Now I declare to you, brothers, the Good News which I preached to you, which also you received, in which you also stand, Gal 1:6-121Co 1:23-241Pe 5:122Co 1:241Co 15:3-111Th 1:61Th 2:131Th 4:1 by which also you are saved, if you hold firmly the word which I preached to you—unless you believed in vain. Heb 3:6Heb 2:1Heb 3:141Co 1:182Ti 1:9Col 1:23Eph 2:8Jhn 8:31-32
For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, 1Pe 2:24Gal 1:4Isa 53:1-121Jn 2:2Act 26:22-23Dan 9:24-26Gal 1:12Rev 1:5 that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, Hos 6:2Mat 12:40Psa 16:10-11Act 13:29-37Act 26:22-23Isa 53:9-12Luk 24:46Jon 1:17 and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve. Mrk 16:14Act 1:2-14Jhn 20:19-261Co 1:12Jhn 1:42Luk 24:34-491Co 3:221Co 9:5 Then he appeared to over five hundred brothers at once, most of whom remain until now, but some have also fallen asleep. Mat 28:10Mrk 16:7Act 13:361Co 15:182Pe 3:4Act 7:601Th 4:131Th 4:15 Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles, Luk 24:50Act 1:2-12Luk 24:33Act 12:17Luk 24:36 and last of all, as to the child born at the wrong time, he appeared to me also. 1Co 9:1Act 26:16Act 18:9Act 22:18Act 9:172Co 12:1-6Act 22:14Act 9:3-6 For I am the least of the apostles, who is not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the assembly of God. Eph 3:7-81Ti 1:13-152Co 12:11Act 8:3Act 26:9-11Act 9:1-19Gal 1:232Co 11:5 But by the grace of God I am what I am. His grace which was given to me was not futile, but I worked more than all of them; yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me. Php 4:132Co 3:5Php 2:13Eph 3:7-8Eph 2:7-82Co 10:12-16Gal 2:8Rom 12:3 Whether then it is I or they, so we preach, and so you believed. 1Co 2:21Co 15:3-4
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? Act 26:8Act 17:322Ti 2:18Act 23:81Co 15:13-192Th 2:17 But if there is no resurrection of the dead, neither has Christ been raised. Jhn 11:25-261Th 4:14Rom 8:11Rev 1:181Pe 1:32Co 4:10-14Rom 4:24-251Co 15:20 If Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain and your faith also is in vain. 1Co 15:171Th 4:14Act 17:31Jas 2:20Mat 15:91Co 15:2Gal 2:2Isa 49:4 Yes, we are also found false witnesses of God, because we testified about God that he raised up Christ, whom he didn’t raise up if it is true that the dead are not raised. Act 2:24Job 13:7-101Co 15:13Act 2:321Co 15:20Act 10:39-42Act 13:30-33Act 4:10 For if the dead aren’t raised, neither has Christ been raised. If Christ has not been raised, your faith is vain; you are still in your sins. Rom 4:251Pe 1:31Co 15:141Pe 1:21Rom 8:33-34Rom 5:101Co 15:2Act 5:31 Then they also who are fallen asleep in Christ have perished. 1Th 4:13-141Th 4:161Co 15:6Rev 14:13 If we have only hoped in Christ in this life, we are of all men most pitiable. 1Pe 1:21Rev 14:132Ti 1:121Co 4:9-132Ti 3:12Act 14:22Luk 21:34Eph 1:12-13
But now Christ has been raised from the dead. He became the first fruit of those who are asleep. 1Co 15:23Act 26:23Rev 1:51Pe 1:3Col 1:18Rom 8:111Co 15:6 For since death came by man, the resurrection of the dead also came by man. Jhn 11:25Rom 5:12-17Rom 6:231Co 15:22 For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive. Rom 5:12-211Co 15:45-49Jhn 5:21-29Gen 2:17Gen 3:6Gen 3:19 But each in his own order: Christ the first fruits, then those who are Christ’s at his coming. Isa 26:19Gal 3:291Co 15:521Co 15:201Th 4:15-172Co 10:71Th 2:19Gal 5:24 Then the end comes, when he will deliver up the Kingdom to God the Father, when he will have abolished all rule and all authority and power. Dan 7:27Dan 7:14Mat 28:18Isa 9:7Jhn 13:3Mat 11:271Ti 6:15Dan 2:44 For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet. Psa 110:1Heb 10:12-13Mat 22:44Heb 1:13Psa 2:6-10Eph 1:22Act 2:34Mrk 12:36 The last enemy that will be abolished is death. 2Ti 1:101Co 15:55Rev 21:4Rev 20:14Isa 25:8Heb 2:14Hos 13:14Luk 20:36 For, “He put all things in subjection under his feet.” 1 But when he says, “All things are put in subjection”, it is evident that he is excepted who subjected all things to him. Psa 8:6Heb 2:8Mat 28:18Mat 11:27Eph 1:22Jhn 13:3Jhn 3:351Pe 3:22 When all things have been subjected to him, then the Son will also himself be subjected to him who subjected all things to him, that God may be all in all. Col 3:111Co 3:23Eph 1:23Php 3:211Co 11:3Jhn 14:281Co 12:6Rev 19:11-21
