1 Corinthians · Free Bible Version
1 Corinthians 15 Free Bible Version
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1 Now I want to remind you about the good news I announced to you. You accepted it, and you have stood firm for it.
1 Γνωρίζω δὲ ὑμῖν, ἀδελφοί, τὸ εὐαγγέλιον ὃ εὐηγγελισάμην ὑμῖν, ὃ καὶ παρελάβετε, ἐν ᾧ καὶ ἑστήκατε,
2 It is through this good news that you are saved if you hold on to the message that I gave you. Otherwise you trusted for nothing!
2 δι᾽ οὗ καὶ σῴζεσθε, τίνι λόγῳ εὐηγγελισάμην ὑμῖν εἰ κατέχετε, ἐκτὸς εἰ μὴ εἰκῆ ἐπιστεύσατε.
3 I passed on to you what I myself had also received, a message of vital importance: that Christ died for our sins, according to Scripture;
3 παρέδωκα γὰρ ὑμῖν ἐν πρώτοις ὃ καὶ παρέλαβον, ὅτι Χριστὸς ἀπέθανεν ὑπὲρ τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν ἡμῶν κατὰ τὰς γραφάς,
4 he was buried and was raised from the dead on the third day, again in accordance with Scripture.
4 καὶ ὅτι ἐτάφη, καὶ ὅτι ἐγήγερται τῇ τρίτη ἡμέρᾳ κατὰ τὰς γραφάς,
5 He appeared to Peter, then to the Twelve.
5 καὶ ὅτι ὤφθη Κηφᾷ, εἶτα τοῖς δώδεκα·
6 After that he appeared to more than five hundred brothers and sisters at the same time, most of whom are still alive today, though some have died.
6 ἔπειτα ὤφθη ἐπάνω πεντακοσίοις ἀδελφοῖς ἐφάπαξ, ἐξ ὧν οἱ πλείους μένουσιν ἕως ἄρτι, τινὲς δὲ καὶ ἐκοιμήθησαν·
7 He appeared to James, then all the apostles.
7 ἔπειτα ὤφθη Ἰακώβῳ, εἶτα τοῖς ἀποστόλοις πᾶσιν·
8 Last of all, he also appeared to me, someone born as it were at the wrong time.
8 ἔσχατον δὲ πάντων ὡσπερεὶ τῷ ἐκτρώματι ὤφθη κἀμοί.
9 For I'm the least important apostle of all, not even fit to be called an apostle since I persecuted God's church.
9 ἐγὼ γάρ εἰμι ὁ ἐλάχιστος τῶν ἀποστόλων, ὃς οὐκ εἰμὶ ἱκανὸς καλεῖσθαι ἀπόστολος, διότι ἐδίωξα τὴν ἐκκλησίαν τοῦ Θεοῦ·
10 But by God's grace I am what I am, and his grace given to me wasn't wasted. On the contrary I've worked harder than all of them—though not me, but God's grace working through me.
10 χάριτι δὲ Θεοῦ εἰμι ὅ εἰμι· καὶ ἡ χάρις αὐτοῦ ἡ εἰς ἐμὲ οὐ κενὴ ἐγενήθη, ἀλλὰ περισσότερον αὐτῶν πάντων ἐκοπίασα, οὐκ ἐγὼ δέ, ἀλλ᾽ ἡ χάρις τοῦ Θεοῦ ἡ σὺν ἐμοί.
11 So whether it's I or they, this is the message we shared with you that brought you to trust in God.
11 εἴτε οὖν ἐγὼ εἴτε ἐκεῖνοι, οὕτω κηρύσσομεν καὶ οὕτως ἐπιστεύσατε.
12 Now if the message declares that Christ has been raised from the dead, how is it that some of you say there's no resurrection of the dead?
12 Εἰ δὲ Χριστὸς κηρύσσεται ὅτι ἐκ νεκρῶν ἐγήγερται, πῶς λέγουσί τινες ἐν ὑμῖν ὅτι ἀνάστασις νεκρῶν οὐκ ἔστιν;
13 If there's no resurrection of the dead then Christ hasn't been raised either.
13 εἰ δὲ ἀνάστασις νεκρῶν οὐκ ἔστιν, οὐδὲ Χριστὸς ἐγήγερται·
14 And if Christ isn't raised, then our message we shared with you is pointless, and your trust in God is pointless too.
14 εἰ δὲ Χριστὸς οὐκ ἐγήγερται, κενὸν ἄρα τὸ κήρυγμα ἡμῶν, κενὴ δὲ καὶ ἡ πίστις ὑμῶν.
