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6. State of the Dead
(Genesis 2:7) And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
(1 Thessalonians 5:23) And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
(Genesis 2:16) And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:
(Genesis 2:17) But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
(Genesis 3:17) And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;
(Genesis 3:18) Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;
(Genesis 3:19) In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
(Ecclesiastes 9:5) For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.
(Psalm 146:4) His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.
(Psalm 6:5) For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks?
(Job 7:21) And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away my iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I shall not be.
(Job 14:10) But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?
(Job 14:11) As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up:
(Job 14:12) So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.
(1 Corinthians 15:13) But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen:
(1 Corinthians 15:14) And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain.
(1 Corinthians 15:15) Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God; because we have testified of God that he raised up Christ: whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not.
(1 Corinthians 15:16) For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised:
(1 Corinthians 15:17) And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins.
(1 Corinthians 15:18) Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished.
(1 Corinthians 15:19) If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.
(1 Corinthians 15:20) But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept.
(1 Corinthians 15:51) Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
(1 Corinthians 15:52) In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
(1 Corinthians 15:53) For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
(1 Corinthians 15:54) So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.
(1 Thessalonians 4:16) For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
(1 Thessalonians 4:17) Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.