I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

Your

When Christ who is your life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.

because of the hope laid up for you in heaven. Of this you have heard before in the word of the truth, the gospel,

"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again. The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life."

For as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whom he will.

And this is the will of him who sent me, that I should lose nothing of all that he has given me, but raise it up on the last day.

I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand.

Yet a little while and the world will see me no more, but you will see me. Because I live, you also will live.

For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life.

For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death.

Thus it is written, "The first man Adam became a living being";the last Adam became a life-giving spirit.

for we walk by faith, not by sight.

Consequently, he is able to save to the uttermostthose who draw near to God through him, since he always lives to make intercession for them.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

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The wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the young goat, and the calf and the lion and the fattened calf together; and a little child shall lead them.

But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised.

For here we have no lasting city, but we seek the city that is to come.