15 In addition, we would be shown to be false witnesses of God when we testified that God raised Christ from the dead. But God didn't raise Christ from the dead if it's true that there's no resurrection.
15 εὑρισκόμεθα δὲ καὶ ψευδομάρτυρες τοῦ Θεοῦ, ὅτι ἐμαρτυρήσαμεν κατὰ τοῦ Θεοῦ ὅτι ἤγειρε τὸν Χριστόν, ὃν οὐκ ἤγειρεν, εἴπερ ἄρα νεκροὶ οὐκ ἐγείρονται·
16 If the dead are not raised, then Christ hasn't been raised either,
16 εἰ γὰρ νεκροὶ οὐκ ἐγείρονται, οὐδὲ Χριστὸς ἐγήγερται.
17 and if Christ hasn't been raised, then your trust in God is useless, and you are still in your sins.
17 εἰ δὲ Χριστὸς οὐκ ἐγήγερται, ματαία ἡ πίστις ὑμῶν· ἔτι ἐστὲ ἐν ταῖς ἁμαρτίαις ὑμῶν.
18 This also means that those who died in Christ are lost.
18 ἄρα καὶ οἱ κοιμηθέντες ἐν Χριστῷ ἀπώλοντο.
19 If our hope in Christ is only for this life, we're the most pitiful people of all!
19 εἰ ἐν τῇ ζωῇ ταύτῃ ἠλπικότες ἐσμὲν ἐν Χριστῷ μόνον, ἐλεεινότεροι πάντων ἀνθρώπων ἐσμέν.
20 But Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of the harvest from those who have died.
20 Νυνὶ δὲ Χριστὸς ἐγήγερται ἐκ νεκρῶν, ἀπαρχὴ τῶν κεκοιμημένων ἐγένετο.
21 Just as death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead came through a man.
21 ἐπειδὴ γὰρ δι᾽ ἀνθρώπου ὁ θάνατος, καὶ δι᾽ ἀνθρώπου ἀνάστασις νεκρῶν.
22 Just as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive.
22 ὥσπερ γὰρ ἐν τῷ Ἀδὰμ πάντες ἀποθνήσκουσιν, οὕτω καὶ ἐν τῷ Χριστῷ πάντες ζωοποιηθήσονται.
23 But each in their own turn: Christ the firstfruits, then those who belong to Christ when he comes.
23 ἕκαστος δὲ ἐν τῷ ἰδίῳ τάγματι· ἀπαρχὴ Χριστός, ἔπειτα οἱ Χριστοῦ ἐν τῇ παρουσίᾳ αὐτοῦ·
24 After this comes the end, when Christ hands over the kingdom to God the Father, having destroyed all rulers, authorities, and powers.
24 εἶτα τὸ τέλος, ὅταν παραδῷ τὴν βασιλείαν τῷ Θεῷ καὶ πατρί, ὅταν καταργήσῃ πᾶσαν ἀρχὴν καὶ πᾶσαν ἐξουσίαν καὶ δύναμιν.
25 Christ has to rule until he has put all his enemies under his feet.
25 δεῖ γὰρ αὐτὸν βασιλεύειν ἄχρις οὗ ἂν θῇ πάντας τοὺς ἐχθροὺς ὑπὸ τοὺς πόδας αὐτοῦ.
26 The last enemy that will be destroyed is death.
26 ἔσχατος ἐχθρὸς καταργεῖται ὁ θάνατος·
27 As Scripture says, “He put everything under his feet.” (Of course when it says “everything” is put under him it's obvious this doesn't refer to God who placed everything under Christ's authority.)
27 πάντα γὰρ ὑπέταξεν ὑπὸ τοὺς πόδας αὐτοῦ. ὅταν δὲ εἴπῃ ὅτι πάντα ὑποτέτακται, δῆλον ὅτι ἐκτὸς τοῦ ὑποτάξαντος αὐτῷ τὰ πάντα.
28 When everything has been placed under Christ's authority, then the Son will also place himself under God's authority, so that God who gave the Son authority over everything may be all in all.
