1 Corinthians 15:6

The tombs were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised;

who will change the body of our humiliation to be conformed to the body of his glory, according to the working by which he is able even to subject all things to himself.

But I tell you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you,

However, after I am raised up, I will go before you into Galilee.”

At my first defense, no one came to help me, but all left me. May it not be held against them.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

David slept with his fathers, and was buried in David’s city.

Behold, they ask me, “Where is Yahweh’s word? Let it be fulfilled now.”

You have wearied Yahweh with your words. Yet you say, ‘How have we wearied him?’ In that you say, ‘Everyone who does evil is good in Yahweh’s sight, and he delights in them;’ or ‘Where is the God of justice?’

But the eleven disciples went into Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had sent them.

Jesus said to her, “Don’t hold me, for I haven’t yet ascended to my Father; but go to my brothers and tell them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’ ”

“Brothers, I may tell you freely of the patriarch David, that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.

how the Christ must suffer, and how, by the resurrection of the dead, he would be first to proclaim light both to these people and to the Gentiles.”

For whom he foreknew, he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.

But each in his own order: Christ the first fruits, then those who are Christ’s, at his coming.

that you were at that time separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of the promise, having no hope and without God in the world.

and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us, and washed us from our sins by his blood—

When the people saw that Moses delayed coming down from the mountain, the people gathered themselves together to Aaron, and said to him, “Come, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we don’t know what has become of him.”

He died at a good old age, full of days, riches, and honor; and Solomon his son reigned in his place.

But from the beginning of the creation, God made them male and female.

Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they don’t know what they are doing.” Dividing his garments among them, they cast lots.

He said these things, and after that, he said to them, “Our friend, Lazarus, has fallen asleep, but I am going so that I may awake him out of sleep.”

Peter sent them all out, and knelt down and prayed. Turning to the body, he said, “Tabitha, get up!” She opened her eyes, and when she saw Peter, she sat up.

When he had removed him, he raised up David to be their king, to whom he also testified, ‘I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after my heart, who will do all my will.’

When he had spoken these things, he knelt down and prayed with them all.

knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus, and will present us with you.

For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep in Jesus.

then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air. So we will be with the Lord forever.

I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Write, ‘Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.’ ” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “that they may rest from their labors; for their works follow with them.”

“ ‘If you offer a meal offering of first fruits to Yahweh, you shall offer for the meal offering of your first fruits fresh heads of grain parched with fire and crushed.

Yahweh said to Moses, “Behold, you shall sleep with your fathers. This people will rise up and play the prostitute after the strange gods of the land where they go to be among them, and will forsake me and break my covenant which I have made with them.

When your days are fulfilled, and you sleep with your fathers, I will set up your offspring after you, who will proceed out of your body, and I will establish his kingdom.

Yahweh turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends. Yahweh gave Job twice as much as he had before.

I will declare your name to my brothers. Among the assembly, I will praise you.

That which has been is that which shall be; and that which has been done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.

Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.

Then he said to me, “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Behold, they say, ‘Our bones are dried up, and our hope is lost. We are completely cut off.’

Many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.

For whoever does the will of my Father who is in heaven, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.”

But immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying, “Cheer up! It is I! Don’t be afraid.”

But if that evil servant should say in his heart, ‘My lord is delaying his coming,’

The angel answered the women, “Don’t be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus, who has been crucified.

As they went to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, “Rejoice!” They came and took hold of his feet, and worshiped him.

Then Jesus said to them, “Don’t be afraid. Go tell my brothers that they should go into Galilee, and there they will see me.”

He was withdrawn from them about a stone’s throw, and he knelt down and prayed,

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will still live, even if he dies.

Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples that she had seen the Lord, and that he had said these things to her.

In these days, Peter stood up in the middle of the disciples (and the number of names was about one hundred twenty), and said,

Then those who gladly received his word were baptized. There were added that day about three thousand souls.

When those days were over, we departed and went on our journey. They all, with wives and children, brought us on our way until we were out of the city. Kneeling down on the beach, we prayed.

But if the Spirit of him who raised up Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised up Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you.

He is the head of the body, the assembly, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things he might have the preeminence.

having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.

For both he who sanctifies and those who are sanctified are all from one, for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brothers,

Go quickly and tell his disciples, ‘He has risen from the dead, and behold, he goes before you into Galilee; there you will see him.’ Behold, I have told you.”

When they saw him, they bowed down to him, but some doubted.

But go, tell his disciples and Peter, ‘He goes before you into Galilee. There you will see him, as he said to you.’ ”

He kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, “Lord, don’t hold this sin against them!” When he had said this, he fell asleep.

For David, after he had in his own generation served the counsel of God, fell asleep, was laid with his fathers, and saw decay.

Then they also who are fallen asleep in Christ have perished.

But now Christ has been raised from the dead. He became the first fruits of those who are asleep.

But we don’t want you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning those who have fallen asleep, so that you don’t grieve like the rest, who have no hope.

For this we tell you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will in no way precede those who have fallen asleep.

and saying, “Where is the promise of his coming? For, from the day that the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.”

But after I am raised up, I will go before you into Galilee.”

Behold, I tell you a mystery. We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed,