I {am} he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.

Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory?

For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son:

Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of {our} faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. {author: or, beginner}

I charge {thee} therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom;

And he commanded us to preach unto the people, and to testify that it is he which was ordained of God {to be} the Judge of quick and dead.

Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set {him} at his own right hand in the heavenly {places},

And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.

Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God.

The word which {God} sent unto the children of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ: (he is Lord of all:)

Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:

Who shall give account to him that is ready to judge the quick and the dead.

Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put {him} to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see {his} seed, he shall prolong {his} days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand. {thou...: or, his soul shall make an offering}

And hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man.

For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:

And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These things saith the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive;

And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.

And {that} every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ {is} Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things {are} naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.

And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:

And he commanded us to preach unto the people, and to testify that it is he which was ordained of God {to be} the Judge of quick and dead.

He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living: ye therefore do greatly err.

Who {is} he that condemneth? {It is} Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.

For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself.

Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;

And the LORD heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into him again, and he revived.

So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty: for he {is} thy Lord; and worship thou him.

And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God {is} judge himself. Selah.

Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.

For though he was crucified through weakness, yet he liveth by the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we shall live with him by the power of God toward you. {in him: or, with him}

For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him.

But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, {even} Christ; and all ye are brethren.

I charge {thee} therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom;

Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by {that} man whom he hath ordained; {whereof} he hath given assurance unto all {men}, in that he hath raised him from the dead. {hath given...: or, offered faith}

Paul, an apostle, (not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead;)

Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:

Him God raised up the third day, and shewed him openly;

Is Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or were ye baptized in the name of Paul?

The word which {God} sent unto the children of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ: (he is Lord of all:)

Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoicks, encountered him. And some said, What will this babbler say? other some, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods: because he preached unto them Jesus, and the resurrection. {babbler: or, base fellow}

Gird thy sword upon {thy} thigh, O {most} mighty, with thy glory and thy majesty.