I have been crucified with Christ. So it is no longer I that live, but it is Christ who lives in me; and, as for my present earthly life, I am living it by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

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When the Christ, who is our Life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.

On account of the hope which awaits its fulfillment in Heaven. Of this hope you heard long ago in the true Message of the Good News which reached you--

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that every one who believes in him may not be lost, but have Immortal Life.

But whoever once drinks of the water that I will give him shall never thirst any more; but the water that I will give him shall become a spring welling up within him--a source of Immortal Life."

For, just as the Father raises the dead and gives them Life, so also the Son gives Life to whom he pleases.

And his will is this--that I should not lose one of all those whom he has given me, but should raise them up at the Last Day.

And I give them Immortal Life, and they shall not be lost; nor shall any one snatch them out of my hands.

In a little while the world will see me no more, but you will still see me; because I am living, you will be living also.

For if, when we were God's enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son, much more, now that we have become reconciled, shall we be saved by virtue of Christ's Life.

For through your union with Christ Jesus, the Law of the life- giving Spirit has set you free from the Law of Sin and Death.

That is what is meant by the words-'Adam, the first man, became a human being'; the last Adam became a Life-giving spirit.

For we guide our lives by faith, and not by what we see.

And that is why he is able to save perfectly those who come to God through him, living for ever, as he does, to intercede of their behalf.

Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has, in his great mercy, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

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But, if there is no such thing as a resurrection of the dead, then even Christ has not been raised;

for here we have no permanent city, but are looking for the City that is to be.