Bible verses about "afterlife" | BBE

⁵ The living are conscious that death will come to them, but the dead are not conscious of anything, and they no longer have a reward, because there is no memory of them. ⁶ Their love and their hate and their envy are now ended; and they have no longer a part for ever in anything which is done under the sun.

⁴¹ Then will he say to those on the left, Go from me, you cursed ones, into the eternal fire which is ready for the Evil One and his angels:

⁹ And when the fifth stamp was undone, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been put to death for the word of God, and for the witness which they kept. ¹⁰ And they gave a great cry, saying, How long will it be, O Ruler, holy and true, before you take your place as judge and give punishment for our blood to those on the earth? ¹¹ And there was given to every one a white robe, and they were ordered to take their rest for a little time, till the number was complete of the other servants, their brothers, who would be put to death, even as they had been.

⁶ Happy and holy is he who has a part in this first coming: over these the second death has no authority, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and will be ruling with him a thousand years.

¹ The Revelation of Jesus Christ which God gave him so that his servants might have knowledge of the things which will quickly take place: and he sent and made it clear by his angel to his servant John; ² Who gave witness of the word of God, and of the witness of Jesus Christ, even of all the things which he saw. ³ A blessing be on the reader, and on those who give ear to the prophet's words, and keep the things which he has put in the book: for the time is near. ⁴ John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace to you and peace, from him who is and was and is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are before his high seat; ⁵ And from Jesus Christ, the true witness, the first to come back from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who had love for us and has made us clean from our sins by his blood; ⁶ And has made us to be a kingdom and priests to his God and Father; to him let glory and power be given for ever and ever. So be it. ⁷ See, he comes with the clouds, and every eye will see him, and those by whom he was wounded; and all the tribes of the earth will be sorrowing because of him. Yes, so be it. ⁸ I am the First and the Last, says the Lord God who is and was and is to come, the Ruler of all. ⁹ I, John, your brother, who have a part with you in the trouble and the kingdom and the quiet strength of Jesus, was in the island which is named Patmos, for the word of God and the witness of Jesus. ¹⁰ I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and a great voice at my back, as of a horn, came to my ears, ¹¹ Saying, What you see, put in a book, and send it to the seven churches; to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Pergamos and to Thyatira and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to Laodicea. ¹² And turning to see the voice which said these words to me, I saw seven gold vessels with lights burning in them; ¹³ And in the middle of them one like a son of man, clothed with a robe down to his feet, and with a band of gold round his breasts. ¹⁴ And his head and his hair were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire; ¹⁵ And his feet like polished brass, as if it had been burned in a fire; and his voice was as the sound of great waters. ¹⁶ And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth came a sharp two-edged sword: and his face was like the sun shining in its strength. ¹⁷ And when I saw him, I went down on my face at his feet as one dead. And he put his right hand on me, saying, Have no fear; I am the first and the last and the Living one; ¹⁸ And I was dead, and see, I am living for ever, and I have the keys of death and of Hell. ¹⁹ Put in writing, then, the things which you have seen, and the things which are, and the things which will be after these; ²⁰ The secret of the seven stars which you saw in my right hand, and of the seven gold vessels with burning lights. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven lights are the seven churches.

¹⁹ Now there was a certain man of great wealth, who was dressed in fair clothing of purple and delicate linen, and was shining and glad every day. ²⁰ And a certain poor man, named Lazarus, was stretched out at his door, full of wounds, ²¹ Desiring the broken bits of food which came from the table of the man of wealth; and even the dogs came and put their tongues on his wounds. ²² And in time the poor man came to his end, and angels took him to Abraham's breast. And the man of wealth came to his end, and was put in the earth. ²³ And in hell, being in great pain, lifting up his eyes he saw Abraham, far away, and Lazarus on his breast. ²⁴ And he gave a cry and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me and send Lazarus, so that he may put the end of his finger in water and put it on my tongue, for I am cruelly burning in this flame. ²⁵ But Abraham said, Keep in mind, my son, that when you were living, you had your good things, while Lazarus had evil things: but now, he is comforted and you are in pain. ²⁶ And in addition, there is a deep division fixed between us and you, so that those who might go from here to you are not able to do so, and no one may come from you to us. ²⁷ And he said, Father, it is my request that you will send him to my father's house; ²⁸ For I have five brothers; and let him give them an account of these things, so that they may not come to this place of pain. ²⁹ But Abraham said, They have Moses and the prophets; let them give ear to what they say. ³⁰ And he said, No, father Abraham, but if someone went to them from the dead, their hearts would be changed. ³¹ And he said to him, If they will not give attention to Moses and the prophets, they will not be moved even if someone comes back from the dead.

²⁸ And have no fear of those who put to death the body, but are not able to put to death the soul. But have fear of him who has power to give soul and body to destruction in hell.

² In my Father's house are rooms enough; if it was not so, would I have said that I am going to make ready a place for you?

⁴³ And he said to him, Truly I say to you, Today you will be with me in Paradise.

⁸ But those who are full of fear and without faith, the unclean and takers of life, those who do the sins of the flesh, and those who make use of evil powers or who give worship to images, and all those who are false, will have their part in the sea of ever-burning fire which is the second death.

⁴⁶ And these will go away into eternal punishment; but the upright into eternal life.

¹⁶ For God had such love for the world that he gave his only Son, so that whoever has faith in him may not come to destruction but have eternal life.