Death has prevailed and swallowed [men] up; but again the Lord God has taken away every tear from every face. He has taken away the reproach of [His] people from all the earth; for the mouth of the Lord has spoken it.

The dead shall rise, and they that are in the tombs shall be raised, and they that are in the earth shall rejoice; for the dew from You is healing to them; but the land of the ungodly shall perish.

I will deliver [them] out of the power of Hades, and will redeem them from death. O death, where is your punishment? O Hades, where is your sting? Comfort is hidden from My eyes.

Most assuredly I say to you, that an hour is coming, and now is, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God; and those having heard shall live.

and has given Him authority to execute judgment also, because He is [the] Son of Man.

and shall come forth--those who have done good, to a resurrection of life, and those who have done evil, to a resurrection of condemnation.

But now Christ has been raised from the dead, [and] has become the firstfruits of those who have died.

And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to reproach and everlasting shame.

Because of this many among you are weak and sick, and many have died.

Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all die, but we shall all be changed--

For if we believe that Jesus died and rose [again], thus also God will bring with Him those who die in Jesus.

who died for us, in order that whether we are awake or asleep, we may live together with Him.