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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 no₉ resurrection of the dead, then not even₁₀ Christ has been raised.
14. And if Christ has not been raised, then₁₁ 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 even₁₂ Christ has been raised.
17. And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile₁₃ and you are still in your sins.
18. Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished₁₄.
19. If in Christ we have hope in this life only, we are of all people most to be pitied₁₅.
20. But in fact₁₆ Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits₁₇ of those who have fallen asleep.
21. For as by a man came death₁₈, by a man has come also₁₉ the resurrection of the dead.
22. For as in Adam all die₂₀, so also in Christ shall all be made alive₂₁.
23. But each in his own order: Christ the firstfruits₂₂, then at his coming₂₃ those who belong to Christ.
24. Then comes the end₂₄, when he delivers the kingdom to God the Father₂₅ after destroying every rule and every authority and power.
25. For he must reign until₂₆ he has put all his enemies under his feet.
26. The last enemy₂₇ 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 who₂₈ put all things in subjection under him.
28. When all things are subjected to him, then the Son himself will also be subjected to him₂₉ who put all things in subjection under him, that God may be all in all₃₀.
29. Otherwise, what do people mean by being baptized on behalf of the dead₃₁? If the dead are not raised at all, why₃₂ are people baptized on their behalf?
30. Why are we in danger₃₃ every hour?
31. I protest, brothers, by my pride in you, which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die every day₃₄!
32. What do I gain if, humanly speaking, I fought with beasts at Ephesus₃₅? If the dead are not raised, "Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die₃₆."
33. Do not be deceived: "Bad company ruins good morals₃₇."
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 raised₃₈? With what kind of body₃₉ do they come?"
36. You foolish person! What you sow₄₀ does not come to life unless it dies₄₁.
37. And what you sow is not the body that is to be₄₂, but a bare kernel₄₃, perhaps of wheat or of some other grain.
38. But God gives it a body₄₄ as he has chosen, and to each kind of seed its own body₄₅.
39. For not all flesh is the same₄₆, but there is one kind₄₇ for humans₄₈, another for animals₄₉, another for birds₅₀, and another for fish₅₁.
40. There are heavenly bodies₅₂ and earthly bodies, but the glory of the heavenly is of one kind₅₃, and the glory of the earthly₅₄ is of another.
41. There is one glory of the sun₅₅, and another glory of the moon₅₆, and another δόξα of the stars₅₇; for star differs from star in glory₅₈.
42. So is it₅₉ with the resurrection of the dead. What is sown is perishable₆₀; what is raised is imperishable₆₁.
43. It is sown in dishonor₆₂; it is raised in glory₆₃. It is sown in weakness₆₄; it is raised in power₆₅.
44. It is sown a natural body₆₆; it is raised a spiritual body₆₇. If there is a natural body, there is also₆₈ a spiritual body.
45. Thus it is written, "The first man Adam became a living being₆₉"; the last Adam became a life-giving spirit₇₀.
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 heaven₇₁.
48. As was the man of dust, so also₇₂ are those who are of the dust, and as is the man of heaven, so also₇₃ are those who are of heaven₇₄.
49. Just as₇₅ we have borne the image of the man of dust, we shall also bear the image₇₆ of the man of heaven.
50. I tell you this, brothers: flesh and blood₇₇ cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable₇₈.
51. Behold! I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep₇₉, but we shall all be changed₈₀,
52. in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet₈₁. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable₈₂, and we shall be changed₈₃.
53. For this perishable body must put on the imperishable₈₄, and this mortal body must put on immortality₈₅.
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 victory₈₆."
55. "O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?₈₇"
56. The sting of death is sin₈₈, and the power of sin₈₉ 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 vain₉₀.

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