28 ὅταν δὲ ὑποταγῇ αὐτῷ τὰ πάντα, τότε καὶ αὐτὸς ὁ υἱὸς ὑποταγήσεται τῷ ὑποτάξαντι αὐτῷ τὰ πάντα, ἵνα ᾖ ὁ Θεὸς τὰ πάντα ἐν πᾶσιν.
29 Otherwise what will those people do who are baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why then would people be baptized for them?
29 Ἐπεὶ τί ποιήσουσιν οἱ βαπτιζόμενοι ὑπὲρ τῶν νεκρῶν, εἰ ὅλως νεκροὶ οὐκ ἐγείρονται; τί καὶ βαπτίζονται ὑπὲρ τῶν νεκρῶν;
30 As for us, why do we place ourselves in danger hour after hour?
30 τί καὶ ἡμεῖς κινδυνεύομεν πᾶσαν ὥραν;
31 I die every day—let me say it bluntly, my brothers and sisters. This is just as sure as the pride I have for what Christ Jesus has done in you.
31 καθ᾽ ἡμέραν ἀποθνήσκω, νὴ τὴν ὑμετέραν καύχησιν ἣν ἔχω ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ τῷ Κυρίῳ ἡμῶν.
32 Humanly speaking, what would I gain by fighting with those people in Ephesus who were like wild animals, if the dead are not raised? If the dead are not raised, “let's eat and drink, for tomorrow we die”!
32 εἰ κατὰ ἄνθρωπον ἐθηριομάχησα ἐν Ἐφέσῳ, τί μοι τὸ ὄφελος; εἰ νεκροὶ οὐκ ἐγείρονται, φάγωμεν καὶ πίωμεν, αὔριον γὰρ ἀποθνήσκομεν.
33 Don't be fooled: “Bad company ruins good character.”
33 μὴ πλανᾶσθε· φθείρουσιν ἤθη χρηστὰ ὁμιλίαι κακαί.
34 Come to your senses as you should, and stop sinning! Some of you don't know God. I tell you this to shame you.
34 ἐκνήψατε δικαίως καὶ μὴ ἁμαρτάνετε· ἀγνωσίαν γὰρ Θεοῦ τινες ἔχουσι· πρὸς ἐντροπὴν ὑμῖν λέγω.
35 Of course somebody will ask, “How exactly are the dead raised? What kind of body will they have?”
35 Ἀλλ᾽ ἐρεῖ τις· πῶς ἐγείρονται οἱ νεκροί; ποίῳ δὲ σώματι ἔρχονται;
36 What a foolish question! What you sow doesn't sprout into life unless it dies.
36 ἄφρον, σὺ ὃ σπείρεις, οὐ ζωοποιεῖται ἐὰν μὴ ἀποθάνῃ·
37 When you sow, you don't sow the plant it will grow into, just the bare seed, whether wheat or whatever you're planting.
37 καὶ ὃ σπείρεις, οὐ τὸ σῶμα τὸ γενησόμενον σπείρεις, ἀλλὰ γυμνὸν κόκκον, εἰ τύχοι σίτου ἤ τινος τῶν λοιπῶν·
38 God makes the plant grow into the form he has chosen, and different seeds produce different plants with different forms.
38 ὁ δὲ Θεὸς αὐτῷ δίδωσι σῶμα καθὼς ἠθέλησε, καὶ ἑκάστῳ τῶν σπερμάτων τὸ ἴδιον σῶμα.
39 What living things are made from is not the same. Human beings have one kind of body tissue, while animals have another, birds another, and fish another.
39 οὐ πᾶσα σὰρξ ἡ αὐτὴ σάρξ, ἀλλὰ ἄλλη μὲν ἀνθρώπων, ἄλλη δὲ σὰρξ κτηνῶν, ἄλλη δὲ ἰχθύων, ἄλλη δὲ πετεινῶν.
40 There are heavenly bodies and earthly bodies. Heavenly bodies have one kind of beauty, earthly bodies another.
40 καὶ σώματα ἐπουράνια, καὶ σώματα ἐπίγεια· ἀλλ᾽ ἑτέρα μὲν ἡ τῶν ἐπουρανίων δόξα, ἑτέρα δὲ ἡ τῶν ἐπιγείων.
41 The sun shines in one way, and the moon another, while the stars are different again, with each one shining in a different way.
41 ἄλλη δόξα ἡλίου, καὶ ἄλλη δόξα σελήνης, καὶ ἄλλη δόξα ἀστέρων· ἀστὴρ γὰρ ἀστέρος διαφέρει ἐν δόξῃ.
42 It's the same with the resurrection of the dead. The body is sown in decay; it is raised to last forever.
42 οὕτω καὶ ἡ ἀνάστασις τῶν νεκρῶν. σπείρεται ἐν φθορᾷ, ἐγείρεται ἐν ἀφθαρσίᾳ·
43 It is sown in shame; it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power.
43 σπείρεται ἐν ἀτιμίᾳ, ἐγείρεται ἐν δόξῃ· σπείρεται ἐν ἀσθενείᾳ, ἐγείρεται ἐν δυνάμει·
44 It is sown as a natural body; it is raised as a spiritual body. Just as there are natural bodies there are spiritual bodies.
44 σπείρεται σῶμα ψυχικόν, ἐγείρεται σῶμα πνευματικόν. ἔστι σῶμα ψυχικόν, καὶ ἔστι σῶμα πνευματικόν.
45 As Scripture says, “The first man, Adam, became a living being”; but the last Adam a life-giving spirit.
45 οὕτω καὶ γέγραπται· ἐγένετο ὁ πρῶτος ἄνθρωπος Ἀδὰμ εἰς ψυχὴν ζῶσαν· ὁ ἔσχατος Ἀδὰμ εἰς πνεῦμα ζωοποιοῦν.
46 The spiritual did not come first, but the natural—the spiritual came after that.
46 ἀλλ᾽ οὐ πρῶτον τὸ πνευματικόν, ἀλλὰ τὸ ψυχικόν, ἔπειτα τὸ πνευματικόν.
47 The first man is from the dust of the earth; the second man is from heaven.
47 ὁ πρῶτος ἄνθρωπος ἐκ γῆς χοϊκός, ὁ δεύτερος ἄνθρωπος ὁ Κύριος ἐξ οὐρανοῦ.
48 Earthly people are like the man made from the earth; heavenly people are like the man from heaven.
48 οἷος ὁ χοϊκός, τοιοῦτοι καὶ οἱ χοϊκοί, καὶ οἷος ὁ ἐπουράνιος, τοιοῦτοι καὶ οἱ ἐπουράνιοι·
49 Just as we bore the likeness of the earthly man so we shall bear the likeness of the man from heaven.
49 καὶ καθὼς ἐφορέσαμεν τὴν εἰκόνα τοῦ χοϊκοῦ, φορέσομεν καὶ τὴν εἰκόνα τοῦ ἐπουρανίου.
50 However, I tell you this, my brothers and sisters: our present bodies cannot inherit the kingdom of God. These decaying bodies cannot inherit what lasts forever.
50 Τοῦτο δέ φημι, ἀδελφοί, ὅτι σὰρξ καὶ αἷμα βασιλείαν Θεοῦ κληρονομῆσαι οὐ δύνανται, οὐδὲ ἡ φθορὰ τὴν ἀφθαρσίαν κληρονομεῖ.
51 Listen, I'm going to reveal a mystery! Not all of us will die—but we will all be changed,
51 ἰδοὺ μυστήριον ὑμῖν λέγω· πάντες μὲν οὐ κοιμηθησόμεθα, πάντες δὲ ἀλλαγησόμεθα,
52 in a moment, in the blink of an eye, at the sound of the last trumpet. The trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised never to die again, and we will be changed.
52 ἐν ἀτόμῳ, ἐν ῥιπῇ ὀφθαλμοῦ, ἐν τῇ ἐσχάτῃ σάλπιγγι· σαλπίσει γάρ, καὶ οἱ νεκροὶ ἐγερθήσονται ἄφθαρτοι, καὶ ἡμεῖς ἀλλαγησόμεθα.
53 For this perishable body must be clothed with a body that never perishes. This mortal life must be clothed with immortality.
53 δεῖ γὰρ τὸ φθαρτὸν τοῦτο ἐνδύσασθαι ἀφθαρσίαν καὶ τὸ θνητὸν τοῦτο ἐνδύσασθαι ἀθανασίαν.
54 When this perishable body has been clothed with a body that never perishes, and this mortal life has been clothed with immortality, then the Scripture will come true that says, “Death has been totally conquered and destroyed.
