Revelation 1:18

Easy To Read Version

I am the One who lives. I was dead, but look: I am alive forever and ever! And I hold the keys of death and Hades. {\cf2\super [11]}

Cross References

Job 19:25

I know there is someone to defend me.\par I know he lives!\par And in the end he will stand here on earth\par and defend me.\par

Job 38:17

Job, have you ever seen the gates\par leading to the world of the dead?\par Have you ever seen the gates\par leading to that dark place of death?\par

Psalm 18:46

The Lord is alive!\par I praise my Rock, {\cf2\super [107]} \par God saves me.\par He is great!\par

Psalm 68:20

He is our God.\par He is the God that saves us.\par The Lord our God saves us from death.\par

Isaiah 22:22

“I will put the key to David’s house around that man’s neck. If he opens a door, that door will stay opened. No person will be able to close it. If he closes a door, that door will stay closed. No person will be able to open it. That servant will be like a very honored chair in his father’s house.

Matthew 11:23

And you, Capernaum, {\cf2\super [149]} will you be lifted up to heaven? No! You will be thrown down to the place of death. I did many miracles in you. If those same miracles had happened in Sodom, {\cf2\super [150]} \{the people of\} Sodom \{would have stopped sinning and it\} would still be a city today.

Matthew 16:19

I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven. When you speak judgment here on earth, that judgment will be God’s judgment. When you promise forgiveness here on earth, that forgiveness will be God’s forgiveness.” {\cf2\super [232]}

Luke 24:5

The women were very afraid; they bowed their heads down. The two men said to the women, “Why are you looking for a living person here? This is a place for dead people!

John 11:25

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection. {\cf2\super [176]} I am life. The person that believes in me will have life \{again\} after he dies.

John 14:19

In a very short time the people in the world will not see me any more. But you will see me. You will live because I live.

Romans 6:9

Christ was raised from death. And we know that he cannot die again. Death has no power over him now.

2 Corinthians 13:4

It is true that Christ was weak when he was killed on the cross. But he lives now by God’s power. And it is true that we are weak in Christ. But for you we will be alive in Christ by God’s power.

Galatians 2:20

So the life that I live now is not really me—it is Christ living in me. I still live in my body, but I live by faith in the Son of God (Jesus). Jesus is the One who loved me. He gave himself to save me.

Colossians 3:3

Your old sinful self has died, and your new life is kept with Christ in God.

Hebrews 1:3

The Son shows the glory of God. He is a perfect copy of God’s nature. The Son holds everything together with his powerful command. The Son made people clean from their sins. Then he sat down at the right side {\cf2\super [2]} of the Great One (God) in heaven.

Hebrews 12:2

We should always follow the example of Jesus. Jesus is the leader in our faith. And he makes our faith perfect. He suffered death on the cross. But Jesus accepted the shame of the cross like it was nothing. He did this because of the joy that God put before him. And now he is sitting at the right side of God’s throne.

Hebrews 7:16

He was made a priest not by any law or rules about his human family. He became a priest through the power of his life which continues forever.

Hebrews 7:25

So Christ can save those people who come to God through him. Christ can do this forever, because he always lives, ready to help people when they come before God.

Revelation 10:6

The angel made a promise by \{the power of\} the One who lives forever and ever. He (God) is the One who made the skies and all that is in them. He made the earth and all that is in it, and he made the sea and all that is in it. The angel said, “There will be no more waiting!

Revelation 15:7

Then one of the four living things gave seven golden bowls to the seven angels. The bowls were filled with the anger of God, who lives forever and ever.

Revelation 2:8

“Write this to the angel of the church in Smyrna:

Revelation 20:13

The sea gave up the dead people that were in it. Death and Hades {\cf2\super [156]} gave up the dead people that were in them. Each person was judged by the things he had done.

Revelation 20:14

And Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This lake of fire is the second death.

Revelation 3:7

“Write this to the angel of the church in Philadelphia:

Revelation 4:9

These living things give glory and honor and thanks to the One who sits on the throne. He is the One who lives forever and ever. And every time the living things do this,

Revelation 5:14

The four living things said, “Amen {\cf2\super [48]} !” And the elders {\cf2\super [49]} bowed down and worshiped.

Revelation 6:8

I looked and there before me was a pale-colored horse. The rider on the horse was death. Hades {\cf2\super [50]} was following close behind him. They were given power over a fourth of the earth. They were given power to kill people by using the sword, by starving, by disease, and with the wild animals of the earth.

Revelation 9:1

The fifth angel blew his trumpet. Then I saw a star fall from the sky to the earth. The star was given the key to the deep hole that leads down to the bottomless pit.

1 Samuel 2:6

The Lord causes people to die, and he causes them to live. The Lord sends people down to the grave, [21] and he can raise them up {to live again}.