 1:37

For everything spoken by God is possible.”

Romans 14:8

For if we live, we live to the Lord. Or if we die, we die to the Lord. If therefore we live or die, we are the Lord’s.

John 5:28–29

Don’t marvel at this, for the hour comes, in which all that are in the tombs will hear his voice, — read the full passage →

Luke 20:37–38

But that the dead are raised, even Moses showed at the bush, when he called the Lord ‘The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’ — read the full passage →

1 Corinthians 15:20

But now Christ has been raised from the dead. He became the first fruits of those who are asleep.

Job 14:14

If a man dies, shall he live again? All the days of my warfare would I wait, until my release should come.

Matthew 8:12

but the children of the Kingdom will be thrown out into the outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”

1 Corinthians 2:9

But as it is written, “Things which an eye didn’t see, and an ear didn’t hear, which didn’t enter into the heart of man, these God has prepared for those who love him.”

Psalms 6:5

For in death there is no memory of you. In Sheol, who shall give you thanks?

Romans 10:4

For Christ is the fulfillment of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.

Revelation 14:11

The smoke of their torment goes up forever and ever. They have no rest day and night, those who worship the beast and his image, and whoever receives the mark of his name.

Revelation 14:13

I heard the voice from heaven saying, “Write, ‘Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.’” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “that they may rest from their labors; for their works follow with them.”

Luke 16:23

In Hades, he lifted up his eyes, being in torment, and saw Abraham far off, and Lazarus at his bosom.

Psalms 139:8

If I ascend up into heaven, you are there. If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, you are there!

Romans 8:18

For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which will be revealed toward us.

Luke 16:28

for I have five brothers, that he may testify to them, so they won’t also come into this place of torment.’

1 Thessalonians 4:16

For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with God’s trumpet. The dead in Christ will rise first,

1 Samuel 28:11

Then the woman said, “Whom shall I bring up to you?” He said, “Bring Samuel up for me.”

Luke 16:22–23

The beggar died, and he was carried away by the angels to Abraham’s bosom. The rich man also died, and was buried. — read the full passage →

James 2:26

For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, even so faith apart from works is dead.

Exodus 3:14

God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM,” and he said, “You shall tell the children of Israel this: ‘I AM has sent me to you.’”

2 Corinthians 5:6–8

Therefore we are always confident and know that while we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord; — read the full passage →

2 Corinthians 6:2

for he says, “At an acceptable time I listened to you, in a day of salvation I helped you.” Behold, now is the acceptable time. Behold, now is the day of salvation.

1 Corinthians 15:53

For this perishable body must become imperishable, and this mortal must put on immortality.

1 Corinthians 15:42–44

So also is the resurrection of the dead. The body is sown perishable; it is raised imperishable. — read the full passage →

Acts 2:38

Peter said to them, “Repent, and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

John 3:18

He who believes in him is not judged. He who doesn’t believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the one and only Son of God.

1 Thessalonians 4:13–18

But we don’t want you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning those who have fallen asleep, so that you don’t grieve like the rest, who have no hope. — read the full passage →

Revelation 21:3

I heard a loud voice out of heaven saying, “Behold, God’s dwelling is with people, and he will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God.

Luke 16:22

The beggar died, and he was carried away by the angels to Abraham’s bosom. The rich man also died, and was buried.

Matthew 8:11–12

I tell you that many will come from the east and the west, and will sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the Kingdom of Heaven, — read the full passage →

Isaiah 26:19

Your dead shall live. My dead bodies shall arise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust; for your dew is like the dew of herbs, and the earth will cast out the departed spirits.

Romans 5:12

Therefore as sin entered into the world through one man, and death through sin; and so death passed to all men, because all sinned.

Ecclesiastes 3:19–20

For that which happens to the sons of men happens to animals. Even one thing happens to them. As the one dies, so the other dies. Yes, they have all one breath; and man has no advantage over the animals: for all is vanity. — read the full passage →

Genesis 5:24

Enoch walked with God, and he was not found, for God took him.

Genesis 3:19

By the sweat of your face will you eat bread until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken. For you are dust, and to dust you shall return.”

Job 19:25–27

But as for me, I know that my Redeemer lives. In the end, he will stand upon the earth. — read the full passage →

Isaiah 8:19

When they tell you, “Consult with those who have familiar spirits and with the wizards, who chirp and who mutter:” shouldn’t a people consult with their God? Should they consult the dead on behalf of the living?

Revelation 1:2

who testified to God’s word, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, about everything that he saw.

1 Kings 2:10

David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David.

Revelation 20:14

Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire.

1 Thessalonians 4:14

For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep in Jesus.

1 Corinthians 15:26

The last enemy that will be abolished is death.

2 Corinthians 4:16

Therefore we don’t faint, but though our outward man is decaying, yet our inward man is renewed day by day.

Luke 16:25

“But Abraham said, ‘Son, remember that you, in your lifetime, received your good things, and Lazarus, in the same way, bad things. But now here he is comforted and you are in anguish.

Revelation 1:6

and he made us to be a Kingdom, priests to his God and Father; to him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.

1 John 5:13

These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God.

1 Corinthians 15:51–57

Behold, I tell you a mystery. We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed, — read the full passage →

Isaiah 14:9–11

Sheol from beneath has moved for you to meet you at your coming. It stirs up the departed spirits for you, even all the rulers of the earth. It has raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations. — read the full passage →

1 Peter 5:7

casting all your worries on him, because he cares for you.

Galatians 2:20

I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I that live, but Christ living in me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.

Romans 8:13

For if you live after the flesh, you must die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.

John 20:31

but these are written, that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in his name.

Deuteronomy 32:50

Die on the mountain where you go up, and be gathered to your people, as Aaron your brother died on Mount Hor, and was gathered to his people;

Genesis 35:18

As her soul was departing (for she died), she named him Benoni, but his father named him Benjamin.

Revelation 1:12

I turned to see the voice that spoke with me. Having turned, I saw seven golden lamp stands.

Deuteronomy 32:22

For a fire is kindled in my anger, that burns to the lowest Sheol, devours the earth with its increase, and sets the foundations of the mountains on fire.

Isaiah 11:6–9

The wolf will live with the lamb, and the leopard will lie down with the young goat; The calf, the young lion, and the fattened calf together; and a little child will lead them. — read the full passage →

Luke 16:1–31

He also said to his disciples, “There was a certain rich man who had a manager. An accusation was made to him that this man was wasting his possessions. — read the full passage →

1 Corinthians 15:35–54

But someone will say, “How are the dead raised?” and, “With what kind of body do they come?” — read the full passage →

2 Corinthians 5:6

Therefore we are always confident and know that while we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord;

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