Rom. 8:1‑39• 1There is then now no condemnation to those in Christ Jesus.
2For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set me free from the law of sin and of death.
3For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God, having sent his own Son, in likeness of flesh of sin, and for sin, has condemned sin in the flesh,
4in order that the righteous requirement of the law should be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to flesh but according to Spirit.
5For they that are according to flesh mind the things of the flesh; and they that are according to Spirit, the things of the Spirit.
6For the mind of the flesh is death; but the mind of the Spirit life and peace.
7Because the mind of the flesh is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God; for neither indeed can it be:
8and they that are in flesh cannot please God.
9But *ye* are not in flesh but in Spirit, if indeed God's Spirit dwell in you; but if any one has not the Spirit of Christ *he* is not of him:
10but if Christ be in you, the body is dead on account of sin, but the Spirit life on account of righteousness.
11But if the Spirit of him that has raised up Jesus from among the dead dwell in you, he that has raised up Christ from among the dead shall quicken your mortal bodies also on account of his Spirit which dwells in you.
12So then, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live according to flesh;
13for if ye live according to flesh, ye are about to die; but if, by the Spirit, ye put to death the deeds of the body, ye shall live:
14for as many as are led by the Spirit of God, *these* are sons of God.
15For ye have not received a spirit of bondage again for fear, but ye have received a spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.
16The Spirit itself bears witness with our spirit, that we are children of God.
17And if children, heirs also: heirs of God, and Christ's joint heirs; if indeed we suffer with him, that we may also be glorified with him.
18For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the coming glory to be revealed to us.
19For the anxious looking out of the creature expects the revelation of the sons of God:
20for the creature has been made subject to vanity, not of its will, but by reason of him who has subjected the same, in hope
21that the creature itself also shall be set free from the bondage of corruption into the liberty of the glory of the children of God.
22For we know that the whole creation groans together and travails in pain together until now.
23And not only that, but even *we* ourselves, who have the first-fruits of the Spirit, we also ourselves groan in ourselves, awaiting adoption, that is the redemption of our body.
24For we have been saved in hope; but hope seen is not hope; for what any one sees, why does he also hope?
25But if what we see not we hope, we expect in patience.
26And in like manner the Spirit joins also its help to our weakness; for we do not know what we should pray for as is fitting, but the Spirit itself makes intercession with groanings which cannot be uttered.
27But he who searches the hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because he intercedes for saints according to God.
28But we *do* know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to purpose.
29Because whom he has foreknown, he has also predestinated to be conformed to the image of his Son, so that he should be the firstborn among many brethren.
30But whom he has predestinated, these also he has called; and whom he has called, these also he has justified; but whom he has justified, these also he has glorified.
31What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who against us?
32He who, yea, has not spared his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not also with him grant us all things?
33Who shall bring an accusation against God's elect? It is God who justifies:
34who is he that condemns? It is Christ who has died, but rather has been also raised up; who is also at the right hand of God; who also intercedes for us.
35Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? tribulation or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword?
36According as it is written, For thy sake we are put to death all the day long; we have been reckoned as sheep for slaughter.
37But in all these things we more than conquer through him that has loved us.
38For I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers,
39nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. (Rom. 8:1‑39)
1 Cor. 15:1‑58• 1But I make known to you, brethren, the glad tidings which I announced to you, which also ye received, in which also ye stand,
2by which also ye are saved, (if ye hold fast the word which I announced to you as the glad tidings,) unless indeed ye have believed in vain.
3For I delivered to you, in the first place, what also I had received, that Christ died for our sins, according to the scriptures;
4and that he was buried; and that he was raised the third day, according to the scriptures;
5and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve.
6Then he appeared to above five hundred brethren at once, of whom the most remain until now, but some also have fallen asleep.
7Then he appeared to James; then to all the apostles;
8and last of all, as to an abortion, he appeared to *me* also.
9For *I* am the least of the apostles, who am not fit to be called apostle, because I have persecuted the assembly of God.
10But by God's grace I am what I am; and his grace, which was towards me, has not been vain; but I have laboured more abundantly than they all, but not *I*, but the grace of God which was with me.
11Whether, therefore, I or they, thus we preach, and thus ye have believed.
12Now if Christ is preached that he is raised from among the dead, how say some among you that there is not a resurrection of those that are dead?
13But if there is not a resurrection of those that are dead, neither is Christ raised:
14but if Christ is not raised, then, indeed, vain also is our preaching, and vain also your faith.
15And we are found also false witnesses of God; for we have witnessed concerning God that he raised the Christ, whom he has not raised if indeed those that are dead are not raised.
