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The Resurrection of Christ
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Now, brothers and sisters, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which you received and on which you have taken your stand. SCode Rom 5:2 1Cor 3:6 2Cor 1:24 2Tim 2:8 1Pet 5:12
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By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain. SCode 1Cor 11:2~3 1Cor 1:18 Gal 3:4 Heb 3:6 Heb 3:14
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For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, SCode Dan 9:26 Zech 13:7 Jn 1:29 1Cor 11:23 Gal 1:4 Gal 1:12 Heb 5:1 Heb 5:3 1Pet 1:11 1Pet 2:24
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that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, SCode Psa 16:10 Isa 53:10 Hos 6:2 Mt 12:40 Jn 2:22 Act 26:22~23 Act 13:33~35
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and that he appeared to Cephas, and then to the Twelve. SCode Mk 16:14 Lk 24:34 Lk 24:36 Jn 20:19 Jn 20:26 Act 10:41
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After that, he appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers and sisters at the same time, most of whom are still living, though some have fallen asleep.
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Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles, SCode Lk 24:50 Act 1:3~4 Act 12:17
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and last of all he appeared to me also, as to one abnormally born. SCode 1Cor 9:1
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For I am the least of the apostles and do not even deserve to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. SCode Act 8:3 2Cor 12:11 Eph 3:7~8 1Tim 1:13~16
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But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me was not without effect. No, I worked harder than all of them - yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me. SCode Mt 10:20 1Cor 3:6 2Cor 3:5 2Cor 12:11 2Cor 11:23 Phil 2:13 Col 1:29
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Whether, then, it is I or they, this is what we preach, and this is what you believed.
The Resurrection of the Dead
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But if it is preached that Christ has been raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? SCode Act 23:8 2Tim 2:18
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If there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised. SCode 1Th 4:14~16
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And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is useless and so is your faith.
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More than that, we are then found to be false witnesses about God, for we have testified about God that he raised Christ from the dead. But he did not raise him if in fact the dead are not raised. SCode Act 2:24~32
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For if the dead are not raised, then Christ has not been raised either.
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And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins. SCode Rom 4:25
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Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ are lost. SCode Rev 14:13
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If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied. SCode 1Cor 4:9 2Tim 3:12
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But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. SCode Act 26:23 1Cor 15:23 2Tim 2:8 1Pet 1:3
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For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man. SCode Jn 11:25 Rom 5:12~13 Rom 6:23
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For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive. SCode Rom 5:14~18
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But each in turn: Christ, the firstfruits; then, when he comes, those who belong to him. SCode Lk 14:14 1Cor 15:52 1Th 4:16 1Th 2:19
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Then the end will come, when he hands over the kingdom to God the Father after he has destroyed all dominion, authority and power. SCode Dan 7:14 Dan 7:27 Eph 1:21~22
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For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet. SCode Psa 110:1
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The last enemy to be destroyed is death. SCode 2Tim 1:10 Rev 21:4 Rev 20:14
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For he "has put everything under his feet." Now when it says that "everything" has been put under him, it is clear that this does not include God himself, who put everything under Christ. SCode Psa 8:6 Mt 28:18 Mt 11:27
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When he has done this, then the Son himself will be made subject to him who put everything under him, so that God may be all in all. SCode 1Cor 3:23
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Now if there is no resurrection, what will those do who are baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why are people baptized for them?
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And as for us, why do we endanger ourselves every hour? SCode 2Cor 11:26
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I face death every day - yes, just as surely as I boast about you in Christ Jesus our Lord. SCode Lk 9:23 Rom 8:36~37 1Th 2:19
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If I fought wild beasts in Ephesus with no more than human hopes, what have I gained? If the dead are not raised, "Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die." SCode Isa 56:12 Isa 22:13 Lk 12:19 2Cor 1:8
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Do not be misled: "Bad company corrupts good character." SCode 1Cor 5:6 Jas 1:16
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Come back to your senses as you ought, and stop sinning; for there are some who are ignorant of God - I say this to your shame. SCode Rom 13:11 1Cor 6:5 1Cor 4:14 1Th 4:5
The Resurrection Body
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But someone will ask, "How are the dead raised? With what kind of body will they come?" SCode Ezk 37:3
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How foolish! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies. SCode Jn 12:24
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When you sow, you do not plant the body that will be, but just a seed, perhaps of wheat or of something else.
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But God gives it a body as he has determined, and to each kind of seed he gives its own body.
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Not all flesh is the same: People have one kind of flesh, animals have another, birds another and fish another.
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There are also heavenly bodies and there are earthly bodies; but the splendor of the heavenly bodies is one kind, and the splendor of the earthly bodies is another.
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The sun has one kind of splendor, the moon another and the stars another; and star differs from star in splendor.
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So will it be with the resurrection of the dead. The body that is sown is perishable, it is raised imperishable; SCode Dan 12:3 Mt 13:43
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it is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power; SCode Phil 3:21 Col 3:4
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it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body.
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So it is written: "The first man Adam became a living being"; the last Adam, a life-giving spirit. SCode Gen 2:7 Jn 5:21 Jn 6:33 Jn 6:39~40 Jn 6:54 Jn 6:57 Rom 8:2 Rom 8:10 Rom 5:14
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The spiritual did not come first, but the natural, and after that the spiritual.
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The first man was of the dust of the earth; the second man is of heaven. SCode Gen 2:7 Gen 3:19 Jn 3:13 Jn 3:31
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As was the earthly man, so are those who are of the earth; and as is the heavenly man, so also are those who are of heaven. SCode Phil 3:20~21
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And just as we have borne the image of the earthly man, so shall we bear the image of the heavenly man. SCode Gen 5:3 Rom 8:29
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I declare to you, brothers and sisters, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. SCode Mt 16:17 Jn 3:3 Jn 3:5
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Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed - SCode Phil 3:21
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in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. SCode Isa 27:13 Zech 9:14 Mt 24:31 Lk 20:36 Jn 5:25 Jn 5:28 1Th 4:16~17
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For the perishable must clothe itself with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality. SCode 2Cor 5:2~4
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When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come true: "Death has been swallowed up in victory." SCode Isa 25:8 Heb 2:14~15 Rev 21:4 Rev 20:14
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"Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?" SCode Hos 13:14
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The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. SCode Rom 7:5 Rom 7:8 Rom 7:13 Rom 4:15
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But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. SCode 1Jn 5:4
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Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain. SCode Jer 48:10 Jn 6:28 1Cor 3:8 1Cor 16:10 Gal 6:9 2Pet 3:14
NIV Footnotes
  1. 15:3 Or you at the first
  2. 15:5 That is, Peter
  3. 15:27 Psalm 8:6
  4. 15:32 Isaiah 22:13
  5. 15:33 From the Greek poet Menander
  6. 15:45 Gen. 2:7
  7. 15:49 Some early manuscripts so let us
  8. 15:54 Isaiah 25:8
  9. 15:55 Hosea 13:14
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