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Reincarnation The belief that we live a series of succeeding lives, sometimes at different levels of being. This concept is wholly foreign to the Scriptures, which teaches that after death comes Judgment (Heb 9:27). The idea is important in Hinduism and New Age thinking.
REINCARNATION IS FALSE: Lk 16:25; Heb 9:27
Key KJV Scriptures:
Luke 16:19-31; John 5:28-29; Hebrews 9:27; 1 Corinthians 15:20-58
Key KJV Scriptures: Full Text
55 indexed verses · Showing 1–40. Read each passage in its chapter context.
Luke 16:19 (KJV)
There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:
Luke 16:20 (KJV)
And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores,
Luke 16:21 (KJV)
And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.
Luke 16:22 (KJV)
And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;
Luke 16:23 (KJV)
And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
Luke 16:24 (KJV)
And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.
Luke 16:25 (KJV)
But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.
Luke 16:26 (KJV)
And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence.
Luke 16:27 (KJV)
Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father's house:
Luke 16:28 (KJV)
For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.
Luke 16:29 (KJV)
Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.
Luke 16:30 (KJV)
And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent.
Luke 16:31 (KJV)
And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.
John 5:28 (KJV)
Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,
John 5:29 (KJV)
And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.
1 Corinthians 15:20 (KJV)
But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept.
1 Corinthians 15:21 (KJV)
For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead.
1 Corinthians 15:22 (KJV)
For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.
1 Corinthians 15:23 (KJV)
But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming.
1 Corinthians 15:24 (KJV)
Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power.
1 Corinthians 15:25 (KJV)
For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet.
1 Corinthians 15:26 (KJV)
The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.
1 Corinthians 15:27 (KJV)
For he hath put all things under his feet. But when he saith all things are put under him, it is manifest that he is excepted, which did put all things under him.
1 Corinthians 15:28 (KJV)
And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all.
1 Corinthians 15:29 (KJV)
Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? why are they then baptized for the dead?
1 Corinthians 15:30 (KJV)
And why stand we in jeopardy every hour?
1 Corinthians 15:31 (KJV)
I protest by your rejoicing which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily.
1 Corinthians 15:32 (KJV)
If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if the dead rise not? let us eat and drink; for to morrow we die.
1 Corinthians 15:33 (KJV)
Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
1 Corinthians 15:34 (KJV)
Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame.
1 Corinthians 15:35 (KJV)
But some man will say, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come?
1 Corinthians 15:36 (KJV)
Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die:
1 Corinthians 15:37 (KJV)
And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain:
1 Corinthians 15:38 (KJV)
But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body.
1 Corinthians 15:39 (KJV)
All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and another of birds.
1 Corinthians 15:40 (KJV)
There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another.
1 Corinthians 15:41 (KJV)
There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars: for one star differeth from another star in glory.
1 Corinthians 15:42 (KJV)
So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption:
1 Corinthians 15:43 (KJV)
It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power:
1 Corinthians 15:44 (KJV)
It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.