Bible Verses about “the first resurrection”

“He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood lives in me, and I in him.”

“For my flesh is food indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.”

“then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air. So we will be with the Lord forever.”

“This is a symbol of baptism, which now saves you--not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,”

“For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with God's trumpet. The dead in Christ will rise first,”

“This is the bread which came down out of heaven--not as our fathers ate the manna, and died. He who eats this bread will live forever."”

“As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father; so he who feeds on me, he will also live because of me.”

“Jesus therefore said to them, "Most certainly I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you don't have life in yourselves.”

“This is the bread which comes down out of heaven, that anyone may eat of it and not die.”

“He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.”

“It is the spirit who gives life. The flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and are life.”

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

“Jesus answered them, "Didn't I choose you, the twelve, and one of you is a devil?"”

“I am the living bread which came down out of heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. Yes, the bread which I will give for the life of the world is my flesh."”

“Now he spoke of Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, for it was he who would betray him, being one of the twelve.”

“Jesus said therefore to the twelve, "You don't also want to go away, do you?"”

“Simon Peter answered him, "Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life.”

“We have come to believe and know that you are the Christ, the Son of the living God."”

“But we don't want you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning those who have fallen asleep, so that you don't grieve like the rest, who have no hope.”

“For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep in Jesus.”

“But there are some of you who don't believe." For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were who didn't believe, and who it was who would betray him.”

“He said, "For this cause have I said to you that no one can come to me, unless it is given to him by my Father."”

“Therefore many of his disciples, when they heard this, said, "This is a hard saying! Who can listen to it?"”

“But Jesus knowing in himself that his disciples murmured at this, said to them, "Does this cause you to stumble?”

“Then what if you would see the Son of Man ascending to where he was before?”

“At this, many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.”

“Therefore comfort one another with these words.”

“The Jews therefore contended with one another, saying, "How can this man give us his flesh to eat?"”

“Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will still live, even if he dies.”

“For this we tell you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left to the coming of the Lord, will in no way precede those who have fallen asleep.”

“I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was given to them. I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus, and for the word of God, and such as didn't worship the beast nor his image, and didn't receive the mark on their forehead and on their hand. They lived, and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.”

“Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection. Over these, the second death has no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and will reign with him one thousand years.”

“The rest of the dead didn't live until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.”

“Whoever lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?"”

“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy became our father again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,”

“Don't marvel at this, for the hour comes, in which all that are in the tombs will hear his voice,”

“and will come out; those who have done good, to the resurrection of life; and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of judgment.”

“The tombs were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised;”

“Your dead shall live. My dead bodies shall arise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust; for your dew is like the dew of herbs, and the earth will cast forth the dead.”

“Many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.”

“For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,”

“that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,”

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

“He died for all, that those who live should no longer live to themselves, but to him who for their sakes died and rose again.”

“For the love of Christ constrains us; because we judge thus, that one died for all, therefore all died.”

“So then the other disciple who came first to the tomb also entered in, and he saw and believed.”

“For as yet they didn't know the Scripture, that he must rise from the dead.”

“God, having raised up his servant, Jesus, sent him to you first, to bless you, in turning away everyone of you from your wickedness."”

“Having therefore obtained the help that is from God, I stand to this day testifying both to small and great, saying nothing but what the prophets and Moses said would happen,”

“how the Christ must suffer, and how, by the resurrection of the dead, he would be first to proclaim light both to these people and to the Gentiles."”