near death experiences
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13And no one has ascended to heaven, except the one who descended from heaven: the Son of man who is in heaven.
18When chastising, the Lord chastised me. But he has not delivered me over to death.
1If it is necessary (though certainly not expedient) to glory, then I will next tell of visions and revelations from the Lord. 2I know a man in Christ, who, more than fourteen years ago (whether in the body, I do not know, or out of the body, I do not know: God knows), was enraptured to the third heaven. 3And I know a certain man (whether in the body, or out of the body, I do not know: God knows), 4who was enraptured into Paradise. And he heard words of mystery, which it is not permitted for man to speak. 5On behalf of someone like this, I will glory. But on behalf of myself, I will not glory about anything, except my infirmities. 6For even though I am willing to glory, I will not be foolish. But I will speak the truth. Yet I will do so sparingly, lest anyone may consider me to be anything more than what he sees in me, or anything more than what he hears from me.
24For this reason, I say to you, all things whatsoever that you ask for when praying: believe that you will receive them, and they will happen for you.
28And do not be afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. But instead fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Hell.
3And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will return again, and then I will take you to myself, so that where I am, you also may be.
8For whatever a man will have sown, that also shall he reap. For whoever sows in his flesh, from the flesh he shall also reap corruption. But whoever sows in the Spirit, from the Spirit he shall reap eternal life.
16For God so loved the world that he gave his only-begotten Son, so that all who believe in him may not perish, but may have eternal life.
6Yet why did Christ, while we were still infirm, at the proper time, suffer death for the impious? 7Now someone might barely be willing to die for the sake of justice, for example, perhaps someone might dare to die for the sake of a good man. 8But God demonstrates his love for us in that, while we were yet sinners, at the proper time, 9Christ died for us. Therefore, having been justified now by his blood, all the more so shall we be saved from wrath through him. 10For if we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, while we were still enemies, all the more so, having been reconciled, shall we be saved by his life.
13For if there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ has not risen. 14And if Christ has not risen, then our preaching is useless, and your faith is also useless. 15Then, too, we would be found to be false witnesses of God, because we would have given testimony against God, saying that he had raised up Christ, when he had not raised him up, if, indeed, the dead do not rise again. 16For if the dead do not rise again, then neither has Christ risen again. 17But if Christ has not risen, then your faith is vain; for you would still be in your sins. 18Then, too, those who have fallen asleep in Christ would have perished.
1“Do not let your heart be troubled. You believe in God. Believe in me also.
46And these shall go into eternal punishment, but the just shall go into eternal life.”