Bible Verses about “the first resurrection”

“‹He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him.›”

“‹For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.›”

“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.”

“¶ The like figure whereunto [even] baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:”

“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:”

“‹This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever.›”

“‹As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me.›”

“Then Jesus said unto them, ‹Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you.›”

“‹This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die.›”

“‹Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.›”

“‹It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you,› [they] ‹are spirit, and› [they] ‹are life.›”

“These things said he in the synagogue, as he taught in Capernaum.”

“Jesus answered them, ‹Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil?›”

“‹I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.›”

“He spake of Judas Iscariot [the son] of Simon: for he it was that should betray him, being one of the twelve.”

“Then said Jesus unto the twelve, ‹Will ye also go away?›”

“Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life.”

“And we believe and are sure that thou art that Christ, the Son of the living God.”

“¶ 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.”

“For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.”

“‹But there are some of you that believe not.› For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that believed not, and who should betray him.”

“And he said, ‹Therefore said I unto you, that no man can come unto me, except it were given unto him of my Father.›”

“¶ Many therefore of his disciples, when they had heard [this], said, This is an hard saying; who can hear it?”

“When Jesus knew in himself that his disciples murmured at it, he said unto them, ‹Doth this offend you?›”

“[What] ‹and if ye shall see the Son of man ascend up where he was before?›”

“From that [time] many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.”

“Wherefore comfort one another with these words.”

“The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying, How can this man give us [his] flesh to eat?”

“Jesus said unto her, ‹I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:›”

“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.”

“And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and [I saw] the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received [his] mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.”

“Blessed and holy [is] he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.”

“But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This [is] the first resurrection.”

“‹And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?›”

“¶ Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,”

“‹Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,›”

“‹And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.›”

“And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose,”

“Thy dead [men] shall live, [together with] my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew [is as] the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.”

“And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame [and] everlasting contempt.”

“For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;”

“And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:”

“For since by man [came] death, by man [came] also the resurrection of the dead.”

“And [that] he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again.”

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

“Then went in also that other disciple, which came first to the sepulchre, and he saw, and believed.”

“For as yet they knew not the scripture, that he must rise again from the dead.”

“Unto you first God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities.”

“Having therefore obtained help of God, I continue unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying none other things than those which the prophets and Moses did say should come:”

“That Christ should suffer, [and] that he should be the first that should rise from the dead, and should shew light unto the people, and to the Gentiles.”