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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