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1. Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand,
2. and by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you — unless you believed in vain.
3. For I delivered to you as of first₄ importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures,
4. that he was buried, that he was raised₅ on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures,
5. and that he appeared₆ to Cephas, then to the twelve.
6. Then he appeared to more than five hundred brothers at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have fallen asleep.
7. Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles.
8. Last of all, as to one untimely born, he appeared also to me₇.
9. For I am the least of the apostles, unworthy 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 toward me was not 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. Whether then it was I or they, so we preach and so you believed.
12. Now if Christ is proclaimed as raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no₈ resurrection of the dead?
13. But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even₉ Christ has been raised.
14. And if Christ has not been raised, then₁₀ our preaching is in vain and your faith is in vain.
15. We are even found to be misrepresenting God, because we testified about God that he raised Christ, whom he did not raise if it is true that the dead are not raised.
16. For if the dead are not raised, not even₁₁ Christ has been raised.
17. And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile₁₂ and you are still in your sins.
18. Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished₁₃.
19. If in Christ we have hope in this life only, we are of all people most to be pitied₁₄.
20. But in fact₁₅ Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits₁₆ of those who have fallen asleep.
21. For as by a man came death₁₇, by a man has come also₁₈ the resurrection of the dead.
22. For as in Adam all die₁₉, so also in Christ shall all be made alive₂₀.
23. But each in his own order: Christ the firstfruits₂₁, then at his coming₂₂ those who belong to Christ.
24. Then comes the end₂₃, when he delivers the kingdom to God the Father₂₄ after destroying every rule and every authority and power.
25. For he must reign until₂₅ he has put all his enemies under his feet.
26. The last enemy₂₆ to be destroyed is death.
27. For "God has put all things in subjection under his feet." But when it says, "all things are put in subjection," it is plain that he is excepted who₂₇ put all things in subjection under him.
28. When all things are subjected to him, then the Son himself will also be subjected to him₂₈ who put all things in subjection under him, that God may be all in all₂₉.
29. Otherwise, what do people mean by being baptized on behalf of the dead₃₀? If the dead are not raised at all, why₃₁ are people baptized on their behalf?
30. Why are we in danger₃₂ every hour?
31. I protest, brothers, by my pride in you, which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die every day₃₃!
32. What do I gain if, humanly speaking, I fought with beasts at Ephesus? If the dead are not raised, "Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die₃₄."
33. Do not be deceived: "Bad company ruins good morals₃₅."
34. Wake up from your drunken stupor, as is right, and do not go on sinning. For some have no knowledge of God. I say this to your shame.
35. But someone will ask, "How are the dead raised₃₆? With what kind of body₃₇ do they come?"
36. You foolish person! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies₃₈.
37. And what you sow is not the body that is to be₃₉, but a bare kernel₄₀, perhaps of wheat or of some other grain.
38. But God gives it a body₄₁ as he has chosen, and to each kind of seed its own body₄₂.
39. For not all flesh is the same₄₃, but there is one kind₄₄ for humans₄₅, another for animals₄₆, another for birds₄₇, and another for fish₄₈.
40. There are heavenly bodies₄₉ and earthly bodies, but the glory of the heavenly is of one kind₅₀, and the glory of the earthly₅₁ is of another.
41. There is one glory of the sun₅₂, and another glory of the moon₅₃, and another glory of the stars₅₄; for star differs from star in glory₅₅.
42. So is it₅₆ with the resurrection of the dead. What is sown is perishable₅₇; what is raised is imperishable₅₈.
43. It is sown in dishonor₅₉; it is raised in glory₆₀. It is sown in weakness₆₁; it is raised in power₆₂.
44. It is sown a natural body₆₃; it is raised a spiritual body₆₄. If there is a natural body, there is also₆₅ a spiritual body.
45. Thus it is written, "The first man Adam became a living being₆₆"; the last Adam became a life-giving spirit₆₇.
46. But it is not the spiritual that is first but the natural, and then the spiritual.
47. The first man was from the earth, a man of dust; the second man is from heaven₆₈.
48. As was the man of dust, so also₆₉ are those who are of the dust, and as is the man of heaven, so also₇₀ are those who are of heaven₇₁.
49. Just as₇₂ we have borne the image of the man of dust, we shall also bear the image₇₃ of the man of heaven.
50. I tell you this, brothers: flesh and blood₇₄ cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable₇₅.
51. Behold! I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep₇₆, but we shall all be changed₇₇,
52. in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet₇₈. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable₇₉, and we shall be changed₈₀.
53. For this perishable body must put on the imperishable₈₁, and this mortal body must put on immortality₈₂.
54. When the perishable puts on the imperishable, and the mortal puts on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written: "Death is swallowed up in victory₈₃."
55. "O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?₈₄"
56. The sting of death is sin₈₅, and the power of sin₈₆ is the law.
57. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
58. Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain₈₇.

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