Peter put them all out of the room, and knelt down and prayed; then he turned to the body and said, "Tabitha, get up!" She opened her eyes, and when she saw Peter, she sat up.

When Paul finished, he knelt down with them and prayed.

But when our time with them was over, we left and went on our way. All of them, together with their wives and children, went with us out of the city to the beach, where we all knelt and prayed.

When the time came for the evening sacrifice, I got up from where I had been grieving, and still wearing my torn clothes, I knelt in prayer and stretched out my hands to the LORD my God.

When Daniel learned that the order had been signed, he went home. In an upstairs room of his house there were windows that faced toward Jerusalem. There, just as he had always done, he knelt down at the open windows and prayed to God three times a day.

Then he went off from them about the distance of a stone's throw and knelt down and prayed.

But now I tell you: love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,

bless those who curse you, and pray for those who mistreat you.

Jesus said, "Forgive them, Father! They don't know what they are doing." They divided his clothes among themselves by throwing dice.

Ask God to bless those who persecute you---yes, ask him to bless, not to curse.

Have the same concern for everyone. Do not be proud, but accept humble duties. Do not think of yourselves as wise.

Do everything possible on your part to live in peace with everybody.

Instead, as the scripture says: "If your enemies are hungry, feed them; if they are thirsty, give them a drink; for by doing this you will make them burn with shame."

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.

That is why many of you are sick and weak, and several have died.

Then he appeared to more than five hundred of his followers at once, most of whom are still alive, although some have died.

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

But the truth is that Christ has been raised from death, as the guarantee that those who sleep in death will also be raised.

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.

Our friends, we want you to know the truth about those who have died, so that you will not be sad, as are those who have no hope.

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.

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