The bridegroom is the one to whom the bride belongs; but the bridegroom's friend, who stands by and listens, is glad when he hears the bridegroom's voice. This is how my own happiness is made complete.

The greatest love you can have for your friends is to give your life for them.

I do not call you servants any longer, because servants do not know what their master is doing. Instead, I call you friends, because I have told you everything I heard from my Father.

The LORD would speak with Moses face-to-face, just as someone speaks with a friend. Then Moses would return to the camp. But the young man who was his helper, Joshua son of Nun, stayed in the Tent.

You are our God. When your people Israel moved into this land, you drove out the people who were living here and gave the land to the descendants of Abraham, your friend, to be theirs forever.

"But you, Israel my servant, you are the people that I have chosen, the descendants of Abraham, my friend.

And the scripture came true that said, "Abraham believed God, and because of his faith God accepted him as righteous." And so Abraham was called God's friend.

Jesus meant that Lazarus had died, but they thought he meant natural sleep.

The LORD said to Moses, "You will soon die, and after your death the people will become unfaithful to me and break the covenant that I made with them. They will abandon me and worship the pagan gods of the land they are about to enter.

Many of those who have already died will live again: some will enjoy eternal life, and some will suffer eternal disgrace.

he said, "Get out, everybody! The little girl is not dead---she is only sleeping!" Then they all started making fun of him.

He went in and said to them, "Why all this confusion? Why are you crying? The child is not dead---she is only sleeping!"

He knelt down and cried out in a loud voice, "Lord! Do not remember this sin against them!" He said this and died.

It would also mean that the believers in Christ who have died are lost.

Listen to this secret truth: we shall not all die, but when the last trumpet sounds, we shall all be changed in an instant, as quickly as the blinking of an eye. For when the trumpet sounds, the dead will be raised, never to die again, and we shall all be changed.

We believe that Jesus died and rose again, and so we believe that God will take back with Jesus those who have died believing in him.

W_ hat we are teaching you now is the Lord's teaching: we who are alive on the day the Lord comes will not go ahead of those who have died.

who died for us in order that we might live together with him, whether we are alive or dead when he comes.

After he had said this, he called out in a loud voice, "Lazarus, come out!"

He came out, his hands and feet wrapped in grave cloths, and with a cloth around his face. "Untie him," Jesus told them, "and let him go."

I am telling you the truth: the time is coming---the time has already come---when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear it will come to life.

And he has given the Son the right to judge, because he is the Son of Man.

and come out of their graves: those who have done good will rise and live, and those who have done evil will rise and be condemned.

Many of those who have already died will live again: some will enjoy eternal life, and some will suffer eternal disgrace.

Come back to your right senses and stop your sinful ways. I declare to your shame that some of you do not know God.

for anything that is clearly revealed becomes light. That is why it is said, "Wake up, sleeper, and rise from death, and Christ will shine on you."