'Dying' in the Bible
and begged him urgently, saying, "My little daughter is dying. Come and lay your hands on her so that she may get well and live."
because his only daughter, who was about twelve years old, was dying. While Jesus was on his way, the crowds continued to press in on him.
But some of them said, "Surely the one who opened the eyes of the blind man could have kept this man from dying, couldn't he?"
But now we have been released from the Law by dying to what enslaved us, so that we may serve in the new life of the Spirit, not under the old writings.
That's why so many of you are weak and sick and a considerable number are dying.
For what is decaying must be clothed with what cannot decay, and what is dying must be clothed with what cannot die.
Now, when what is decaying is clothed with what cannot decay, and what is dying is clothed with what cannot die, then the written word will be fulfilled: "Death has been swallowed up by victory!"
So if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are dying.
So while we are still in this tent, we sigh under our burdens, because we do not want to put it off but to put it on, so that our dying bodies may be swallowed up by life.
as unknown and yet well-known, as dying and yet as you see very much alive, as punished and yet not killed,
and every type of evil to deceive those who are dying, those who refused to love the truth that would save them.
This saying is trustworthy: In dying with the Messiah, true life we gain.
By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of Joseph's sons "and worshipped while leaning on the top of his staff."