Death and the Afterlife

From The City of God by Saint Augustine
Death is the consequence of sin but defeated by Christ's resurrection; believers face death with hope, awaiting resurrection and eternal life with God.
1 Corinthians 15:54-57
O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?
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Hebrews 9:27

It is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment.

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John 11:25-26
I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live.
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Philippians 1:21-23

To live is Christ, and to die is gain.

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Romans 6:23

The wages of sin is death; gift of God is eternal life.

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2 Corinthians 5:8

Absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.

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Psalm 23:4

Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil.

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1 Thessalonians 4:13-18

Sorrow not, even as others which have no hope; the dead in Christ shall rise.

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Revelation 21:4

There shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying.

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Ecclesiastes 12:7

Then shall the dust return to the earth... and the spirit shall return unto God.

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2 Timothy 1:10

Christ hath abolished death, and brought life and immortality to light.

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Luke 23:43
To day shalt thou be with me in paradise.
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