The New Testament was written in Greek. Some of the doctrine | theology taught in churches conflates ζωή [zoe] (life) with ζάω [zao] (to be alive | to live) in respect of the way certain passages are interpreted.

God of the Living | The Living God

The living [zao] God, who has and possesses life everlasting [zoe aionios] in Himself, is the God of all living [zao] creatures.

LIST OF NEW TESTAMENT VERSES MENTIONING:

1. THE LIVING WORD

Hebrews 4:12:
For the word of God is alive [zao], and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

I Peter 1:23:
Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth [zao] and abideth for ever.

2. CHRIST ALIVE IN THE BODY

Revelation 1:18:
"I am he that liveth [zao], and was dead; and, behold, I am alive [zao] to the ages of the ages, Amen; and have the keys of hades and of death." (Jesus is referring to His own bodily death, bodily resurrection, and the fact that He is alive in His body [zao] to the ages of the ages.)

Revelation 2:8:
And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These things saith the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive [zao].

Acts 1:3:
To whom also he shewed himself alive [zao] after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God:

Acts 25:19:
"But had certain questions against him of their own superstition, and of one Jesus, which was dead, whom Paul affirmed to be alive [zao]." (Referring to Christ being alive again in the body).

Matthew 27:63:
Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive [zao], "After three days I will rise again.

Luke 24:5:
And as they were afraid, and bowed down their faces to the earth, they said unto them, Why seek ye the living [zao] among the dead?  (referring to Jesus as alive [zao] in the body after having been bodily resurrected).

Luke 24:23:
And when they found not his body, they came, saying, that they had also seen a vision of angels, which said that he was alive [zao].

Hebrews 7:25:
Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth [zao] to make intercession for them. (referring to Jesus as alive [zao] in the body after having been bodily resurrected).

Hebrews 10:20:
By a new and living [zao] way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh. (referring to Jesus as alive [zao] in the body after having been bodily resurrected).

John 6:51:
I am the living [zao] bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live [zao] for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life [zoe] of the world.

John 6:57:
As the living [zao] Father hath sent me, and I live [zao] by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live [zao] by me. 

Romans 14:9:
For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and lived again (anazao), that he might be Lord both of the dead and living [zao]. 

(Referring to Christ's bodily death, bodily resurrection, being alive again in the body [anazao], and to created human beings receiving eternal life [zoe] in Him and one day also rising from the dead bodily, and being alive in the body [zao] again).

John 14:19:
Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live [zao], ye shall live [zao] also. 

2 Corinthians 13:4:
For though he was crucified through weakness, yet he liveth [zao] by the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we shall live [zao] with him by the power of God toward you.

3. THE GOD WHO IS ALIVE |THE LIVING GOD, AND THE LIVING CHRIST 

I Peter 2:4:
To whom coming, as unto a living [zao] stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious. 

(Christ, the God who is alive | the living God [zao] and is alive in the body [zao] to the ages of the ages).

Revelation 1:18:
"I am he that liveth [zao], and was dead; and, behold, I am alive [zao] to the ages of the ages, Amen; and have the keys of hades and of death." (Jesus is referring to His own bodily death, bodily resurrection, and the fact that He is alive in His body [zao] to the ages of the ages.)

Revelation 4:9-10:
And when those beasts give glory and honour and thanks to him that sat on the throne, who liveth [zao] to the ages of the ages, the four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worship him that liveth [zao] to the ages of the ages, and cast their crowns before the throne.

Revelation 5:14:
And the four beasts said, Amen. And the four and twenty elders fell down and worshipped him that liveth [zao] to the ages of the ages.

Romans 9:26:
And it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people; there shall they be called the children of the living [zao] God.

Romans 14:11:
For it is written, As I live [zao], saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.

Acts 14:15:
And saying, Sirs, why do ye these things? We also are men of like passions with you, and preach unto you that ye should turn from these vanities unto the living [zao] God, which made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all things that are therein.

John 6:69:
And we believe and are sure that thou art that Christ, the Son of the living [zao] God.

Matthew 16:16:
And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living [zao] God.

Matthew 26:63:
But Jesus held his peace. And the high priest answered and said unto him, I adjure thee by the living [zao] God, that thou tell us whether thou be the Christ, the Son of God.

