Ezek. 37:1‑14• 1The hand of Jehovah was upon me, and carried me out in the Spirit of Jehovah, and set me down in the midst of the valley which was full of bones,
2and caused me to pass by them round about: and, behold, there were very many in the open valley; and, lo, they were very dry.
3And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord Jehovah, thou knowest.
4{i}And he said unto me,{/i} Prophesy upon these bones, and say unto them, O 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 lay 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.
7So I prophesied as I was commanded: and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and behold a shaking, and the bones came together, bone to his bone.
8And when I beheld, lo, the sinews and the flesh came up upon them, and the skin covered them above: but there was no breath in them.
9Then said he 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.
10So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood up upon their feet an exceeding great army.
11Then 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 for our parts.
12Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah; Behold, O my people, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel.
13And ye shall know that I am Jehovah, when I have opened your graves, O my people, and brought you up out of your graves,
14and shall put my spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I shall place you in your own land: then shall ye know that I Jehovah have spoken it, and performed it, saith Jehovah. (Ezek. 37:1‑14)
Matt. 22:23‑32• 23{i}On that day came to him Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection; and they demanded of him,{/i}
24{i}saying, Teacher, Moses said, If anyone die, not having children, his brother shall marry his wife and shall raise up seed to his brother.{/i}
25{i}Now there were with us seven brethren; and the first having married died, and not having seed, left his wife to his brother.{/i}
26{i}In like manner also the second and the third, unto the seven.{/i}
27{i}And last of all the woman also died.{/i}
28{i}In the resurrection therefore of which of the seven shall she be wife, for all had her?{/i}
29{i}And Jesus answering said to them, Ye err, not knowing the scriptures nor the power of God.{/i}
30{i}For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are as angels of God in heaven.{/i}
31{i}But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read what was spoken to you by God, saying,{/i}
32{i}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.{/i} (Matt. 22:23‑32)
1 Cor. 15:13‑57• 13But if there is no resurrection of [the] dead, neither is Christ raised;
14and if Christ is not raised, then also empty [is] our preaching, and empty also your faith;
15and we are also found false witnesses of God, because we witnessed concerning God that he raised the Christ, whom he raised not, if indeed no dead are raised.
16For if no dead are raised, neither is Christ raised;
17and if Christ is not raised, vain [is] your faith; ye are yet in your sins;
18then also those that fell asleep in Christ perished.
19If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are most to be pitied of all men.
20But now is Christ raised from [the] dead, firstfruit of those fallen asleep.
21For since by man [is] death, by man also resurrection of dead.
22For as in the Adam all die, so also in the Christ shall all be made alive;
23but each in his own rank: [the] firstfruit Christ; then those that are the Christ's at his coming;
24then the end, when he giveth up the kingdom to him [who is] God and Father, when he shall have done away all rule, and all authority, and power.
25For he must reign until he put all the enemies under his feet.
26Death, last enemy, is to be done away.
27For he subjected all things under his feet. But when he saith that all things have been subjected, [it is] manifest that [it is] except him who subjected all things to him.
28But when all things shall have been subjected to him, then also the Son himself will be subjected to him that subjected all things to him, that God may be all in all.
29Else what shall they do that are being baptized for the dead? If no dead rise at all, why also are they baptized for them?
30Why are we also in danger every hour?
31Daily I die, by the boasting of you, brethren, which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord.
32If after man I fought with beasts in Ephesus, what [is] the profit to me? If no dead rise, let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.
33Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
34Wake up righteously, and sin not; for some are ignorant of God: I speak unto your shame.
35But someone will say, How are the dead to rise? 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 of some one of the rest;
38and God giveth to it a body as he 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.
40[There are] both bodies heavenly and bodies earthly; but different [is] the glory of the heavenly, and different that of the earthly:
41one [the] sun's glory, and another [the] moon's glory, and another [the] stars' glory; for star differeth from star in glory.
42So also [is] the resurrection of the dead.
43It is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruption; it 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.
45So also it is written, The first man Adam became a living soul; the last Adam a quickening Spirit:
46yet not first [is] the spiritual, but the natural, afterward the spiritual;
47the first man out of the earth made of dust, the second man out of heaven:
48as [is] he made of dust, such also those made of dust; and as [is] the heavenly [one], such also the heavenly [ones];
49and even as we bore the image of the [one] made of dust, we shall bear also the image of the heavenly [ones].
50Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit God's kingdom, neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.
51Behold, I tell you a mystery: we shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
52in an instant, in [the] twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet: for it shall sound, and the dead shall rise incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
53For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal put on immortality.
54But when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall come to pass the word that is written, Death was swallowed up in victory.
55Where, death, [is] thy victory? where, death, thy sting?
56Now the sting of death [is] sin, and the power of sin the law;
57but thanks to God that giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. (1 Cor. 15:13‑57)