Of the State of Man after Death and of the Resurrection of the Dead

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Genesis 3:19

19By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread, until you return to the ground— because out of it were you taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.”

Acts 13:36

36For when David had served God’s purpose in his own generation, he fell asleep. His body was buried with his fathers and saw decay.

Ecclesiastes 12:7

7before the dust returns to the ground from which it came and the spirit returns to God who gave it.

Luke 23:43

43And Jesus said to him, “Truly I tell you, today you will be with Me in Paradise.”

2 Corinthians 5:1

1Now we know that if the earthly tent we live in is dismantled, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands.

2 Corinthians 5:6

6Therefore we are always confident, although we know that while we are at home in the body, we are away from the Lord.

2 Corinthians 5:8

8We are confident, then, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.

Philippians 1:23

23I am torn between the two. I desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better indeed.

Hebrews 12:23

23in joyful assembly, to the congregation of the firstborn, enrolled in heaven. You have come to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of the righteous made perfect,

Jude 1:6

6And the angels who did not stay within their own domain but abandoned their proper dwelling—these He has kept in eternal chains under darkness, bound for judgment on that great day.

Jude 1:7

7In like manner, Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, who indulged in sexual immorality and pursued strange flesh, are on display as an example of those who sustain the punishment of eternal fire.

1 Peter 3:19

19in whom He also went and preached to the spirits in prison

Luke 16:23

23In Hades, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham from afar, with Lazarus by his side.

Luke 16:24

24So he cried out, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue. For I am in agony in this fire.’

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1 Corinthians 15:51

51Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed—

1 Corinthians 15:52

52in an instant, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.

1 Thessalonians 4:17

17After that, we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will always be with the Lord.

Job 19:26

26Even after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God.

Job 19:27

27I will see Him for myself; my eyes will behold Him, and not as a stranger. How my heart yearns within me!

1 Corinthians 15:42

42So will it be with the resurrection of the dead: What is sown is perishable; it is raised imperishable.

1 Corinthians 15:43

43It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power.

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Acts 24:15

15and I have the same hope in God that they themselves cherish, that there will be a resurrection of both the righteous and the wicked.

John 5:28

28Do not be amazed at this, for the hour is coming when all who are in their graves will hear His voice

John 5:29

29and come out—those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment.

Philippians 3:21

21who, by the power that enables Him to subject all things to Himself, will transform our lowly bodies to be like His glorious body.