The Immortal Soul

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.

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

who alone has immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light; whom no man has seen, nor can see: to whom be honor and eternal power. Amen.

to those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory, honor, and incorruptibility, eternal life;

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

No one has ascended into heaven, but he who descended out of heaven, the Son of Man, who is in heaven.

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 →

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

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

For who among men knows the things of a man, except the spirit of the man, which is in him? Even so, no one knows the things of God, except God’s Spirit.

“Brothers, I may tell you freely of the patriarch David, that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.

but has now been revealed by the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, who abolished death, and brought life and immortality to light through the Good News.

But when this perishable body will have become imperishable, and this mortal will have put on immortality, then what is written will happen: “Death is swallowed up in victory.”

For David didn’t ascend into the heavens, but he says himself, ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit by my right hand,

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

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.

Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, to God who alone is wise, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.

I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was given to them. I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus, and for the word of God, and such as didn’t worship the beast nor his image, and didn’t receive the mark on their forehead and on their hand. They lived, and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.

The second angel poured out his bowl into the sea, and it became blood as of a dead man. Every living thing in the sea died.

“But God said to him, ‘You foolish one, tonight your soul is required of you. The things which you have prepared—whose will they be?’

For this perishable body must become imperishable, and this mortal must put on immortality. — read the full passage →

Now I declare to you, brothers, the Good News which I preached to you, which also you received, in which you also stand, — read the full passage →

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.

because you will not leave my soul in Hades, neither will you allow your Holy One to see decay.

May the God of peace himself sanctify you completely. May your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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 →

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

But if the Spirit of him who raised up Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised up Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you.

Then those who gladly received his word were baptized. There were added that day about three thousand souls.

The brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Beroea. When they arrived, they went into the Jewish synagogue. — read the full passage →

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.”

Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be healthy, even as your soul prospers.

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,

Beloved, now we are children of God, and it is not yet revealed what we will be. But we know that, when he is revealed, we will be like him; for we will see him just as he is.

The great dragon was thrown down, the old serpent, he who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.

He said these things, and after that, he said to them, “Our friend, Lazarus, has fallen asleep, but I am going so that I may awake him out of sleep.” — read the full passage →

and one third of the living creatures which were in the sea died. One third of the ships were destroyed.

Now I say this, brothers, that flesh and blood can’t inherit the Kingdom of God; neither does the perishable inherit imperishable. — read the full passage →

But according to your hardness and unrepentant heart you are treasuring up for yourself wrath in the day of wrath, revelation, and of the righteous judgment of God; — read the full passage →

Immediately I was in the Spirit. Behold, there was a throne set in heaven, and one sitting on the throne

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

and traded the glory of the incorruptible God for the likeness of an image of corruptible man, and of birds, and four-footed animals, and creeping things.

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.

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 →

who will pay the penalty: eternal destruction from the face of the Lord and from the glory of his might,

This is the will of the one who sent me, that everyone who sees the Son, and believes in him, should have eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.”

But each in his own order: Christ the first fruits, then those who are Christ’s, at his coming.

The tombs were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised;

They stoned Stephen as he called out, saying, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!”

When Jesus came into the ruler’s house, and saw the flute players, and the crowd in noisy disorder, — read the full passage →

Paul went down, and fell upon him, and embracing him said, “Don’t be troubled, for his life is in him.”

For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, and whoever will lose his life for my sake will find it. — read the full passage →

Peter sent them all out, and knelt down and prayed. Turning to the body, he said, “Tabitha, get up!” She opened her eyes, and when she saw Peter, she sat up. — read the full passage →

A certain young man named Eutychus sat in the window, weighed down with deep sleep. As Paul spoke still longer, being weighed down by his sleep, he fell down from the third story, and was taken up dead. — read the full passage →

When he had removed him, he raised up David to be their king, to whom he also testified, ‘I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after my heart, who will do all my will.’

he foreseeing this spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that neither was his soul left in Hades, nor did his flesh see decay.

I am the good shepherd.The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.

because for the work of Christ he came near to death, risking his life to supply that which was lacking in your service toward me.

Whoever hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life remaining in him.

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

The devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet are also. They will be tormented day and night forever and ever.

Fight the good fight of faith. Lay hold of the eternal life to which you were called, and you confessed the good confession in the sight of many witnesses. — read the full passage →