Lord, the fountain of life flows from you!\par Your light lets us see light.\par
John 11:25 - Easy To Read Version 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. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Jesus said to her, I am [Myself] the Resurrection and the Life. Whoever believes in (adheres to, trusts in, and relies on) Me, although he may die, yet he shall live; American Standard Version (1901) Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth on me, though he die, yet shall he live; Common English Bible Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me will live, even though they die. Catholic Public Domain Version Jesus said to her: "I am the Resurrection and the Life. Whoever believes in me, even though he has died, he shall live. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Jesus said to her: I am the resurrection and the life: he that believeth in me, although he be dead, shall live: |
Lord, the fountain of life flows from you!\par Your light lets us see light.\par
\{But the Lord says,\}\par “Your people have died,\par but they will live again.\par The bodies of my people\par will rise from death.\par Dead people in the ground,\par stand and be happy!\par The dew covering you is like\par the dew sparkling in the light of a new day.\par It shows a new time is coming when the earth\par will give up the dead people\par that are in it.”\par
My Master, use this hard time to make\par my spirit live again.\par Help my spirit become strong and healthy.\par Help me become well!\par Help me live again!\par
Then Jesus said to him, “Listen! What I say is true: Today you will be with me in Paradise {\cf2\super [380]} !”
In him there was life. That life was light (understanding, goodness) for the people of the world.
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.
Jesus answered, “I am the way. I am the truth and the life. The only way to the Father is through me.
Yes, God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son. God gave his Son so that every person that believes in him would not be lost, but have life forever.
The person that believes in the Son has life forever. But the person that does not obey the Son will never have that life. God’s anger stays with that person.”
The Father raises dead people and gives them life. In the same way, the Son gives life to the people he wants to.
Life comes from the Father (God) himself. So the Father has also allowed the Son (Jesus) to give life.
Then Jesus said, “I am the bread that gives life. The person that comes to me will never be hungry. The person that believes in me will never be thirsty.
The Father is the One who sent me. And the Father is the One who brings people to me. I will raise up those people on the last day. If the Father does not bring a person to me, then that person cannot come to me.
And so you killed the One that gives life! But God raised him from death. We are witnesses of this—we saw this with our own eyes.
Like it is written \{in the Scriptures {\cf2\super [43]} \} “I have made you (Abraham) a father of many nations.” {\cf2\super [44]} This is true before God. Abraham believed in God—the God who gives life to dead people and decides that things will happen that have not yet happened.
Why? Because in Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit {\cf2\super [58]} that brings life made you {\cf2\super [59]} free. It made you {\cf2\super [60]} free from the law that brings sin and death.
If people will never be raised from death, then what will people do who are baptized {\cf2\super [114]} for those who have died? If dead people are never raised, then why are people baptized for them?
God raised the Lord Jesus from death. And we know that God will also raise us with Jesus. God will bring us together with you, and we will stand before him.
It is hard to choose between living or dying. I want to leave this life and be with Christ. That is much better.
All I want is to know Christ and the power of his rising from death. I want to share in Christ’s sufferings and become like him in his death.
We believe that Jesus died. But we believe that Jesus rose again. So, because of Jesus, God will raise to be with Jesus those people who have died.
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]}
(The other dead people did not live again until the 1,000 years were ended.) This is the first raising of the dead.
God will wipe away every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death, sadness, crying, or pain. All the old ways are gone.”
Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life. The river was bright like crystal. The river flows from the throne of God and the Lamb.
The Spirit {\cf2\super [178]} and the bride say, “Come!” Every person that hears this should also say, “Come!” If a person is thirsty, let him come; that person can have the water of life as a free gift if he wants it.