For to this end Christ died and lived again, that he might be Lord both of the dead and of the living.
and the living one. I died, and behold I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of Death and Hades.
Was it not necessary that the Christ should suffer these things and enter into his glory?”
looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.
For the Father judges no one, but has given all judgment to the Son, that all may honor the Son, just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him.
I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom:
Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
that he worked in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly places, far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and above every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come. And he put all things under his feet and gave him as head over all things to the church, which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all.
And he commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that he is the one appointed by God to be judge of the living and the dead.
And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.
but they will give account to him who is ready to judge the living and the dead.
who through him are believers in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.
For the love of Christ controls us, because we have concluded this: that one has died for all, therefore all have died;
As for the word that he sent to Israel, preaching good news of peace through Jesus Christ (he is Lord of all),
Yet it was the will of the Lord to crush him; he has put him to grief; when his soul makes an offering for guilt, he shall see his offspring; he shall prolong his days; the will of the Lord shall prosper in his hand. Out of the anguish of his soul he shall see and be satisfied; by his knowledge shall the righteous one, my servant, make many to be accounted righteous, and he shall bear their iniquities. Therefore I will divide him a portion with the many, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong, because he poured out his soul to death and was numbered with the transgressors; yet he bore the sin of many, and makes intercession for the transgressors.
“And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write: ‘The words of the first and the last, who died and came to life.
And he has given him authority to execute judgment, because he is the Son of Man. Do not marvel at this, for an hour is coming when all who are in the tombs will hear his voice and come out, those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment.
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