Reference

2 Timothy 2:11

It is a faithful saying: For if we be dead with him, we shall also live with him:
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Wherein I suffer trouble, as an evil doer, even unto bonds; but the word of God is not bound.

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Therefore I endure all things for the elect’s sakes, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.

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It is a faithful saying: For if we be dead with him, we shall also live with him:

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If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us:

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If we believe not, yet he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself.

Counter-Arguments

The strongest case that this verse does not belong in this theme.

Conscious After Death

The verse speaks of being "dead with him" and then "live with him," which can be interpreted metaphorically as a spiritual death to sin and a new life in Christ, rather than a literal state of consciousness after physical death.