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Now I say this, my brothers, that it is not possible for flesh and blood to have a part in the kingdom of God and death may not have a part in life.

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See, I am giving you the revelation of a secret: we will not all come to the sleep of death, but we will all be changed.

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In a second, in the shutting of an eye, at the sound of the last horn: for at that sound the dead will come again, free for ever from the power of death, and we will be changed.

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For this body which comes to destruction will be made free from the power of death, and the man who is under the power of death will put on eternal life.

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But when this has taken place, then that which was said in the Writings will come true, Death is overcome by life.

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O death, where is your power? O death, where are your pains?

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The pain of death is sin and the power of sin is the law:

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But praise be to God who gives us strength to overcome through our Lord Jesus Christ.

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For this cause, my dear brothers, be strong in purpose and unmoved, ever giving yourselves to the work of the Lord, because you are certain that your work is not without effect in the Lord.