Or else what will they do who are baptized for the dead? If the dead aren’t raised at all, why then are they baptized for the dead? Rom 6:3-41Co 15:161Co 15:32Mat 20:22 Why do we also stand in jeopardy every hour? 2Co 11:23-272Co 6:91Co 15:312Co 4:7-12Gal 5:11Rom 8:36-39 I affirm, by the boasting in you which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily. 2Co 4:10-11Rom 8:361Co 4:9-13Php 3:31Th 3:92Co 11:23Act 20:23Jer 11:7 If I fought with animals at Ephesus for human purposes, what does it profit me? If the dead are not raised, then “let’s eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.” 2 Isa 22:13Isa 56:12Luk 12:192Co 1:8-102Pe 2:12Act 18:19Jud 1:10Act 19:1 Don’t be deceived! “Evil companionships corrupt good morals.” Pro 13:20Mat 24:41Co 5:6Pro 9:6Eph 5:6Gal 6:72Ti 2:16-181Co 6:9 Wake up righteously and don’t sin, for some have no knowledge of God. I say this to your shame. 1Co 6:5Heb 5:11-12Rom 13:11Jol 1:5Eph 5:141Co 8:7Jhn 5:14Jhn 8:11
But someone will say, “How are the dead raised?” and, “With what kind of body do they come?” Ezk 37:31Co 15:38-53Php 3:21Rom 9:19Ecc 11:5Jhn 3:4Jhn 3:9Jhn 9:10 You foolish one, that which you yourself sow is not made alive unless it dies. Jhn 12:24Luk 11:40Eph 5:15Luk 12:20Luk 24:25Rom 1:22 That which you sow, you don’t sow the body that will be, but a bare grain, maybe of wheat, or of some other kind. But God gives it a body even as it pleased him, and to each seed a body of its own. 1Co 3:7Isa 61:11Gen 1:11-12Mrk 4:26-29Psa 104:14 All flesh is not the same flesh, but there is one flesh of men, another flesh of animals, another of fish, and another of birds. Gen 1:20-26 There are also celestial bodies and terrestrial bodies; but the glory of the celestial differs from that of the terrestrial. 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. Deu 4:19Isa 24:23Psa 148:3-5Gen 1:14Job 31:26Psa 19:4-6Psa 8:3
So also is the resurrection of the dead. The body is sown perishable; it is raised imperishable. Dan 12:3Mat 13:43Php 3:20-211Pe 1:4Rom 8:211Co 15:50-54Act 2:27Act 2:31 It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power. Col 3:41Co 6:14Php 3:20-212Co 13:4Dan 12:1Mat 22:29-30Mrk 12:24-252Co 13:14 It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body and there is also a spiritual body. 1Co 15:50Jhn 20:19Luk 24:31Jhn 20:26
So also it is written, “The first man Adam became a living soul.” 3 The last Adam became a life-giving spirit. Jhn 5:21Gen 2:7Rom 8:2Rom 8:10-11Rom 5:12-14Jhn 6:63Jhn 14:6Jhn 6:39-40 However, that which is spiritual isn’t first, but that which is natural, then that which is spiritual. Col 3:9-10Eph 4:22-24Rom 6:6 The first man is of the earth, made of dust. The second man is the Lord from heaven. Jhn 3:31Gen 2:7Gen 3:192Co 5:11Co 15:45Isa 9:6Jhn 3:12-13Luk 2:11 As is the one made of dust, such are those who are also made of dust; and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly. Gen 5:3Jhn 3:6Php 3:20-21Job 14:4Rom 5:12-211Co 15:21-22 As we have borne the image of those made of dust, let’s 4 also bear the image of the heavenly. Rom 8:292Co 3:181Jn 3:22Co 4:10-11Gen 5:3Mat 13:43 Now I say this, brothers, 5 that flesh and blood can’t inherit God’s Kingdom; neither does the perishable inherit imperishable. Jhn 3:3-6Mat 16:172Co 5:1Eph 4:17Gal 5:161Co 6:13Gal 3:171Co 1:12
Behold, 6 I tell you a mystery. We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed, 1Th 4:14-17Php 3:211Co 15:20Eph 1:91Co 4:11Co 15:61Co 2:71Co 13:2 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 will be changed. 1Th 4:16-17Mat 24:31Jhn 5:28Jhn 5:25Isa 27:131Co 15:422Pe 3:10Zec 9:14 For this perishable body must become imperishable, and this mortal must put on immortality. 2Co 5:2-41Jn 3:2Eph 4:24Rom 13:12-14Rom 2:7Gal 3:27 But when this perishable body will have become imperishable, and this mortal will have put on immortality, then what is written will happen: “Death is swallowed up in victory.” 7 Isa 25:8Heb 2:14-15Rev 20:14Rev 21:4Luk 20:362Co 4:112Th 1:10Rom 8:11
“Death, where is your sting? Hos 13:14Psa 89:48Rom 5:14Act 2:27Psa 49:8-15Ecc 2:15-16Act 9:5Ecc 9:5-6
Hades, 8 where is your victory?” 9
The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. Rom 4:15Gal 3:10-13Rom 6:23Rom 7:5-13Jhn 8:24Rom 5:12-13Jhn 8:21Rom 5:20 But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. 2Co 2:14Rom 8:371Jn 5:4-5Pro 21:31Rev 12:11Jhn 16:332Co 9:15Psa 98:1 Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the Lord’s work, because you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord. Gal 6:92Ch 15:7Heb 6:10Php 2:161Co 3:82Pe 3:17-18Col 1:23Heb 13:15-16