When We Die

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

And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise.

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 →

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

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

Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.

For David is not ascended into the heavens: but he saith himself, The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,

And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.

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

Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.

For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

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

And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.

And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.

For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. — read the full passage →

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 →

For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, — read the full passage →

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

Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. — read the full passage →

Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die.

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.

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

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

I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.

Which in his times he shall shew, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords; — read the full passage →

For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: — read the full passage →

For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.

But if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labour: yet what I shall choose I wot not. — read the full passage →

In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.

Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; — read the full passage →

Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day.

And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb. — read the full passage →

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.

For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:

Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord: — read the full passage →

So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.

Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,

For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord’s.

Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God.

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 →

For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.

So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.

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

For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.

For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ: — read the full passage →

And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.

For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.

For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.

Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, — read the full passage →

Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha. — read the full passage →

The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.

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. — read the full passage →

And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:

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 →

And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. — read the full passage →

And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea; and it became as the blood of a dead man: and every living soul died in the sea.

And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them.

And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee.

The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:

Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more. — read the full passage →

O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?

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

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

But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at his coming.

To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life:

And have hope toward God, which they themselves also allow, that there shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust.

In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. — read the full passage →

And this is the Father’s will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day.

Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.

And thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just.

And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself.

The dead praise not the Lord, neither any that go down into silence.

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

And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.

And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. — read the full passage →

Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.

For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.

He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:

Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain: — read the full passage →

For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.

But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel:

Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;

Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. — read the full passage →

(For we walk by faith, not by sight:)

Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing is God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit.

But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept. — read the full passage →

Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead? — read the full passage →

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 David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption:

Then said the high priest, Are these things so? — read the full passage →

The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that sabbath day was an high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away. — read the full passage →

And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth.

Martha saith unto him, I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection at the last day.

Jesus saith unto her, Thy brother shall rise again. — read the full passage →

And this is the Father’s will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day. — read the full passage →

And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit: and having said thus, he gave up the ghost.