Speaking To The Dead

Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the Lord your God.

So Saul died for his transgression which he committed against the Lord, even against the word of the Lord, which he kept not, and also for asking counsel of one that had a familiar spirit, to enquire of it; — read the full passage →

For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.

And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:

For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. — read the full passage →

Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.

If any man speak in an unknown tongue, let it be by two, or at the most by three, and that by course; and let one interpret.

For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.

There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day: — read the full passage →

And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.

And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.

And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them. — read the full passage →

Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.

Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen.

Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection. — read the full passage →

For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. — read the full passage →

For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with him.

If any man think himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things that I write unto you are the commandments of the Lord.

For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom:

That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.

And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. — read the full passage →

His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.

All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;

And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him: — read the full passage →

And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters: — read the full passage →

And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.

After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter.

Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.

But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. — read the full passage →

Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.

Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, — read the full passage →

If therefore the whole church be come together into one place, and all speak with tongues, and there come in those that are unlearned, or unbelievers, will they not say that ye are mad?

Wherefore tongues are for a sign, not to them that believe, but to them that believe not: but prophesying serveth not for them that believe not, but for them which believe.

For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.

For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.

Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints? — read the full passage →

For it hath been declared unto me of you, my brethren, by them which are of the house of Chloe, that there are contentions among you.

For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.

For they heard them speak with tongues, and magnify God. Then answered Peter,

There was a certain man in Cesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of the band called the Italian band, — read the full passage →

Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.

Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.

But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.

Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. — read the full passage →

These things said he: and after that he saith unto them, Our friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep. — read the full passage →

Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, — read the full passage →

He came unto his own, and his own received him not.

I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?

And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.

And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple. — read the full passage →

And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven.

The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock: and dust shall be the serpent’s meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the Lord.

And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them. — read the full passage →