Revelation 1:18

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And I was dead, and see, I am living for ever, and I have the keys of death and of Hell.

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  • Rom 6:9 : 9 Having knowledge that because Christ has come back from the dead, he will never again go down to the dead; death has no more power over him.
  • Rom 14:8-9 : 8 As long as we have life we are living to the Lord; or if we give up our life it is to the Lord; so if we are living, or if our life comes to an end, we are the Lord's. 9 And for this purpose Christ went into death and came back again, that he might be the Lord of the dead and of the living.
  • Heb 7:25 : 25 So that he is fully able to be the saviour of all who come to God through him, because he is ever living to make prayer to God for them.
  • Rev 4:9 : 9 And when the beasts give glory and honour to him who is seated on the high seat, to him who is living for ever and ever,
  • Heb 7:16 : 16 That is to say, not made by a law based on the flesh, but by the power of a life without end:
  • Rev 9:1 : 1 And at the sounding of the fifth angel I saw a star falling from heaven to the earth: and there was given to him the key of the great deep.
  • Heb 12:2 : 2 Having our eyes fixed on Jesus, the guide and end of our faith, who went through the pains of the cross, not caring for the shame, because of the joy which was before him, and who has now taken his place at the right hand of God's seat of power.
  • Rev 3:7 : 7 And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia say: These things says he who is holy, he who is true, he who has the key of David, opening the door so that it may be shut by no one, and shutting it so that it may be open to no one.
  • Isa 22:22 : 22 And I will give the key of the family of David into his care; and what he keeps open will be shut by no one, and what he keeps shut no one will make open.
  • Job 19:25 : 25 But I am certain that he who will take up my cause is living, and that in time to come he will take his place on the dust;
  • Ps 18:46 : 46 The Lord is living; praise be to my Rock, and let the God of my salvation be honoured.
  • Ps 68:20 : 20 Our God is for us a God of salvation; his are the ways out of death.
  • 2 Cor 5:14-15 : 14 For it is the love of Christ which is moving us; because we are of the opinion that if one was put to death for all, then all have undergone death; 15 And that he underwent death for all, so that the living might no longer be living to themselves, but to him who underwent death for them and came back from the dead.
  • 2 Cor 13:4 : 4 For he was feeble in that he was put to death on the cross, but he is living by the power of God. And we are feeble in him, but we will be living with him through the power of God in relation to you.
  • Gal 2:20 : 20 I have been put to death on the cross with Christ; still I am living; no longer I, but Christ is living in me; and that life which I now am living in the flesh I am living by faith, the faith of the Son of God, who in love for me, gave himself up for me.
  • John 14:19 : 19 A little time longer, and the world will see me no more; but you will see me; and you will be living because I am living.
  • Heb 1:3 : 3 Who, being the outshining of his glory, the true image of his substance, supporting all things by the word of his power, having given himself as an offering making clean from sins, took his seat at the right hand of God in heaven;
  • Rev 20:1-2 : 1 And I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having the key of the great deep and a great chain in his hand. 2 And he took the dragon, the old snake, which is the Evil One and Satan, and put chains on him for a thousand years,
  • Rev 20:14 : 14 And death and Hell were put into the sea of fire. This is the second death, even the sea of fire.
  • Col 3:3 : 3 For your life on earth is done, and you have a secret life with Christ in God.
  • Matt 16:19 : 19 I will give to you the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatever is fixed by you on earth will be fixed in heaven: and whatever you make free on earth will be made free in heaven.
  • Rev 5:14 : 14 And the four beasts said, So be it. And the rulers went down on their faces and gave worship.

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