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Corinthians 15
1 Moreover,
brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which
also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;
2 By which also ye are saved, if ye
keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.
3 For I delivered unto you first of
all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins
according to the scriptures;
4 And that he was buried, and that
he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:
5 And that he was seen of Cephas,
then of the twelve:
6 After that, he was seen of above
five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this
present, but some are fallen asleep.
7 After that, he was seen of James;
then of all the apostles.
8 And last of all he was seen of me
also, as of one born out of due time.
9 For I am the least of the
apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted
the church of God.
10 But by the grace of God I am what
I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but
I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God
which was with me.
11 Therefore whether it were
I or they, so we preach, and so ye believed.
12 Now if Christ be preached that he
rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection
of the dead?
13 But if there be no resurrection
of the dead, then is Christ not risen:
14 And if Christ be not risen, then is
our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain.
15 Yea, and we are found false
witnesses of God; because we have testified of God that he raised up
Christ: whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not.
16 For if the dead rise not, then is
not Christ raised:
17 And if Christ be not raised, your
faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins.
18 Then they also which are fallen
asleep in Christ are perished.
19 If in this life only we have hope
in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.
20 But now is Christ risen from the
dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept.
21 For since by man came
death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead.
22 For as in Adam all die, even so
in Christ shall all be made alive.
23 But every man in his own order:
Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at his coming.
24 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.
25 For he must reign, till he hath
put all enemies under his feet.
26 The last enemy that shall
be destroyed is death.
27 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.
28 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.
29 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?
30 And why stand we in jeopardy
every hour?
31 I protest by your rejoicing which
I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily.
32 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.
33 Be not deceived: evil
communications corrupt good manners.
34 Awake to righteousness, and sin
not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your
shame.
35 But some man will say, How
are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come?
36 Thou fool, that which thou
sowest is not quickened, except it die:
37 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:
38 But God giveth it a body as it
hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body.
39 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.
40 There are also celestial
bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial is
one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another.
41 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.
42 So also is the
resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in
incorruption:
43 It is sown in dishonour; it is
raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power:
44 It is sown a natural body; it is
raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual
body.
45 And so it is written, The first
man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a
quickening spirit.
46 Howbeit that was not first
which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is
spiritual.
47 The first man is of the
earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven.
48 As is the earthy, such are
they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are
they also that are heavenly.
49 And as we have borne the image of
the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.
50 Now this I say,
brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither
doth corruption inherit incorruption.
51 Behold, I shew you a mystery; We
shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
52 In a moment, in the twinkling of
an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall
be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
53 For this corruptible must put on
incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
54 So when this corruptible shall
have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality,
then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is
swallowed up in victory.
55 O death, where is thy
sting? O grave, where is thy victory?
56 The sting of death is
sin; and the strength of sin is the law.
57 But thanks be to God,
which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
58 Therefore, my beloved brethren,
be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord,
forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
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