2 Corinthians 6:16:
And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living [zao] God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

I Thessalonians 1:9:
For they themselves shew of us what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve the living [zao] and true God.

I Timothy 3:15:
But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living [zao] God, the pillar and ground of the truth.

Hebrews 10:31:
It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living [zao] God.

Hebrews 12:22:
But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living [zao] God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels.

I Timothy 4:10:
For therefore we both labour and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living [zao] God, who is the Saviour of all men, specially of those that believe.

I Timothy 6:17:
Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living [zao] God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy.

Hebrews 3:12:
Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living [zao] God.

Hebrews 9:14:
How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living [zao] God?

Revelation 7:2:
And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living [zao] God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea.

Revelation 10:6:
And sware by him that liveth [zao] to the ages of the ages, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be time no longer:

Revelation 15:7:
And one of the four beasts gave unto the seven angels seven golden vials full of the wrath of God, who liveth [zao] to the ages of the ages.

4. LIVING WATER

John 7:38:
He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living [zao] water.

John 4:10:
Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living [zao] water.

John 4:11:
The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: from whence then hast thou that living [zao] water?

Revelation 7:17:
For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living [zao] fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes. 

5. THE LIVING ORACLES 
OF THE LIVING GOD

Acts 7:38:
This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the mount Sinai, and with our fathers: who received the living [zao] oracles to give unto us.

2 Corinthians 3:3:
Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living [zao] God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.

|| Matthew 16:16; Matthew 26:63; Matthew 27:63; Mark 5:23; Mark 16:11; Luke 2:36; Luke 4:4; Luke 10:28; Luke 15:13; Luke 20:38; Luke 24:5; Luke 24:23; John 4:10; John 4:11; John 4:50; John 4:51; John 4:53; John 5:25; John 6:51; John 6:57; John 6:58; John 6:69; John 7:38; John 14:19; Acts 1:3; Acts 7:38; Acts 9:41; Acts 10:42; Acts 14:15; Acts 17:28; Acts 20:12; Acts 22:22; Acts 25:19; Acts 25:24; Acts 26:5; Acts 28:4; Romans 1:17; Romans 6:2; Romans 6:10; Romans 6:11; Romans 6:13; Romans 7:1; Romans 7:2; Romans 7:3; Romans 7:9; Romans 8:12; Romans 8:13; Romans 9:26; Romans 10:5; Romans 12:1; Romans 14:7; Romans 14:8; Romans 14:9; Romans 14:11; 1 Corinthians 7:39; 1 Corinthians 9:14; 1 Corinthians 15:45; 2 Corinthians 1:8; 2 Corinthians 3:3; 2 Corinthians 4:11; 2 Corinthians 5:15; 2 Corinthians 6:9; 2 Corinthians 6:16; 2 Corinthians 13:4; Galatians 2:14; Galatians 2:19; Galatians 2:20; Galatians 3:11; Galatians 3:12; Galatians 5:25; Philippians 1:21; Philippians 1:22; Colossians 2:20; Colossians 3:7; 1 Thessalonians 1:9; 1 Thessalonians 3:8; 1 Thessalonians 4:15; 1 Thessalonians 4:17; 1 Thessalonians 5:10; 1 Timothy 3:15; 1 Timothy 4:10; 1 Timothy 5:6; 1 Timothy 6:17; 2 Timothy 3:12; 2 Timothy 4:1; Titus 2:12; Hebrews 2:15; Hebrews 3:12; Hebrews 4:12; Hebrews 7:8; Hebrews 7:25; Hebrews 9:14; Hebrews 9:17; Hebrews 10:20; Hebrews 10:31; Hebrews 10:38; Hebrews 12:9; Hebrews 12:22; James 4:15; 1 Peter 1:3; 1 Peter 1:23; 1 Peter 2:4; 1 Peter 2:5; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 Peter 4:5; 1 Peter 4:6; 1 John 4:9; Revelation 1:18; Revelation 2:8; Revelation 3:1; Revelation 4:9; Revelation 4:10; Revelation 5:14; Revelation 7:2; Revelation 7:17; Revelation 10:6; Revelation 13:14; Revelation 15:7; Revelation 16:3; Revelation 19:20 (cast alive [zao] into the lake of fire). ||

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