MOREOVER, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I
preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;
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By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached
unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.
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For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received,
how that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures:
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And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day
according to the Scriptures:
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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 labored 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 advantage it me, if the dead
rise not? Let us eat and drink; for
tomorrow 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 in 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 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 n 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
dishonor, 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 show 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 be 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 steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the
LORD, forasmuch as ye know that your labor is not in vain in the LORD.
