"I am telling you the truth: those who hear my words and believe in him who sent me have eternal life. They will not be judged, but have already passed from death to life.

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.

Jesus answered, "I am telling you the truth: no one can see the Kingdom of God without being born again."

"I can do nothing on my own authority; I judge only as God tells me, so my judgment is right, because I am not trying to do what I want, but only what he who sent me wants.

So he said to them, "When you lift up the Son of Man, you will know that 'I Am Who I Am'; then you will know that I do nothing on my own authority, but I say only what the Father has instructed me to say.

As long as it is day, we must do the work of him who sent me; night is coming when no one can work.

This is true, because I have not spoken on my own authority, but the Father who sent me has commanded me what I must say and speak.

Do you not believe, Philip, that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words that I have spoken to you," Jesus said to his disciples, "do not come from me. The Father, who remains in me, does his own work.

When that day comes, you will know that I am in my Father and that you are in me, just as I am in you.

I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, who will stay with you forever.

"When I go, you will not be left all alone; I will come back to you.

When that day comes, you will know that I am in my Father and that you are in me, just as I am in you.

Judas (not Judas Iscariot) said, "Lord, how can it be that you will reveal yourself to us and not to the world?"

In the beginning, when God created the universe,

Then God said, "And now we will make human beings; they will be like us and resemble us. They will have power over the fish, the birds, and all animals, domestic and wild, large and small."

"I am the LORD, your savior; I am the one who created you. I am the LORD, the Creator of all things. I alone stretched out the heavens; when I made the earth, no one helped me.

For through him God created everything in heaven and on earth, the seen and the unseen things, including spiritual powers, lords, rulers, and authorities. God created the whole universe through him and for him.

The heavens proclaim that God is righteous, that he himself is judge.

For all of us must appear before Christ, to be judged by him. We will each receive what we deserve, according to everything we have done, good or bad, in our bodily life.

Jesus answered, "Tear down this Temple, and in three days I will build it again."

No one takes my life away from me. I give it up of my own free will. I have the right to give it up, and I have the right to take it back. This is what my Father has commanded me to do."

But God raised him from death, setting him free from its power, because it was impossible that death should hold him prisoner.

By our baptism, then, we were buried with him and shared his death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from death by the glorious power of the Father, so also we might live a new life.

Now, since our message is that Christ has been raised from death, how can some of you say that the dead will not be raised to life?

For Christ died for sins once and for all, a good man on behalf of sinners, in order to lead you to God. He was put to death physically, but made alive spiritually,

Just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, in the same way the Son gives life to those he wants to.

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.

Just as the Father is himself the source of life, in the same way he has made his Son to be the source of life.

I ask that your minds may be opened to see his light, so that you will know what is the hope to which he has called you, how rich are the wonderful blessings he promises his people,

and how very great is his power at work in us who believe. This power working in us is the same as the mighty strength

that while we were spiritually dead in our disobedience he brought us to life with Christ. It is by God's grace that you have been saved.

Do not be surprised at this; the time is coming when all the dead will hear his voice

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.

Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. Those who believe in me will live, even though they die;

and those who live and believe in me will never die. Do you believe this?"

If the Spirit of God, who raised Jesus from death, lives in you, then he who raised Christ from death will also give life to your mortal bodies by the presence of his Spirit in you.

We know that God, who raised the Lord Jesus to life, will also raise us up with Jesus and take us, together with you, into his presence.

He will change our weak mortal bodies and make them like his own glorious body, using that power by which he is able to bring all things under his rule.

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.

Trust in the LORD. Have faith, do not despair. Trust in the LORD.

You answered me when I called to you; with your strength you strengthened me.

"They will say that only through me are victory and strength to be found; but all who hate me will suffer disgrace.

But his answer was: "My grace is all you need, for my power is greatest when you are weak." I am most happy, then, to be proud of my weaknesses, in order to feel the protection of Christ's power over me.

I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and difficulties for Christ's sake. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

I ask God from the wealth of his glory to give you power through his Spirit to be strong in your inner selves,

I have the strength to face all conditions by the power that Christ gives me.

May you be made strong with all the strength which comes from his glorious power, so that you may be able to endure everything with patience. And with joy give thanks to the Father, who has made you fit to have your share of what God has reserved for his people in the kingdom of light.

The LORD said to him, "Who gives man his mouth? Who makes him deaf or dumb? Who gives him sight or makes him blind? It is I, the LORD.

It is the LORD who gives wisdom; from him come knowledge and understanding.

because I will give you such words and wisdom that none of your enemies will be able to refute or contradict what you say.

I, the LORD, search the minds and test the hearts of people. I treat each of them according to the way they live, according to what they do."

I will also kill her followers, and then all the churches will know that I am the one who knows everyone's thoughts and wishes. I will repay each of you according to what you have done.