Revelation 1:18

New Century Version

I am the One who lives; I was dead, but look, I am alive forever and ever! And I hold the keys to death and to the place of the dead.

Cross References

Job 19:25

I know that my Defender lives, and in the end he will stand upon the earth.

Job 38:17

Have the gates of death been opened to you? Have you seen the gates of the deep darkness?

Psalm 18:46

The Lord lives! May my Rock be praised. Praise the God who saves me!

Psalm 68:20

Our God is a God who saves us; the Lord God saves us from death.

Isaiah 22:22

I will put the key to the house of David 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.

Matthew 11:23

And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted up to heaven? No, you will be thrown down to the depths. If the miracles I did in you had happened in Sodom, its people 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; the things you don’t allow on earth will be the things that God does not allow, and the things you allow on earth will be the things that God allows.”

Luke 24:5

The women were very afraid and bowed their heads to the ground. The men said to them, “Why are you looking for a living person in this place for the dead?

John 11:25

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Those who believe in me will have life even if they die.

John 14:19

In a little while the world will not see me anymore, but you will see me. Because I live, you will live, too.

Romans 6:9

Christ was raised from the dead, and we know that he cannot die again. Death has no power over him now.

2 Corinthians 13:4

It is true that he was weak when he was killed on the cross, but he lives now by God’s power. 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

I was put to death on the cross with Christ, and I do not live anymore—it is Christ who lives in me. I still live in my body, but I live by faith in the Son of God who loved me and 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 reflects the glory of God and shows exactly what God is like. He holds everything together with his powerful word. When the Son made people clean from their sins, he sat down at the right side of God, the Great One in heaven.

Hebrews 12:2

Let us look only to Jesus, the One who began our faith and who makes it perfect. He suffered death on the cross. But he accepted the shame as if it were nothing 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 not made a priest by human rules and laws but through the power of his life, which continues forever.

Hebrews 7:25

So he is able always to save those who come to God through him because he always lives, asking God to help them.

Revelation 10:6

and he 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, the earth and all that is in it, and the sea and all that is in it. The angel promised, “There will be no more waiting!

Revelation 15:7

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

Revelation 2:8

“Write this to the angel of the church in Smyrna: “The One who is the First and the Last, who died and came to life again, says this:

Revelation 20:13

The sea gave up the dead who were in it, and Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them. Each person was judged by what he had done.

Revelation 20:14

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

Revelation 3:7

“Write this to the angel of the church in Philadelphia: “This is what the One who is holy and true, who holds the key of David, says. When he opens a door, no one can close it. And when he closes it, no one can open it.

Revelation 4:9

These living creatures give glory, honor, and thanks to the One who sits on the throne, who lives forever and ever.

Revelation 5:14

The four living creatures said, “Amen,” and the elders bowed down and worshiped.

Revelation 6:8

I looked, and there before me was a pale horse. Its rider was named death, and Hades was following close behind him. They were given power over a fourth of the earth to kill people by war, by starvation, by disease, and by the wild animals of the earth.

Revelation 9:1

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

1 Samuel 2:6

“The Lord sends death, and he brings to life. He sends people to the grave, and he raises them to life again.