Death is the enemy Scripture refuses to flatter and Christ has already defeated. The believer walks through the valley of the shadow, not into it forever, because the Shepherd has walked it first and come out alive. These passages speak plainly about dying, and even more plainly about what lies beyond it for those who are in Christ.
4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
In the original: צלמות tsalmâveth H6757 — From H6738 and H4194; shade of death, that is, the grave (figuratively calamity): - shadow of death.
See also: Isaiah 41:10 · Psalms 118:6 · Psalms 138:7 · Isaiah 43:1
25 Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: 26 And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?
In the original: ἀποθνήσκω apothnēskō G599 — From G575 and G2348; to die off (literally or figuratively): - be dead, death, die, lie a-dying, be slain (X with).
See also: 1 Thessalonians 4:14 · John 3:36 · 1 John 5:11 · John 1:4
54 So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory. 55 O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? grave: or, hell 56 The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law. 57 But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
In the original: θάνατος thanatos G2288 — From G2348; (properly an adjective used as a noun) death (literally or figuratively): - X deadly, (be. . .) death.
See also: 2 Corinthians 2:14 · Romans 8:37 · 1 John 5:4 · Hosea 13:14
4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
In the original: θάνατος thanatos G2288 — From G2348; (properly an adjective used as a noun) death (literally or figuratively): - X deadly, (be. . .) death.
See also: Isaiah 25:8 · Revelation 7:17 · 1 Corinthians 15:26 · Isaiah 35:10
1 Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. 2 In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.
In the original: πορεύομαι poreuomai G4198 — Middle voice from a derivative of the same as G3984; to traverse, that is, travel (literally or figuratively; especially to remove [figuratively die ], live, etc.): - depart, go (away, forth, one's way, up
See also: Isaiah 26:3 · John 16:22 · Isaiah 12:2 · John 14:27
1 For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
See also: Job 19:25 · 1 John 3:2 · 2 Peter 1:13 · 2 Corinthians 4:7
6 Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord: 7 (For we walk by faith, not by sight:) 8 We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.
See also: Hebrews 11:1 · 2 Corinthians 4:18 · Romans 8:24 · 1 Peter 1:8
13 But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. 14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. 15 For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. prevent: or, come before, or, anticipate, or, precede 16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: 17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. 18 Wherefore comfort one another with these words. comfort: or, exhort
In the original: ἀποθνήσκω apothnēskō G599 — From G575 and G2348; to die off (literally or figuratively): - be dead, death, die, lie a-dying, be slain (X with).
See also: 1 Corinthians 15:51 · 1 Corinthians 15:52 · Revelation 1:7 · Matthew 24:30
21 For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. 22 But if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labour: yet what I shall choose I wot not. 23 For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:
In the original: ἀποθνήσκω apothnēskō G599 — From G575 and G2348; to die off (literally or figuratively): - be dead, death, die, lie a-dying, be slain (X with).
See also: Galatians 2:20 · 2 Corinthians 5:8 · 2 Corinthians 5:1 · Philippians 1:23
8 For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's.
In the original: ἀποθνήσκω apothnēskō G599 — From G575 and G2348; to die off (literally or figuratively): - be dead, death, die, lie a-dying, be slain (X with).
See also: Philippians 1:20 · 1 Thessalonians 5:10 · Acts 21:13 · 1 Corinthians 15:23
15 Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints.
In the original: מות mâveth H4194 — From H4191; death (natural or violent); concretely the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively pestilence, ruin: - (be) dead ([-ly]), death, die (-d).
See also: Psalms 72:14 · 1 Samuel 25:29 · Psalms 37:32 · Revelation 14:3
14 For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even unto death.
In the original: מוּת לבּן מוּת mûth mûth labbên H4192 — From H4191 and H1121 with the preposition and article interposed; " to die for the son", probably the title of a popular song: - death, Muthlabben.
See also: Isaiah 58:11 · Psalms 23:3 · Psalms 73:24 · Psalms 25:9
38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, 39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
In the original: θάνατος thanatos G2288 — From G2348; (properly an adjective used as a noun) death (literally or figuratively): - X deadly, (be. . .) death.
See also: John 10:28 · Romans 8:35 · Romans 14:8
27 And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment: 28 So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.
In the original: ἀποθνήσκω apothnēskō G599 — From G575 and G2348; to die off (literally or figuratively): - be dead, death, die, lie a-dying, be slain (X with).
See also: 2 Corinthians 5:10 · Ecclesiastes 12:7 · Ecclesiastes 12:14 · Acts 17:31
6 For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand. 7 I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: 8 Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.
See also: 1 Timothy 6:12 · 1 Corinthians 9:24 · James 1:12 · Hebrews 12:1
8 He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the LORD hath spoken it.
In the original: מות mâveth H4194 — From H4191; death (natural or violent); concretely the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively pestilence, ruin: - (be) dead ([-ly]), death, die (-d).
See also: Revelation 21:4 · Revelation 7:17 · 1 Corinthians 15:54 · Hosea 13:14