Jesus said to her,
“I am the resurrection and the life.
He who believes in me will live,
even though he dies;
and whoever lives and believe in me will never die.
Do you believe this?”
Jesus said to her,
“I am the resurrection and the life.
He who believes in me will live,
even though he dies;
and whoever lives and believe in me will never die.
Do you believe this?”
My sheep listen to my voice;
I know them, and they follow me.
I give them eternal life,
and they shall never perish;
no one can snatch them out of my hand.
Jesus replied, “I assure you,
no one can enter the Kingdom of God
without being born of water and the Spirit.
So don’t be surprised when I say,
‘You must be born again.’
The wind blows wherever it wants.
Just as you can hear the wind
but can’t tell where it comes from or where it is going,
so you can’t explain how people are born of the Spirit.”
John replied in the words of the prophet Isaiah:
“I am a voice shouting in the wilderness,
‘Clear the way for the LORD’s coming!’”
“He is the one I was talking about when I said,
‘A man is coming after me who is far greater than I am,
for he existed long before me.’”
From his abundance we have all received
one gracious blessing after another.
For the law was given through Moses,
but God’s unfailing love and faithfulness
came through Jesus Christ.
May God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ
give you grace and peace.
Jesus gave his life for our sins,
just as God our Father planned,
in order to rescue us from this evil world
in which we live.
And we know that in all things
God works for the good of those who love him,
who have been called according to his purpose.
If it is possible,
as far as it depends on you,
live at peace with everyone.
Do not take revenge,
my friends,
but leave room for God’s wrath,
for it is written:
“It is mine to avenge;
I will repay,” says the Lord.
But let me reveal to you a wonderful secret.
We will not all die,
but we will all be transformed!
It will happen in a moment,
in the blink of an eye,
when the last trumpet is blown.
For when the trumpet sounds,
those who have died will be raised to live forever.
And we who are living will also be transformed.
Then, when our dying bodies have been transformed
into bodies that will never die,
this Scripture will be fulfilled:
“Death is swallowed up in victory.
O death, where is your victory?
O death, where is your sting?”