Thus says the Lord God to these bones: Behold, I will cause breath to enter you, and you shall live.
then the Lord God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature.
And I will put my Spirit within you, and you shall live, and I will place you in your own land. Then you shall know that I am the Lord; I have spoken, and I will do it, declares the Lord.”
When you hide your face, they are dismayed; when you take away their breath, they die and return to their dust. When you send forth your Spirit, they are created, and you renew the face of the ground.
Then he said to me, “Prophesy to the breath; prophesy, son of man, and say to the breath, Thus says the Lord God: Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe on these slain, that they may live.” So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived and stood on their feet, an exceedingly great army.
And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit.
even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved—
For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death.
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