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Philippians 3:11

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

so that somehow I also may be raised to life.

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You cannot buy back your life or pay off God!

They cannot pay you back. But God will bless you and reward you when his people rise from death.

Martha answered, “I know that he will be raised to life on the last day, when all the dead are raised.”

When Paul saw that some of the council members were Sadducees and others were Pharisees, he shouted, “My friends, I am a Pharisee and the son of a Pharisee. I am on trial simply because I believe that the dead will be raised to life.”

Day and night our twelve tribes have earnestly served God, waiting for his promised blessings. King Agrippa, because of this hope, the Jewish leaders have brought charges against me.

The harbour at Fair Havens wasn't a good place to spend the winter. Because of this, almost everyone agreed that we should at least try to sail along the coast of Crete as far as Phoenix. It had a harbour that opened towards the south-west and north-west, and we could spend the winter there.

I hope in this way to make some of my own people jealous enough to be saved.

But we must each wait our turn. Christ was the first to be raised to life, and his people will be raised to life when he returns.

When I am with people whose faith is weak, I live as they do to win them. I do everything I can to win everyone I possibly can.

I keep my body under control and make it my slave, so I won't lose out after telling the good news to others.

But now I fear that you will be tricked, just as Eve was tricked by that lying snake. I am afraid that you might stop thinking about Christ in an honest and sincere way.

At last, when I could not wait any longer, I sent Timothy to find out about your faith. I hoped that Satan had not tempted you and made all our work useless.

But don't be fooled! People will rebel against God. Then before the Lord returns, the wicked one who is doomed to be destroyed will appear.

So a crown will be given to me for pleasing the Lord. He judges fairly, and on the day of judgment he will give a crown to me and to everyone else who wants him to appear with power.

Some women received their loved ones back from death. Many of these people were tortured, but they refused to be released. They were sure that they would get a better reward when the dead are raised to life.

These people are the first to be raised to life, and they are especially blessed and holy. The second death has no power over them. They will be priests for God and Christ and will rule with them for a thousand years. No other dead people were raised to life until a thousand years later.




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