54 ὅταν δὲ τὸ φθαρτὸν τοῦτο ἐνδύσηται ἀφθαρσίαν καὶ τὸ θνητὸν τοῦτο ἐνδύσηται ἀθανασίαν, τότε γενήσεται ὁ λόγος ὁ γεγραμμένος· κατεπόθη ὁ θάνατος εἰς νῖκος.
55 Death—where's your victory? Death—where's your sting?”
55 ποῦ σου, θάνατε, τὸ κέντρον; ποῦ σου, ᾅδη, τὸ νῖκος;
56 The sting that causes death is sin; and the power of sin is the law;
56 τὸ δὲ κέντρον τοῦ θανάτου ἡ ἁμαρτία, ἡ δὲ δύναμις τῆς ἁμαρτίας ὁ νόμος.
57 but praise God who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
57 τῷ δὲ Θεῷ χάρις τῷ διδόντι ἡμῖν τὸ νῖκος διὰ τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ.
58 So my dear brothers and sisters: be strong, stand firm, doing everything you can for the Lord's work, since you know that nothing you do in the Lord is wasted.
58 Ὥστε, ἀδελφοί μου ἀγαπητοί, ἑδραῖοι γίνεσθε, ἀμετακίνητοι, περισσεύοντες ἐν τῷ ἔργῳ τοῦ Κυρίου πάντοτε, εἰδότες ὅτι ὁ κόπος ὑμῶν οὐκ ἔστι κενὸς ἐν Κυρίῳ.
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- 1 Galatians 1:6–12; 1 Peter 5:12; 2 Corinthians 1:24; 1 Corinthians 1:23–24; 1 Corinthians 15:3–11
- 2 Hebrews 3:6; Hebrews 2:1; Hebrews 3:14; 2 Timothy 1:9; 1 Corinthians 1:18
- 3 1 Peter 2:24; Galatians 1:4; Isaiah 53:1–12; 1 John 2:2; Acts 26:22–23
- 4 Hosea 6:2; Matthew 12:40; Psalm 16:10–11; Isaiah 53:9–12; Acts 13:29–37
- 5 Mark 16:14; Acts 1:2–14; John 20:19–26; 1 Corinthians 1:12; Luke 24:34–49
- 6 Mark 16:7; Matthew 28:10; Acts 13:36; 2 Peter 3:4; Acts 7:60
- 7 Luke 24:50; Acts 1:2–12; Luke 24:33; Luke 24:36; Acts 12:17
- 8 1 Corinthians 9:1; Acts 26:16; Acts 22:18; Acts 18:9; Acts 9:17
- 9 Ephesians 3:7–8; 1 Timothy 1:13–15; 2 Corinthians 12:11; Acts 8:3; Acts 26:9–11
- 10 Philippians 4:13; Philippians 2:13; 2 Corinthians 3:5; Ephesians 3:7–8; Ephesians 2:7–8
- 11 1 Corinthians 2:2; 1 Corinthians 15:3–4
- 12 Acts 26:8; Acts 17:32; 2 Timothy 2:18; Acts 23:8; 1 Corinthians 15:13–19
- 13 John 11:25–26; Romans 8:11; 1 Thessalonians 4:14; Revelation 1:18; 1 Peter 1:3
- 14 1 Corinthians 15:17; 1 Thessalonians 4:14; Acts 17:31; James 2:20; Matthew 15:9
- 15 Acts 2:24; Job 13:7–10; Acts 2:32; 1 Corinthians 15:13; Romans 3:7–8
- 17 Romans 4:25; 1 Peter 1:3; 1 Corinthians 15:14; 1 Peter 1:21; Romans 8:33–34
- 18 1 Thessalonians 4:13–14; 1 Thessalonians 4:16; Revelation 14:13; 1 Corinthians 15:6
- 19 1 Peter 1:21; Revelation 14:13; 2 Timothy 1:12; 1 Corinthians 4:9–13; 2 Timothy 3:12
- 20 1 Corinthians 15:23; Revelation 1:5; Acts 26:23; 1 Peter 1:3; Colossians 1:18
- 21 John 11:25; Romans 5:12–17; Romans 6:23; 1 Corinthians 15:22
- 22 Romans 5:12–21; 1 Corinthians 15:45–49; John 5:21–29; Genesis 2:17; Genesis 3:6
- 23 Galatians 3:29; Isaiah 26:19; 1 Corinthians 15:52; 1 Corinthians 15:20; 1 Thessalonians 4:15–17
- 24 Daniel 7:27; Daniel 7:14; Matthew 28:18; John 13:3; Isaiah 9:7
