Isaiah 60:1
John 5:25
25Truly, truly I tell you, the hour is coming, and is now here, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear it will live.John 5:28; Eph 2:1, 5; 5:14; Col 2:13Romans 6:4-5
4Therefore, through baptism we were buried with him into his death so that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the Father's glory, we too may live an entirely new life.John 2:11; 11:40; Rom 8:11; 1Cor 6:14; 2Cor 13:4; Gal 6:15; Eph 4:22-24; Col 2:12; 3:10 5For if we have become united with him in a death like his, we will certainly also be united with him in a resurrection like his.Phil 3:10-11Romans 13:11-12
11Live in the Light of Christ's ReturnThis is necessary because you know the times—that it's time for you to wake up from sleep. For our salvation is nearer now than when we became believers.1Cor 15:34; Eph 5:14; 1Thes 5:5-6 12The night is almost over, and the day is near. Let us therefore put aside the works of darkness and put on the armor of light.Eph 5:11; 6:13; Col 3:8; 1Thes 5:81 Corinthians 15:34
34Come back to your senses as you should, and stop sinning! For some of you—I say this to your shame—are without a true knowledge of God.Rom 13:11; 1Cor 6:5; Eph 5:14; 1Thes 4:5Ephesians 2:5
5even when we were dead because of our offenses, made us alive together with ▼▼Other mss. read in
Christ (by grace you have been saved),Rom 5:6, 8, 10; 6:4-5; Eph 5:1; Col 2:12-13 Colossians 3:1
1Keep Focusing on ChristTherefore, if you have been raised with Christ, keep focusing on the things that are above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.Rom 6:5; 8:34; Eph 1:20; 2:6; Col 2:121 Thessalonians 5:6
6Therefore, let us not fall asleep like others do, but let us stay awake and be sober.Matt 24:42; Rom 13:11-13; 1Pet 5:8
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