2 Cor. V, 8. We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.
Phil. I, 21. For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
Phil. I, 23. For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better.
Rev. XIV, 13. And I heard a voice from heaven, saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors; and their works do follow them.
1 Thess. V, 10. Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.
6. The Resurrection of the Body.
Acts IV, 2. Being grieved that they taught the people, and preached through Jesus the resurrection from the dead.
Acts XXIII, 6. But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees, and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, Men and brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee: of the hope and resurrection of the dead I am called in question.
Acts XXIV, 15. And have hope toward God, which they themselves also allow, that there shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust.
Acts XXIV, 21. Except it be for this one voice, that I cried standing among them, Touching the resurrection of the dead I am called in question by you this day.