Verse-Reference
Reference-Verse
Abbreviate Books
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 1Cr 15:1 |
Moreover, brethren, I declare to you the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received and in which you stand, |
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1Cr 15:2 |
by which also you are saved, if you hold fast that word which I preached to you--unless you believed in vain. |
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1Cr 15:3 |
For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, |
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1Cr 15:4 |
and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures, |
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1Cr 15:5 |
and that He was seen by Cephas, then by the twelve. |
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1Cr 15:6 |
After that He was seen by over five hundred brethren at once, of whom the greater part remain to the present, but some have fallen asleep. |
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1Cr 15:7 |
After that He was seen by James, then by all the apostles. |
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1Cr 15:8 |
Then last of all He was seen by me also, as by one born out of due time. |
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1Cr 15:9 |
For I am the least of the apostles, who am not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. |
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1Cr 15:10 |
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 they all, yet not I, but the grace of God [which was] with me. |
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1Cr 15:11 |
Therefore, whether [it was] I or they, so we preach and so you believed. |
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1Cr 15:12 |
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? |
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1Cr 15:13 |
But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ is not risen. |
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1Cr 15:14 |
And if Christ is not risen, then our preaching [is] empty and your faith [is] also empty. |
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1Cr 15:15 |
Yes, and we are found false witnesses of God, because we have testified of God that He raised up Christ, whom He did not raise up--if in fact the dead do not rise. |
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1Cr 15:16 |
For if [the] dead do not rise, then Christ is not risen. |
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1Cr 15:17 |
And if Christ is not risen, your faith [is] futile; you are still in your sins! |
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1Cr 15:18 |
Then also those who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. |
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1Cr 15:19 |
If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men the most pitiable. |
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1Cr 15:20 |
But now Christ is risen from the dead, [and] has become the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. |
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1Cr 15:21 |
For since by man [came] death, by Man also [came] the resurrection of the dead. |
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1Cr 15:22 |
For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ all shall be made alive. |
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1Cr 15:23 |
But each one in his own order: Christ the firstfruits, afterward those [who are] Christ's at His coming. |
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1Cr 15:24 |
Then [comes] the end, when He delivers the kingdom to God the Father, when He puts an end to all rule and all authority and power. |
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1Cr 15:25 |
For He must reign till He has put all enemies under His feet. |
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1Cr 15:26 |
The last enemy [that] will be destroyed [is] death. |
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1Cr 15:27 |
For "He has put all things under His feet." [fn] But when He says "all things are put under [Him]," [it is] evident that He who put all things under Him is excepted. |
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1Cr 15:28 |
Now when all things are made subject to Him, then the Son Himself will also be subject to Him who put all things under Him, that God may be all in all. |
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1Cr 15:29 |
Otherwise, what will they do who are baptized for the dead, if the dead do not rise at all? Why then are they baptized for the dead? |
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1Cr 15:30 |
And why do we stand in jeopardy every hour? |
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1Cr 15:31 |
I affirm, by the boasting in you which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily. |
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1Cr 15:32 |
If, in the manner of men, I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantage [is it] to me? If [the] dead do not rise, "Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!" [fn] |
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1Cr 15:33 |
Do not be deceived: "Evil company corrupts good habits." |
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1Cr 15:34 |
Awake to righteousness, and do not sin; for some do not have the knowledge of God. I speak [this] to your shame. |
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1Cr 15:35 |
But someone will say, "How are the dead raised up? And with what body do they come?" |
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1Cr 15:36 |
Foolish one, what you sow is not made alive unless it dies. |
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1Cr 15:37 |
And what you sow, you do not sow that body that shall be, but mere grain--perhaps wheat or some other [grain]. |
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1Cr 15:38 |
But God gives it a body as He pleases, and to each seed its own body. |
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1Cr 15:39 |
All flesh [is] not the same flesh, but [there is] one [kind of] flesh [fn] of men, another flesh of animals, another of fish, [and] another of birds. |
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1Cr 15:40 |
[There are] also celestial bodies and terrestrial bodies; but the glory of the celestial [is] one, and the [glory] of the terrestrial [is] another. |
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1Cr 15:41 |
[There is] one glory of the sun, another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for [one] star differs from [another] star in glory. |
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1Cr 15:42 |
So also [is] the resurrection of the dead. [The body] is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruption. |
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1Cr 15:43 |
It is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness, it is raised in power. |
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1Cr 15:44 |
It is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body. |
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1Cr 15:45 |
And so it is written, "The first man Adam became a living being." [fn] The last Adam [became] a life-giving spirit. |
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1Cr 15:46 |
However, the spiritual is not first, but the natural, and afterward the spiritual. |
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1Cr 15:47 |
The first man [was] of the earth, [made] of dust; the second Man [is] the Lord [fn] from heaven. |
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1Cr 15:48 |
As [was] the [man] of dust, so also [are] those [who are made] of dust; and as [is] the heavenly [Man], so also [are] those [who are] heavenly. |
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1Cr 15:49 |
And as we have borne the image of the [man] of dust, we shall also bear [fn] the image of the heavenly [Man]. |
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1Cr 15:50 |
Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; nor does corruption inherit incorruption. |
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1Cr 15:51 |
Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed-- |
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1Cr 15:52 |
in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. |
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1Cr 15:53 |
For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal [must] put on immortality. |
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1Cr 15:54 |
So when this corruptible has put on incorruption, and this mortal has put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written: "Death is swallowed up in victory." [fn] |
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1Cr 15:55 |
"O Death, where [is] your sting? [fn] O Hades, where [is] your victory?" [fn] |
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1Cr 15:56 |
The sting of death [is] sin, and the strength of sin [is] the law. |
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1Cr 15:57 |
But thanks [be] to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. |
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1Cr 15:58 |
Therefore, my beloved brethren, 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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