Revelation 1:18

Holy Bible: 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.

Cross References

Romans 6:9

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

Hebrews 7:25

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

Psalm 68:20

He is our God, the God who saves us. My Lord GOD saves us from death.

Revelation 3:7

“Write this to the angel of the church in Philadelphia: “Here is a message from the one who is holy and true, the one who holds the key of David. When he opens something, it cannot be closed. And when he closes something, it cannot be opened.

Isaiah 22:22

“I will put the key to David’s house around his neck. If he opens a door, no one will be able to close it. If he closes a door, no one will be able to open it.

Hebrews 12:2

We must never stop looking to Jesus. He is the leader of our faith, and he is the one who makes our faith complete. He suffered death on a cross. But he accepted the shame of the cross as if it were nothing because of the joy he could see waiting for him. And now he is sitting at the right side of God’s throne.

Matthew 16:19

I will give you the keys to God’s kingdom. 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.”

Revelation 20:14

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

Hebrews 1:3

The Son shows the glory of God. He is a perfect copy of God’s nature, and he holds everything together by his powerful command. The Son made people clean from their sins. Then he sat down at the right side of God, the Great One in heaven.

Galatians 2:20

So I am not the one living now—it is Christ living in me. I still live in my body, but I live by faith in the Son of God. He is the one who loved me and gave himself to save me.

Revelation 4:9

These living beings were giving glory and honor and thanks to the one who sits on the throne, the one who lives forever and ever. And every time they did this,

Hebrews 7:16

He was made a priest, but not because he met the requirement of being born into the right family. He became a priest by the power of a life that will never end.

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. It is also true that we share his weakness, but in dealing with you, we will be alive in him by God’s power.

Job 19:25

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

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.

John 14:19

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

Colossians 3:3

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

Psalm 18:46

The Lord lives! I praise my Rock, the God who saves me. How great he is!

Revelation 5:14

The four living beings said, “Amen!” And the elders bowed down and worshiped.

1 Samuel 2:6

The Lord causes people to die, and he causes them to live. He sends people down to the grave, and he can raise them up to live again.

Job 38:17

Has anyone shown you the gates to the world of the dead? Have you ever seen those gates that lead to the dark place of death?

Matthew 11:23

“And you, Capernaum, 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 these same miracles had happened in Sodom, the people there would have stopped sinning, and it would still be a city today.

Luke 24:5

The women were very afraid. They bowed down with their faces to the ground. The men said to them, “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. I am life. Everyone who believes in me will have life, even if they die.

Revelation 2:8

“Write this to the angel of the church in Smyrna: “Here is a message from the one who is the First and the Last, the one who died and came to life again.

Revelation 6:8

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

Revelation 10:6

The angel made a promise by the power of the one who lives forever and ever. He 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 beings gave seven golden bowls to the seven angels. The bowls were filled with the anger of God, who lives forever and ever.

Revelation 20:13

The sea gave up the dead who were in it. Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them. All these people were judged by what they had done.