The Dead

For the living know that they die, and the dead know not anything, and there is no more to them a reward, for their remembrance hath been forgotten.

and as it is laid up to men once to die, and after this--judgment,

The dead praise not Jah, Nor any going down to silence.

Beloved, every spirit believe not, but prove the spirits, if of God they are, because many false prophets have gone forth to the world;

that ye may walk becomingly unto those without, and may have lack of nothing. — read the full passage →

`Ye do not turn unto those having familiar spirits; and unto wizards ye do not seek, for uncleanness by them; I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah your God.

`And--a certain man was rich, and was clothed in purple and fine linen, making merry sumptuously every day, — read the full passage →

for one <FI>is<Fi> God, one also <FI>is<Fi> mediator of God and of men, the man Christ Jesus,

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during.

For the living know that they die, and the dead know not anything, and there is no more to them a reward, for their remembrance hath been forgotten. — read the full passage →

And when they say unto you, `Seek unto those having familiar spirits, And unto wizards, who chatter and mutter, Doth not a people seek unto its God? --For the living unto the dead!

because of this, even as through one man the sin did enter into the world, and through the sin the death; and thus to all men the death did pass through, for that all did sin;

and besides all these things, between us and you a great chasm is fixed, so that they who are willing to go over from hence unto you are not able, nor do they from thence to us pass through.

His spirit goeth forth, he returneth to his earth, In that day have his thoughts perished.

And Saul dieth because of his trespass that he trespassed against Jehovah, against the word of Jehovah that he kept not, and also for asking at a familiar spirit--to inquire, -- — read the full passage →

and a charmer, and one asking at a familiar spirit, and a wizard, and one seeking unto the dead.

`And the multitude of those sleeping in the dust of the ground do awake, some to life age-during, and some to reproaches--to abhorrence age-during.

and there is not salvation in any other, for there is no other name under the heaven that hath been given among men, in which it behoveth us to be saved.'

And the dust returneth to the earth as it was, And the spirit returneth to God who gave it.

`Every one who is sending away his wife, and marrying another, doth commit adultery; and every one who is marrying her sent away from a husband doth commit adultery. — read the full passage →

Lo, all the souls are Mine, As the soul of the father, So also the soul of the son--they are Mine, The soul that is sinning--it doth die.

for both, if we may live, to the Lord we live; if also we may die, to the Lord we die; both then if we may live, also if we may die, we are the Lord's;

and Peter said unto them, `Reform, and be baptized each of you on the name of Jesus Christ, to remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit,

and if I go on and prepare for you a place, again do I come, and will receive you unto myself, that where I am ye also may be;

for as the body apart from the spirit is dead, so also the faith apart from the works is dead.

`And be not afraid of those killing the body, and are not able to kill the soul, but fear rather Him who is able both soul and body to destroy in gehenna.

For I have no pleasure in the death of the dying, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, And turn ye back and live!

Also--when I walk in a valley of death-shade, I fear no evil, for Thou <FI>art<Fi> with me, Thy rod and Thy staff--they comfort me.

Jesus said to her, `I am the rising again, and the life; he who is believing in me, even if he may die, shall live;

and the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet who did the signs before him, in which he led astray those who did receive the mark of the beast, and those who did bow before his image; living they were cast--the two--to the lake of the fire, that is burning with brimstone;

Jesus saith to him, `I am the way, and the truth, and the life, no one doth come unto the Father, if not through me;

And the Spirit expressly speaketh, that in latter times shall certain fall away from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and teachings of demons,

for the wages of the sin <FI>is<Fi> death, and the gift of God <FI>is<Fi> life age-during in Christ Jesus our Lord.

and every one who is living and believing in me shall not die--to the age;

And I heard a voice out of the heaven saying to me, `Write: Happy are the dead who in the Lord are dying from this time!' `Yes, (saith the Spirit,) That they may rest from their labours--and their works do follow them!'

For none of us to himself doth live, and none to himself doth die; — read the full passage →

And there was a certain one ailing, Lazarus, from Bethany, of the village of Mary and Martha her sister-- — read the full passage →

and Jesus said to him, `Verily I say to thee, To-day with me thou shalt be in the paradise.'

and to fearful, and unstedfast, and abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all the liars, their part <FI>is<Fi> in the lake that is burning with fire and brimstone, which is a second death.'

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

lo, I tell you a secret; we indeed shall not all sleep, and we all shall be changed;

I have seen the Lord standing by the altar, and He saith: `Smite the knob, and the thresholds shake, And cut them off by the head--all of them, And their posterity with a sword I do slay, Not flee to them doth the fleer, Nor escape to them doth a fugitive.

For Sheol doth not confess Thee, Death doth not praise Thee, Those going down to the pit hope not for Thy truth.

And when they say unto you, `Seek unto those having familiar spirits, And unto wizards, who chatter and mutter, Doth not a people seek unto its God? --For the living unto the dead! — read the full passage →

for if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, so also God those asleep through Jesus he will bring with him,

having courage, then, at all times, and knowing that being at home in the body, we are away from home from the Lord, -- — read the full passage →

`Let not your heart be troubled, believe in God, also in me believe; — read the full passage →

who shall give an account to Him who is ready to judge living and dead, — read the full passage →

because also Christ once for sin did suffer--righteous for unrighteous--that he might lead us to God, having been put to death indeed, in the flesh, and having been made alive in the spirit, — read the full passage →

For our citizenship is in the heavens, whence also a Saviour we await--the Lord Jesus Christ-- — read the full passage →

These things he said, and after this he saith to them, `Lazarus our friend hath fallen asleep, but I go on that I may awake him;' — read the full passage →

And he said unto another, `Be following me;' and he said, `Sir, permit me, having gone away, first to bury my father;' — read the full passage →

Be not afraid, for with thee I <FI>am<Fi> , Look not around, for I <FI>am<Fi> thy God, I have strengthened thee, Yea, I have helped thee, yea, I upheld thee, With the right hand of My righteousness.