16For if those that are dead are not raised, neither is Christ raised;
17but if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins.
18Then indeed also those who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished.
19If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are the most miserable of all men.
20(But now Christ is raised from among the dead, first-fruits of those fallen asleep.
21For since by man came death, by man also resurrection of those that are dead.
22For as in the Adam all die, thus also in the Christ all shall be made alive.
23But each in his own rank: the first-fruits, Christ; then those that are the Christ's at his coming.
24Then the end, when he gives up the kingdom to him who is God and Father; when he shall have annulled all rule and all authority and power.
25For he must reign until he put all enemies under his feet.
26The last enemy that is annulled is death.
27For he has put all things in subjection under his feet. But when he says that all things are put in subjection, it is evident that it is except him who put all things in subjection to him.
28But when all things shall have been brought into subjection to him, then the Son also himself shall be placed in subjection to him who put all things in subjection to him, that God may be all in all.)
29Since what shall the baptised for the dead do if those that are dead rise not at all? why also are they baptised for them?
30Why do *we* also endanger ourselves every hour?
31Daily I die, by your boasting which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord.
32If, to speak after the manner of man, I have fought with beasts in Ephesus, what is the profit to me if those that are dead do not rise? let us eat and drink; for to-morrow we die.
33Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
34Awake up righteously, and sin not; for some are ignorant of God: I speak to you as a matter of shame.
35But some one will say, How are the dead raised? and with what body do they come?
36Fool; what *thou* sowest is not quickened unless it die.
37And what thou sowest, thou sowest not the body that shall be, but a bare grain: it may be of wheat, or some one of the rest:
38and God gives to it a body as he has pleased, and to each of the seeds its own body.
39Every flesh is not the same flesh, but one is of men, and another flesh of beasts, and another flesh of birds, and another of fishes.
40And there are heavenly bodies, and earthly bodies: but different is the glory of the heavenly, different that of the earthly:
41one the sun's glory, and another the moon's glory, and another the stars' glory; for star differs from star in glory.
42Thus also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruptibility.
43It is sown in dishonour, it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness, it is raised in power.
44It is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body: if there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual one.
45Thus also it is written, The first man Adam became a living soul; the last Adam a quickening spirit.
46But that which is spiritual was not first, but that which is natural, then that which is spiritual:
47the first man out of the earth, made of dust; the second man, out of heaven.
48Such as he made of dust, such also those made of dust; and such as the heavenly one, such also the heavenly ones.
49And as we have borne the image of the one made of dust, we shall bear also the image of the heavenly one.
50But this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit God's kingdom, nor does corruption inherit incorruptibility.
51Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all fall asleep, but we shall all be changed,
52in an instant, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet; for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and *we* shall be changed.
53For this corruptible must needs put on incorruptibility, and this mortal put on immortality.
54But when this corruptible shall have put on incorruptibility, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall come to pass the word written: Death has been swallowed up in victory.
55Where, O death, is thy sting? where, O death, thy victory?
56Now the sting of death is sin, and the power of sin the law;
57but thanks to God, who gives us the victory by our Lord Jesus Christ.
58So then, my beloved brethren, be firm, immovable, abounding always in the work of the Lord, knowing that your toil is not in vain in the Lord. (1 Cor. 15:1‑58)
1 Thess. 4:1‑5:28• 1For the rest, then, brethren, we beg you and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, even as ye have received from us how ye ought to walk and please God, even as ye also do walk, that ye would abound still more.
2For ye know what charges we gave you through the Lord Jesus.
3For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication;
4that each of you know how to possess his own vessel in sanctification and honour,
5(not in passionate desire, even as the nations who know not God,)
6not overstepping the rights of and wronging his brother in the matter, because the Lord is the avenger of all these things, even as we also told you before, and have fully testified.
7For God has not called us to uncleanness, but in sanctification.
8He therefore that in this disregards his brother, disregards, not man, but God, who has given also his Holy Spirit to you.
9Now concerning brotherly love ye have no need that we should write to you, for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.
10For also ye do this towards all the brethren in the whole of Macedonia; but we exhort you, brethren, to abound still more,
11and to seek earnestly to be quiet and mind your own affairs, and work with your own hands, even as we charged you,
12that ye may walk reputably towards those without, and may have need of no one.
13But we do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them that are fallen asleep, to the end that ye be not grieved even as also the rest who have no hope.
14For if we believe that Jesus has died and has risen again, so also God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep through Jesus.
