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What does the Bible say about resurrection?

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The Bible teaches that God, through Jesus Christ, raises the dead and gives eternal life to all who belong to him. Jesus declares in John 11:25-26 that he is the resurrection and the life, so believers live even though they die. His own resurrection is the foundation of this hope: God raised Christ, and 1 Peter 1:3 says this gives believers a living hope. By the Spirit who raised Jesus, God will also give life to our mortal bodies (Romans 8:11). Those who die in Christ will rise when he returns (1 Thessalonians 4:14), while John 6:40 promises resurrection unto everlasting life for everyone who trusts the Son.

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  • John 11:25

    Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me, though he die, yet will he live.

  • 1 Peter 1:3

    Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy became our father again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

  • 1 Thessalonians 4:14

    For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so those who have fallen asleep in Jesus will God bring with him.

  • Romans 8:11

    But if the Spirit of him who raised up Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised up Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you.

  • John 11:25-26

    [25] Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me, though he die, yet will he live. [26] Whoever lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?"

  • John 6:40

    This is the will of the one who sent me, that everyone who sees the Son, and believes in him, should have eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day."

  • 1 Corinthians 6:14

    Now God raised up the Lord, and will also raise us up by his power.

  • Romans 6:4

    We were buried therefore with him through baptism to death, that just like Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we also might walk in newness of life.

  • Isaiah 26:19

    Your dead shall live; my dead bodies shall arise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust; for your dew is [as] the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast forth the dead.

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