Morte
A morte é a realidade que todos enfrentam, mas para o cristão ela não é o fim. A Bíblia ensina que Cristo venceu a morte e nos dá a esperança da ressurreição e da vida eterna.
Cristo venceu a morte
Onde está, ó morte, o teu aguilhão? Cristo destruiu o poder da morte e nos deu a vitória pela ressurreição.
Death, where is thy victory? Death, where is thy prick?
But the prick of death is sin; and the virtue of sin is the law.
But do we thankings to God, that gave to us victory by our Lord Jesus Christ.
And at the last, death the enemy shall be destroyed;
for death was by a man, and by a man is again-rising from death.
And as in Adam all men die, so in Christ all men shall be quickened.
A true word [is this that I say], that if we be dead together [to the world], also we shall live together [in bliss];
Blessed and holy is he, that hath part in the first again-rising. In these men the second death hath not power [or no power]; but they shall be priests of God, and of Christ, and they shall reign with him a thousand years.
A esperança da vida eterna
Jesus disse: 'Eu sou a ressurreição e a vida.' Quem crê nele não está morto, mas apenas adormecido — e um dia despertará para a glória.
Jesus saith to her, I am again-rising and life; he that believeth in me, yea, though he be dead, he shall live;
and each that liveth [or all that liveth], and believeth in me, shall not die without end. Believest thou this thing?
Jesus saith to her, I am again-rising and life; he that believeth in me, yea, though he be dead, he shall live;
and each that liveth [or all that liveth], and believeth in me, shall not die without end. Believest thou this thing?
My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they pursue me.
And I give to them everlasting life, and they shall not perish without end, and none shall ravish them out of mine hand.
For God loved so the world [or Forsooth God so loved the world], that he gave his one begotten Son, that each man that believeth in him perish not, but have everlasting life.
For, brethren, we will not, that ye unknow of men that die, that ye be not sorrowful, as others that have not hope.
For if we believe, that Jesus was dead, and rose again, so God shall lead with him them that be dead by Jesus.
For the Lord himself shall come down from heaven, in the command-ment [or in the commanding], and in the voice of an archangel, and in the trump of God; and the dead men that be in Christ, shall rise again first.
Afterward we that live, that be left, shall be ravished together with them in clouds, meeting Christ in the air; and so evermore we shall be with the Lord.
Não temas a morte
Não temas os que matam o corpo. Para o cristão, viver é Cristo e morrer é lucro. O vale da sombra da morte não assusta quem caminha com o Pastor.
And do not ye dread them that slay the body; for they may not slay the soul; but rather dread ye him, that may lose both soul and body into hell.
for he that will make his life safe, shall lose it; and he that shall lose his life for me, shall find it.
For [to] me to live is Christ, and to die is winning.
But I am constrained of two things, I have desire to be departed [from the body], and to be with Christ, it is much more better;
but to dwell in flesh, is needful for you.
But our living is in heavens [or in heaven]; from whence also we abide the Saviour our Lord Jesus Christ,
which shall reform the body of our meekness, that is made like [or configured] to the body of his clearness, by the working by which he may also make all things subject to him.
For why though I shall go in the midst of shadow of death; I shall not dread evils, for thou art with me. Thy rod and thy staff; those have comforted me.
For why though I shall go in the midst of shadow of death; I shall not dread evils, for thou art with me. Thy rod and thy staff; those have comforted me.
For whether we live, we live to the Lord; and whether we die, we die to the Lord. Therefore whether we live or die, we be of the Lord [or we be Lord’s].
A eternidade nos aguarda
Deus enxugará toda lágrima. A morte será o último inimigo destruído. Para os salvos, a morte é a porta de entrada na presença eterna de Deus.
And I heard a great voice from the throne, saying, Lo! the tabernacle of God is with men, and he shall dwell with them; and they shall be his people, and he God with them shall be their God.
And God shall wipe away each tear from the eyes of them; and death shall no more be, neither mourning, neither crying, neither sorrow, shall be over; which first things went away.
And God shall wipe away each tear from the eyes of them; and death shall no more be, neither mourning, neither crying, neither sorrow, shall be over; which first things went away.
And as it is ordained to men, once to die, but after this is the doom,
But I am certain, that neither death, neither life, neither angels, neither principalities, neither virtues, neither present things, neither things to coming [or to come], neither strength,
neither height, neither deepness, neither any other creature, may part us from the charity of God, that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
For scarcely dieth any man for the just man; and yet for a good man peradventure some man dare die.
But God commendeth his charity in us; for if when we were yet sinners, after the time Christ was dead for us,
For if in the guilt of one death reigned through one, much more men that take plenty of grace, and of giving, and of rightwiseness, shall reign in life by one Jesus Christ.
For the wages of sin is death; the grace of God is everlasting life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
A morte na perspectiva bíblica
Há tempo de nascer e tempo de morrer. A morte é realidade humana, mas Deus é Senhor tanto dos vivos quanto dos mortos.
A good name is better than precious ointments; and the day of death is better than the day of birth.
Peace come, rest he in his bed, that went in his addressing.
The people that went in darknesses saw a great light; when men dwelled in the country of [the] shadow of death, light rose up to them.
forsooth eat thou not of the tree of knowing of good and of evil; for in whatever day thou shalt eat thereof, thou shalt die by death.
Who is a man, that shall live, and shall not see death; shall he deliver his soul from the hand of hell?
Whither shall I go from thy spirit; and whither shall I flee from thy face?
If I shall ascend [or go up] into heaven, thou art there; if I shall go down into hell, thou art present.
Set thou me as a signet on thine heart, as a signet on thine arm; for love is strong as death, envy is hard as hell; the lamps thereof be[the] lamps of fire, and of flames.
Lo! I enter today into the way of all earth, for soon I shall die, as each man shall; and ye shall know with all soul, that of all [the] words which the Lord promised himself to give to you, not one passed by in vain.
For I desire not the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord God; turn ye again, and live ye.
And Jesus crying with a great voice, said, Father, into thine hands I betake my spirit. And he saying these things, gave up the ghost, [or sent out the spirit, or died].
And he raised up his eyes, when he was in torments, and saw Abraham afar, and Lazarus in his bosom.
And he cried, and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he dip the end of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.
Afterward [or Then] coveting, when it hath conceived, bringeth forth sin; but sin, when it is [ful] filled, engendereth death.