For there is not in death Thy memorial, In Sheol, who doth give thanks to Thee?

beloved, now, children of God are we, and it was not yet manifested what we shall be, and we have known that if he may be manifested, like him we shall be, because we shall see him as he is;

And I do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who have fallen asleep, that ye may not sorrow, as also the rest who have not hope, — read the full passage →

we have courage, and are well pleased rather to be away from the home of the body, and to be at home with the Lord.

for I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor messengers, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, — read the full passage →

because nothing shall be impossible with God.'

And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying,

and God shall wipe away every tear from their eyes, and the death shall not be any more, nor sorrow, nor crying, nor shall there be any more pain, because the first things did go away.'

and the death and the hades were cast to the lake of the fire--this <FI>is<Fi> the second death;

And there was given to me a reed like to a rod, and the messenger stood, saying, `Rise, and measure the sanctuary of God, and the altar, and those worshipping in it; — read the full passage →

and he who is living, and I did become dead, and, lo, I am living to the ages of the ages. Amen! and I have the keys of the hades and of the death.

for God did not give us a spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind;

and to Him who is able above all things to do exceeding abundantly what we ask or think, according to the power that is working in us,

for him who did not know sin, in our behalf He did make sin, that we may become the righteousness of God in him.

lo, I tell you a secret; we indeed shall not all sleep, and we all shall be changed; — read the full passage →

lo, I tell you a secret; we indeed shall not all sleep, and we all shall be changed; — read the full passage →

the last enemy is done away--death;

for I am not ashamed of the good news of the Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation to every one who is believing, both to Jew first, and to Greek.

Jesus saith to her, `Be not touching me, for I have not yet ascended unto my Father; and be going on to my brethren, and say to them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father, and to my God, and to your God.'

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. — read the full passage →

To the law and to the testimony! If not, let them say after this manner, `That there is no dawn to it.'

If a man dieth--doth he revive? All days of my warfare I wait, till my change come.

And God maketh the beast of the earth after its kind, and the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, and God seeth that <FI>it is<Fi> good. — read the full passage →

Happy and holy <FI>is<Fi> he who is having part in the first rising again; over these the second death hath not authority, but they shall be priests of God and of the Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.

because the Lord himself, in a shout, in the voice of a chief-messenger, and in the trump of God, shall come down from heaven, and the dead in Christ shall rise first, — read the full passage →

For all things I have strength, in Christ's strengthening me;

where, O Death, thy sting? where, O Hades, thy victory?'

And now, Christ hath risen out of the dead--the first-fruits of those sleeping he became, — read the full passage →

And I make known to you, brethren, the good news that I proclaimed to you, which also ye did receive, in which also ye have stood, — read the full passage →

for if according to the flesh ye do live, ye are about to die; and if, by the Spirit, the deeds of the body ye put to death, ye shall live;

There is, then, now no condemnation to those in Christ Jesus, who walk not according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit;

for David did not go up to the heavens, and he saith himself: The Lord saith to my lord, Sit thou at my right hand,

having foreseen, he did speak concerning the rising again of the Christ, that his soul was not left to hades, nor did his flesh see corruption.

`Verily, verily, I say to you--He who is hearing my word, and is believing Him who sent me, hath life age-during, and to judgment he doth not come, but hath passed out of the death to the life.

`And a man or woman--when there is in them a familiar spirit, or who <FI>are<Fi> wizards--are certainly put to death; with stones they stone them; their blood <FI>is<Fi> on them.'

And lo, I come quickly, and my reward <FI>is<Fi> with me, to render to each as his work shall be;

as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities around them, in like manner to these, having given themselves to whoredom, and gone after other flesh, have been set before--an example, of fire age-during, justice suffering.

As all things to us His divine power (the things pertaining unto life and piety) hath given, through the acknowledgement of him who did call us through glory and worthiness,

and as it is laid up to men once to die, and after this--judgment, — read the full passage →

every Writing <FI>is<Fi> God-breathed, and profitable for teaching, for conviction, for setting aright, for instruction that <FI>is<Fi> in righteousness, — read the full passage →

And the Spirit expressly speaketh, that in latter times shall certain fall away from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and teachings of demons, — read the full passage →

for I am pressed by the two, having the desire to depart, and to be with Christ, for it is far better, — read the full passage →

and no wonder--for even the Adversary doth transform himself into a messenger of light;

Blessed <FI>is<Fi> God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of the mercies, and God of all comfort, — read the full passage →

`Men, brethren! it is permitted to speak with freedom unto you concerning the patriarch David, that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is among us unto this day;

`Verily, verily, I say to you--There cometh an hour, and it now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God, and those having heard shall live;

which in His own times He shall shew--the blessed and only potentate, the King of the kings and Lord of the lords, — read the full passage →