And you were dead in the trespasses and sins
And you, who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses,
even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved— and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,
If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ who is your life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.
They are darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, due to their hardness of heart.
For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death.
For as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whom he will.
Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?”
We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. Whoever does not love abides in death.
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
for anything that becomes visible is light. Therefore it says, “Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”
but she who is self-indulgent is dead even while she lives.
“Truly, truly, I say to you, an hour is coming, and is now here, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.
and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to the working of his great might that he worked in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly places,
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.
Thus it is written, “The first man Adam became a living being”; the last Adam became a life-giving spirit.
“And to the angel of the church in Sardis write: ‘The words of him who has the seven spirits of God and the seven stars. “‘I know your works. You have the reputation of being alive, but you are dead.
It was fitting to celebrate and be glad, for this your brother was dead, and is alive; he was lost, and is found.’”
For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found.’ And they began to celebrate.
And Jesus said to him, “Follow me, and leave the dead to bury their own dead.”
For the love of Christ controls us, because we have concluded this: that one has died for all, therefore all have died;
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