Does Paul say that we are surrounded by a cloud of witnesses? Can the dead do anything at all, much less pray for anyone?
Are those who are in Heaven alive or dead?
Ecclesiastes 9:5 ESV / For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing, and they have no more reward, for the memory of them is forgotten
Psalm 146:4 ESV / When his breath departs, he returns to the earth; on that very day his plans perish
Psalm 115:17 ESV / The dead do not praise the Lord, nor do any who go down into silence
I can go on if you'd like
You're reading from a false bible.
[25] The dead shall not praise thee, O Lord: nor any of them that go down to hell. [26] But we that live bless the Lord: from this time now and for ever. http://drbo.org/cgi-bin/d?b=drb&bk=21&ch=113&l=25#x
The dead are those living in a state of mortal sin and those already in hell. The living are those living in a state of grace and those in heaven.
ESV is a false bible? Ok this conversation is done, and you have no idea what your talking about
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