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1 Brothers and sisters, I want to call your attention to the good news that I preached to you, which you also received and in which you stand.
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Now I would remind you, brothers and sisters, of the good news that I proclaimed to you, which you in turn received, in which also you stand,
2 You are being saved through it if you hold on to the message I preached to you, unless somehow you believed it for nothing.
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through which also you are being saved, if you hold firmly to the message that I proclaimed to you—unless you have come to believe in vain.
3 I passed on to you as most important what I also received: Christ died for our sins in line with the scriptures,
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For I handed on to you as of first importance what I in turn had received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the scriptures,
4 he was buried, and he rose on the third day in line with the scriptures.
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and that he was buried, and that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the scriptures,
5 He appeared to Cephas, then to the Twelve,
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and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve.
6 and then he appeared to more than five hundred brothers and sisters at once—most of them are still alive to this day, though some have died.
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Then he appeared to more than five hundred brothers and sisters at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have died.
7 Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles,
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Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles.
8 and last of all he appeared to me, as if I were born at the wrong time.
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Last of all, as to one untimely born, he appeared also to me.
9 I'm the least important of the apostles. I don't deserve to be called an apostle, because I harassed God's church.
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For I am the least of the apostles, unfit to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
10 I am what I am by God's grace, and God's grace hasn't been for nothing. In fact, I have worked harder than all the others—that is, it wasn't me but the grace of God that is with me.
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But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me has not been in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them—though it was not I, but the grace of God that is with me.
11 So then, whether you heard the message from me or them, this is what we preach and this is what you have believed.
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Whether then it was I or they, so we proclaim and so you have come to believe.
12 So if the message that is preached says that Christ has been raised from the dead, then how can some of you say, "There's no resurrection of the dead"?
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Now if Christ is proclaimed as raised from the dead, how can some of you say there is no resurrection of the dead?
13 If there's no resurrection of the dead, then Christ hasn't been raised either.
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If there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ has not been raised;
14 If Christ hasn't been raised, then our preaching is useless and your faith is useless.
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and if Christ has not been raised, then our proclamation has been in vain and your faith has been in vain.
15 We are found to be false witnesses about God, because we testified against God that he raised Christ, when he didn't raise him if it's the case that the dead aren't raised.
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We are even found to be misrepresenting God, because we testified of God that he raised Christ—whom he did not raise if it is true that the dead are not raised.
16 If the dead aren't raised, then Christ hasn't been raised either.
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For if the dead are not raised, then Christ has not been raised.
17 If Christ hasn't been raised, then your faith is worthless; you are still in your sins,
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If Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile and you are still in your sins.
18 and what's more, those who have died in Christ are gone forever.
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Then those also who have died in Christ have perished.
19 If we have a hope in Christ only in this life, then we deserve to be pitied more than anyone else.
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If for this life only we have hoped in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied.
20 But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead. He's the first crop of the harvest of those who have died.
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But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who have died.
21 Since death came through a human being, the resurrection of the dead came through one too.
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For since death came through a human being, the resurrection of the dead has also come through a human being;
22 In the same way that everyone dies in Adam, so also everyone will be given life in Christ.
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for as all die in Adam, so all will be made alive in Christ.
23 Each event will happen in the right order: Christ, the first crop of the harvest, then those who belong to Christ at his coming,
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But each in his own order: Christ the first fruits, then at his coming those who belong to Christ.
24 and then the end, when Christ hands over the kingdom to God the Father, when he brings every form of rule, every authority and power to an end.
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Then comes the end, when he hands over the kingdom to God the Father, after he has destroyed every ruler and every authority and power.
25 It is necessary for him to rule until he puts all enemies under his feet.
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For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet.
26 Death is the last enemy to be brought to an end,
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The last enemy to be destroyed is death.
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