Ezek. 37:1‑14• 1The hand of Jehovah was upon me, and Jehovah carried me out in the Spirit, and set me down in the midst of a valley; and it was full of bones.
2And he caused me to pass by them round about; and behold, there were very many in the open valley; and behold, they were very dry.
3And he said unto me, Son of man, Shall these bones live? And I said, Lord Jehovah, thou knowest.
4And he said unto me, Prophesy over these bones, and say unto them, Ye dry bones, hear the word of Jehovah.
5Thus saith the Lord Jehovah unto these bones: Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live.
6And I will put sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and ye shall live: and ye shall know that I am Jehovah.
7And I prophesied as I was commanded; and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and behold a rustling, and the bones came together, bone to its bone.
8And I looked, and behold, sinews and flesh came up upon them, and the skin covered them over; but there was no breath in them.
9And he said unto me, Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live.
10And I prophesied as he had commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding great army.
11And he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off!
12Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, O my people, and bring you into the land of Israel.
13And ye shall know that I am Jehovah, when I have opened your graves, and have caused you to come up out of your graves, O my people.
14And I will put my Spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I will place you in your own land: and ye shall know that I Jehovah have spoken, and have done it, saith Jehovah. (Ezek. 37:1‑14)
Matt. 22:23‑32• 23On that day came to him Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection; and they demanded of him,
24saying, Teacher, Moses said, If any one die, not having children, his brother shall marry his wife and shall raise up seed to his brother.
25Now there were with us seven brethren; and the first having married died, and not having seed, left his wife to his brother.
26In like manner also the second and the third, unto the seven.
27And last of all the woman also died.
28In the resurrection therefore of which of the seven shall she be wife, for all had her?
29And Jesus answering said to them, Ye err, not knowing the scriptures nor the power of God.
30For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are as angels of God in heaven.
31But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read what was spoken to you by God, saying,
32*I* am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not God of the dead, but of the living. (Matt. 22:23‑32)
1 Cor. 15:13‑57• 13But if there is not a resurrection of those that are dead, neither is Christ raised:
14but if Christ is not raised, then, indeed, vain also is our preaching, and vain also your faith.
15And we are found also false witnesses of God; for we have witnessed concerning God that he raised the Christ, whom he has not raised if indeed those that are dead are not raised.
16For if those that are dead are not raised, neither is Christ raised;
17but if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins.
18Then indeed also those who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished.
19If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are the most miserable of all men.
20(But now Christ is raised from among the dead, first-fruits of those fallen asleep.
21For since by man came death, by man also resurrection of those that are dead.
22For as in the Adam all die, thus also in the Christ all shall be made alive.
23But each in his own rank: the first-fruits, Christ; then those that are the Christ's at his coming.
24Then the end, when he gives up the kingdom to him who is God and Father; when he shall have annulled all rule and all authority and power.
25For he must reign until he put all enemies under his feet.
26The last enemy that is annulled is death.
27For he has put all things in subjection under his feet. But when he says that all things are put in subjection, it is evident that it is except him who put all things in subjection to him.
28But when all things shall have been brought into subjection to him, then the Son also himself shall be placed in subjection to him who put all things in subjection to him, that God may be all in all.)
29Since what shall the baptised for the dead do if those that are dead rise not at all? why also are they baptised for them?
30Why do *we* also endanger ourselves every hour?
31Daily I die, by your boasting which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord.
32If, to speak after the manner of man, I have fought with beasts in Ephesus, what is the profit to me if those that are dead do not rise? let us eat and drink; for to-morrow we die.
33Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
34Awake up righteously, and sin not; for some are ignorant of God: I speak to you as a matter of shame.
35But some one will say, How are the dead raised? and with what body do they come?
36Fool; what *thou* sowest is not quickened unless it die.
37And what thou sowest, thou sowest not the body that shall be, but a bare grain: it may be of wheat, or some one of the rest:
38and God gives to it a body as he has pleased, and to each of the seeds its own body.
39Every flesh is not the same flesh, but one is of men, and another flesh of beasts, and another flesh of birds, and another of fishes.
40And there are heavenly bodies, and earthly bodies: but different is the glory of the heavenly, different that of the earthly:
41one the sun's glory, and another the moon's glory, and another the stars' glory; for star differs from star in glory.
42Thus also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruptibility.
43It is sown in dishonour, it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness, it is raised in power.
44It is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body: if there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual one.
45Thus also it is written, The first man Adam became a living soul; the last Adam a quickening spirit.
46But that which is spiritual was not first, but that which is natural, then that which is spiritual:
47the first man out of the earth, made of dust; the second man, out of heaven.
48Such as he made of dust, such also those made of dust; and such as the heavenly one, such also the heavenly ones.
49And as we have borne the image of the one made of dust, we shall bear also the image of the heavenly one.
50But this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit God's kingdom, nor does corruption inherit incorruptibility.
51Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all fall asleep, but we shall all be changed,
52in an instant, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet; for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and *we* shall be changed.
53For this corruptible must needs put on incorruptibility, and this mortal put on immortality.
54But when this corruptible shall have put on incorruptibility, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall come to pass the word written: Death has been swallowed up in victory.
55Where, O death, is thy sting? where, O death, thy victory?
56Now the sting of death is sin, and the power of sin the law;
57but thanks to God, who gives us the victory by our Lord Jesus Christ. (1 Cor. 15:13‑57)
1 Thess. 4:14‑18• 14For if we believe that Jesus has died and has risen again, so also God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep through Jesus.
15(For this we say to you in the word of the Lord, that *we*, the living, who remain to the coming of the Lord, are in no way to anticipate those who have fallen asleep;
16for the Lord himself, with an assembling shout, with archangel's voice and with trump of God, shall descend from heaven; and the dead in Christ shall rise first;
17then *we*, the living who remain, shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air; and thus we shall be always with the Lord.
18So encourage one another with these words.) (1 Thess. 4:14‑18)