1Corinthians:15

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* Now I made known to you , brothers , the gospel which I preached to you , which also you received , in which you also stand , * through which also you are saved , if you hold fast that word which I preached to you-unless you believed in vain . * For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received : that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures , * and that He was buried , and that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures , * and that He appeared to Cephas , then to the Twelve . * Thereafter He appeared to more than five hundred brothers at one time , of whom the majority remain until now , but some have fallen asleep . * Thereafter He appeared to James , then to all the apostles . * And last of all , as of [one ] born out of due time , He appeared to me also . * For I am the least of the apostles , who am not worthy to be called an apostle , because I persecuted the church of God . * But by the grace of God I am what I am , and His grace toward me was not in vain ; but I labored more abundantly than them all , yet not I , but the grace of God which was with me . * Therefore , whether it was I or they , so we preach and so you believed . * Now if Christ is preached that He has been raised from the dead , how do some among you say that there is no resurrection of the dead ? * But if there is no resurrection of the dead , then Christ has not been raised . * And if Christ has not been raised , then our preaching is vain and your faith also is vain ! * And we are found [to be ]false witnesses of God , because we bore witness concerning God , that He raised Christ , whom He did not raise-if in fact the dead are not raised . * For if the dead are not raised , [then ] neither has Christ been raised . * And if Christ has not been raised , your faith is worthless ; you are still in your sins ! * Then also those who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished . * If in this life only we have hoped in Christ , we are to be pitied above all men . * But now Christ has been raised from the dead , [and ] has become the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep . * For since by a man [came ] death , also by a Man came the resurrection of the dead . * For as in Adam all die , even so in Christ all will be made alive . * But each one in his own order : Christ the firstfruits , then those who belong to Christ at His coming . * Then [will be ] the end , when He hands over the kingdom to God , even the Father , when He abolishes every ruler and every authority and power . * For He must reign until He puts all His enemies under His feet . * The last enemy that will be abolished is death . * For "He has subjected all things under His feet ."But when He says that "all things have been subjected ,"it is evident that [this is ] except for Him who subjected all things to Him . * Now when all things are made subject to Him , then also the Son Himself will be subjected to Him who subjected all things to Him , in order that God may be all in all . * Otherwise , what will they do who are being baptized for the dead , if the dead are not raised at all ? Why are they also baptized for the dead ? * And why are we also in danger every hour ? * I [affirm ], by my boasting in you which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord , I die daily . * If , in the manner of men , I fought with beasts at Ephesus , what is the benefit to me ? If the dead are not raised , "Let us eat and drink , for tomorrow we die !" * Do not be deceived : "Evil associations corrupt good habits ." * Awake to righteousness , and do not sin ! For some have no knowledge of God . I speak this to your shame . * But someone will say , "How are the dead raised ? And with what sort of body do they come ?" * Fool , what you sow is not made alive unless it dies . * And what you sow , you do not sow that body that will be , but a bare grain-perhaps wheat or some other [grains ]. * But God gives to it a body just as He desired , and to each of the seeds its own body . * All flesh is not the same flesh , but there is a different [kind ] [of flesh ] for men , and another flesh for beasts , another for fish , and another for birds . * And there [ are ]heavenly bodies , and earthly bodies ; but the glory of the heavenly is one , and the glory of the earthly is another . * There is one glory of the sun , and another glory of the moon , and another glory of the stars ; for one star differs from [another ] star in glory . * So also is the resurrection of the dead . The body is sown in corruption , it is raised in incorruption . * It is sown in dishonor , it is raised in glory . It is sown in weakness , it is raised in power . * It is sown a natural body , it is raised a spiritual body . There is a natural body , and there is a spiritual body . * Thus also it is written , "The first man Adam [became ] a living being ;"the last Adam [became ] a life-giving spirit . * However , that which is spiritual is not first , but that which is natural , then that which is spiritual . * The first man [was ]from earth , made of dust ; the second Man is the Lord from heaven . * Like the [man ] made of dust , so also [are ] those who are made of dust ; and as is the heavenly [Man ], so also [are ]those [who are ]heavenly . * And just as we have borne the image of the [man ] made of dust , let us also bear the image of the heavenly [Man ]. * Now this I say , brothers , that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God ; nor can corruption inherit incorruption . * Behold , I tell you a mystery : We shall not all sleep , but we shall all be changed - * in a moment , in the twinkling of an eye , at the last trumpet . For the trumpet shall sound , and the dead shall be raised incorruptible , and we shall be changed . * For this corruptible must put on incorruption , and this mortal must put on immortality . * So when this corruptible should put on incorruption , and this mortal should put on immortality , then will come to pass the word which was written : "Death was swallowed up in victory ." * "O Death , where is your sting ? O Hades , where is your victory ?" * Now the sting of death is sin , and the power of sin is the law . * But thanks be to God , who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ . * So then , my beloved brothers , be steadfast , immovable , always abounding in the work of the Lord , knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord .

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