15(For this we say to you in the word of the Lord, that *we*, the living, who remain to the coming of the Lord, are in no way to anticipate those who have fallen asleep;
16for the Lord himself, with an assembling shout, with archangel's voice and with trump of God, shall descend from heaven; and the dead in Christ shall rise first;
17then *we*, the living who remain, shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air; and thus we shall be always with the Lord.
18So encourage one another with these words.)
1But concerning the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that ye should be written to,
2for ye know perfectly well yourselves, that the day of the Lord so comes as a thief by night.
3When they may say, Peace and safety, then sudden destruction comes upon them, as travail upon her that is with child; and they shall in no wise escape.
4But *ye*, brethren, are not in darkness, that the day should overtake you as a thief:
5for all *ye* are sons of light and sons of day; we are not of night nor of darkness.
6So then do not let us sleep as the rest do, but let us watch and be sober;
7for they that sleep sleep by night, and they that drink drink by night;
8but *we* being of the day, let us be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and as helmet the hope of salvation;
9because God has not set us for wrath, but for obtaining salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,
10who has died for us, that whether we may be watching or sleep, we may live together with him.
11Wherefore encourage one another, and build up each one the other, even as also ye do.
12But we beg you, brethren, to know those who labour among you, and take the lead among you in the Lord, and admonish you,
13and to regard them exceedingly in love on account of their work. Be in peace among yourselves.
14But we exhort you, brethren, admonish the disorderly, comfort the faint hearted, sustain the weak, be patient towards all.
15See that no one render to any evil for evil, but pursue always what is good towards one another and towards all;
16rejoice always;
17pray unceasingly;
18in everything give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus towards you;
19quench not the Spirit;
20do not lightly esteem prophecies;
21but prove all things, hold fast the right;
22hold aloof from every form of wickedness.
23Now the God of peace himself sanctify you wholly: and your whole spirit, and soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
24He is faithful who calls you, who will also perform it.
25Brethren, pray for us.
26Greet all the brethren with a holy kiss.
27I adjure you by the Lord that the letter be read to all the holy brethren.
28The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. (1 Thess. 4:1‑5:28)
2 Kings 1:1‑18• 1And Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab.
2And Ahaziah fell down through the lattice in his upper chamber which was in Samaria, and was sick; and he sent messengers and said to them, Go, inquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron, whether I shall recover from this disease.
3And the angel of Jehovah said to Elijah the Tishbite, Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and say to them, Is it because there is not a God in Israel, that ye go to inquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron?
4Now therefore thus saith Jehovah: Thou shalt not come down from the bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt certainly die. And Elijah departed.
5And the messengers returned to him; and he said to them, Why have ye returned?
6And they said unto him, A man came up to meet us, and said to us, Go, return to the king that sent you and say to him, Thus saith Jehovah: Is it because there is not a God in Israel, that thou sendest to inquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron? therefore thou shalt not come down from the bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt certainly die.
7And he said to them, What manner of man was he that came up to meet you, and told you these words?
8And they said to him, He was a man in a hairy garment, and girt with a girdle of leather about his loins. And he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite.
9And he sent to him a captain of fifty with his fifty. And he went up to him, and behold, he sat on the top of the mount. And he spoke to him: Man of God, the king says, Come down!
10And Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty, And if I be a man of God, let fire come down from the heavens and consume thee and thy fifty. And there came down fire from the heavens, and consumed him and his fifty.
11And again he sent to him another captain of fifty with his fifty. And he spoke and said to him, Man of God, thus says the king: Come down quickly!
12And Elijah answered and said to them, If I be a man of God, let fire come down from the heavens and consume thee and thy fifty. And the fire of God came down from the heavens, and consumed him and his fifty.
13And again he sent the captain of a third fifty with his fifty. And the third captain of fifty went up, and came and fell on his knees before Elijah, and besought him and said to him, Man of God, I pray thee, let my life, and the life of these fifty thy servants, be precious in thy sight.
14Behold, there came down fire from the heavens, and consumed the two captains of the former fifties with their fifties; but now, let my life be precious in thy sight.
15And the angel of Jehovah said to Elijah, Go down with him: be not afraid of him. And he arose, and went down with him to the king.
16And he said to him, Thus saith Jehovah: Forasmuch as thou hast sent messengers to inquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron, is it because there is no God in Israel to inquire of his word? therefore thou shalt not come down from the bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt certainly die.
17And he died according to the word of Jehovah that Elijah had spoken. And Jehoram began to reign in his stead, in the second year of Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah; for he had no son.
18And the rest of the acts of Ahaziah, what he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? (2 Kings 1:1‑18)