The first Adam, made of earth, came from the earth; the second Adam came from heaven.

Just as we wear the likeness of the man made of earth, so we will wear the likeness of the Man from heaven.

Then the LORD God took some soil from the ground and formed a man out of it; he breathed life-giving breath into his nostrils and the man began to live.

Sin came into the world through one man, and his sin brought death with it. As a result, death has spread to the whole human race because everyone has sinned.

But from the time of Adam to the time of Moses, death ruled over all human beings, even over those who did not sin in the same way that Adam did when he disobeyed God's command. Adam was a figure of the one who was to come.

Then the second angel poured out his bowl on the sea. The water became like the blood of a dead person, and every living creature in the sea died.

The Word was the source of life, and this life brought light to people.

Jesus answered, "If you only knew what God gives and who it is that is asking you for a drink, you would ask him, and he would give you life-giving water."

but those who drink the water that I will give them will never be thirsty again. The water that I will give them will become in them a spring which will provide them with life-giving water and give them eternal life."

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.

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.

For the bread that God gives is he who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world."

And it is the will of him who sent me that I should not lose any of all those he has given me, but that I should raise them all to life on the last day.

For what my Father wants is that all who see the Son and believe in him should have eternal life. And I will raise them to life on the last day."

Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood have eternal life, and I will raise them to life on the last day.

The living Father sent me, and because of him I live also. In the same way whoever eats me will live because of me.

What gives life is God's Spirit; human power is of no use at all. The words I have spoken to you bring God's life-giving Spirit.

Simon Peter answered him, "Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words that give eternal life.

The thief comes only in order to steal, kill, and destroy. I have come in order that you might have life---life in all its fullness.

I give them eternal life, and they shall never die. No one can snatch them away from me.

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?"

Jesus answered him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life; no one goes to the Father except by me.

In a little while the world will see me no more, but you will see me; and because I live, you also will live.

For you gave him authority over all people, so that he might give eternal life to all those you gave him.

And eternal life means to know you, the only true God, and to know Jesus Christ, whom you sent.

You killed the one who leads to life, but God raised him from death---and we are witnesses to this.

It is true that through the sin of one man death began to rule because of that one man. But how much greater is the result of what was done by the one man, Jesus Christ! All who receive God's abundant grace and are freely put right with him will rule in life through Christ.

So then, just as sin ruled by means of death, so also God's grace rules by means of righteousness, leading us to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

For the law of the Spirit, which brings us life in union with Christ Jesus, has set me free from the law of sin and death.

But if Christ lives in you, the Spirit is life for you because you have been put right with God, even though your bodies are going to die because of sin.

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.

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.

Your real life is Christ and when he appears, then you too will appear with him and share his glory!

We write to you about the Word of life, which has existed from the very beginning. We have heard it, and we have seen it with our eyes; yes, we have seen it, and our hands have touched it.

What we have seen and heard we announce to you also, so that you will join with us in the fellowship that we have with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ.

The testimony is this: God has given us eternal life, and this life has its source in his Son.

Whoever has the Son has this life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.

And he said, "It is done! I am the first and the last, the beginning and the end. To anyone who is thirsty I will give the right to drink from the spring of the water of life without paying for it.

The angel also showed me the river of the water of life, sparkling like crystal, and coming from the throne of God and of the Lamb

The Spirit and the Bride say, "Come!" Everyone who hears this must also say, "Come!" Come, whoever is thirsty; accept the water of life as a gift, whoever wants it.