because you will not abandon me in the world of the dead; you will not allow your faithful servant to rot in the grave.

"My friends, I must speak to you plainly about our famous ancestor King David. He died and was buried, and his grave is here with us to this very day.

David saw what God was going to do in the future, and so he spoke about the resurrection of the Messiah when he said, 'He was not abandoned in the world of the dead; his body did not rot in the grave.'

because you protect me from the power of death. I have served you faithfully, and you will not abandon me to the world of the dead.

For David served God's purposes in his own time, and then he died, was buried with his ancestors, and his body rotted in the grave.

But this did not happen to the one whom God raised from death.

to keep us from the grave, to let us live forever.

Who can live and never die? How can we humans keep ourselves from the grave?

and had assured him that he would not die before he had seen the Lord's promised Messiah.

Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever disobeys the Son will not have life, but will remain under God's punishment.

I am telling you the truth: whoever obeys my teaching will never die."

It was faith that kept Enoch from dying. Instead, he was taken up to God, and nobody could find him, because God had taken him up. The scripture says that before Enoch was taken up, he had pleased God.