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Moreover,brethren, I declare unto you the gospelwhich I preached unto you,whichalso ye have received, andwhereinyestand;
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Bywhichalso ye are saved, if ye keep[a] in memory whatIpreached unto you,unlessye have believed in vain.
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For I delivered unto you first of allthatwhichIalsoreceived, how that Christdiedforoursinsaccording to the scriptures;
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Andthat he was buried, andthat he rose again the thirddayaccording to the scriptures:
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Andthat he was seen of Cephas,then of the twelve:
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After that, he was seen of above five hundredbrethren at once;ofwhom the greater partremainunto this present,butsomeare fallen asleep.
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After that, he was seen of James;then of all the apostles.
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Andlast of all he was seen of me also,as of one born out of due time.
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ForIam the least of the apostles,thatamnotmeet to be called an apostle,because I persecuted the church of God.
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But by the grace of God I amwhat I am: andhisgrace which was bestowed uponmewasnot in vain;but I laboured more abundantly than theyall:yetnotI,but the grace of Godwhich was withme.
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Thereforewhether it were Iorthey,so we preach, andso ye believed.
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NowifChrist be preachedthat he rosefrom the dead,howsaysomeamongyouthat there isnoresurrection of the dead?
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Butif there benoresurrection of the dead,thenisChristnotrisen:
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AndifChristbenotrisen, then is ourpreachingvain,andyourfaithisalsovain.
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Yea,and we are found false witnesses of God;because we have testifiedofGodthat he raised upChrist:whom he raisednotup, if so be that the deadrisenot.
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The lastenemy that shall be destroyed is death.
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For he hath put all thingsunderhisfeet.Butwhen he saith* all things are put under him, it is manifestthat he is excepted, which did put all thingsunderhim.
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Andwhen all things shall be subdued unto him,thenshall the Sonalsohimself be subject unto him that put all thingsunderhim,thatGod may beallinall.
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Elsewhat shall they do which are baptizedfor the dead,if the deadrisenot at all?whyare they then baptizedfor the dead?
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Awake to righteousness,andsinnot;forsomehave not the knowledge of God: I speak this toyourshame.
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Butsome man will say, Howare the dead raised up? and with whatbody do they come?
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Thou fool, that whichthousowestisnotquickened, except it die:
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And that which thou sowest, thou sowestnot that body that shall be, butbaregrain, it may chance* of wheat,or of someother grain:
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ButGodgivethit a bodyas it hath pleased him, and to everyseed his ownbody.
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Allflesh is not the sameflesh:butthere is one kind of flesh of men*, anotherflesh of beasts*, another of fishes,andanother of birds.
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There are alsocelestialbodies,andbodiesterrestrial:buttheglory of the celestial is one,and the glory of the terrestrial is another.
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There is oneglory of the sun,andanotherglory of the moon,andanotherglory of the stars:for one star differeth from another staringlory.
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Soalso is the resurrection of the dead. It is sownincorruption; it is raisedinincorruption:
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It is sownindishonour; it is raisedinglory: it is sowninweakness; it is raisedinpower:
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It is sown a naturalbody; it is raised a spiritualbody. There is a naturalbody,and there is a spiritualbody.
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Andso it is written, The firstmanAdam was made* a livingsoul; the lastAdam was made a quickeningspirit.
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Howbeit that was notfirst which is spiritual,but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual.
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The firstman is of the earth,earthy: the secondman is the Lordfromheaven.
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As is the earthy,such are they also that are earthy:and as is the heavenly,such are theyalso that are heavenly.
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Andas we have borne the image of the earthy, we shallalsobear the image of the heavenly.
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Nowthis I say, brethren,thatfleshandbloodcannot*inherit the kingdom of God;neitherdothcorruptioninheritincorruption.
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Behold, I shewyou a mystery; We shallnotall*sleep, but we shallall be changed,
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In a moment,in the twinkling of an eye,at the lasttrump:for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raisedincorruptible,andwe shall be changed.
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Forthiscorruptiblemust put onincorruption,andthismortal must put onimmortality.
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Sowhenthiscorruptible shall have put onincorruption,andthismortal shall have put onimmortality,then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed upinvictory.
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O death,where is thysting? O grave,[c]where is thyvictory?
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Thesting of death is sin;and the strength of sin is the law.
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Butthanks be to God,whichgivethus the victorythroughourLordJesusChrist.
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Therefore,mybelovedbrethren, be yestedfast,unmoveable,alwaysaboundingin the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye knowthatyourlabourisnot in vainin the Lord.