- 25 Psalm 110:1; Hebrews 10:12–13; Matthew 22:44; Hebrews 1:13; Psalm 2:6–10
- 26 2 Timothy 1:10; 1 Corinthians 15:55; Revelation 21:4; Revelation 20:14; Isaiah 25:8
- 27 Psalm 8:6; Hebrews 2:8; Matthew 28:18; Matthew 11:27; Ephesians 1:22
- 28 Colossians 3:11; 1 Corinthians 3:23; Ephesians 1:23; Philippians 3:21; John 14:28
- 29 Romans 6:3–4; 1 Corinthians 15:16; 1 Corinthians 15:32; Matthew 20:22
- 30 2 Corinthians 11:23–27; 2 Corinthians 6:9; 1 Corinthians 15:31; Galatians 5:11; Romans 8:36–39
- 31 2 Corinthians 4:10–11; Romans 8:36; 1 Corinthians 4:9–13; Philippians 3:3; 1 Thessalonians 3:9
- 32 Isaiah 22:13; Isaiah 56:12; Luke 12:19; 2 Corinthians 1:8–10; 2 Peter 2:12
- 33 Proverbs 13:20; Matthew 24:4; 1 Corinthians 5:6; Proverbs 9:6; Ephesians 5:6
- 34 1 Corinthians 6:5; Hebrews 5:11–12; Romans 13:11; Joel 1:5; Ephesians 5:14
- 35 Ezekiel 37:3; Philippians 3:21; 1 Corinthians 15:38–53; Romans 9:19; John 3:9
- 36 John 12:24; Luke 11:40; Luke 12:20; Ephesians 5:15; Romans 1:22
- 38 1 Corinthians 3:7; Isaiah 61:11; Psalm 104:14; Mark 4:26–29; Genesis 1:11–12
- 39 Genesis 1:20–26
- 41 Deuteronomy 4:19; Psalm 148:3–5; Isaiah 24:23; Job 31:26; Psalm 19:4–6
- 42 Daniel 12:3; Matthew 13:43; Philippians 3:20–21; Romans 8:21; 1 Peter 1:4
- 43 Colossians 3:4; Philippians 3:20–21; 1 Corinthians 6:14; Mark 12:24–25; Matthew 22:29–30
- 44 1 Corinthians 15:50; Luke 24:31; John 20:19; John 20:26
- 45 John 5:21; Genesis 2:7; Romans 8:2; Romans 8:10–11; Romans 5:12–14
- 46 Romans 6:6; Colossians 3:9–10; Ephesians 4:22–24
- 47 John 3:31; Genesis 2:7; Genesis 3:19; 2 Corinthians 5:1; 1 Corinthians 15:45
- 48 Genesis 5:3; Philippians 3:20–21; John 3:6; Romans 5:12–21; Job 14:4
- 49 Romans 8:29; 2 Corinthians 3:18; 2 Corinthians 4:10–11; Genesis 5:3; 1 John 3:2
- 50 John 3:3–6; Matthew 16:17; Ephesians 4:17; 2 Corinthians 5:1; Galatians 5:16
- 51 1 Thessalonians 4:14–17; Philippians 3:21; 1 Corinthians 15:20; Ephesians 1:9; 1 Corinthians 4:1
- 52 1 Thessalonians 4:16–17; Matthew 24:31; John 5:28; John 5:25; Isaiah 27:13
- 53 2 Corinthians 5:2–4; 1 John 3:2; Ephesians 4:24; Romans 2:7; Romans 13:12–14
- 54 Isaiah 25:8; Revelation 21:4; Hebrews 2:14–15; Revelation 20:14; Luke 20:36
- 55 Hosea 13:14; Psalm 89:48; Romans 5:14; Acts 2:27; Psalm 49:8–15
- 56 Romans 4:15; Galatians 3:10–13; Romans 6:23; Romans 7:5–13; John 8:24
- 57 2 Corinthians 2:14; Romans 8:37; 1 John 5:4–5; Proverbs 21:31; Revelation 12:11
- 58 Galatians 6:9; 2 Chronicles 15:7; Hebrews 6:10; Philippians 2:16; 1 Corinthians 3:8
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Having finished the discourse of spiritual gifts, he passes to that which is of all most necessary, the subject of the resurrection. For in this too they were greatly unsound.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 12 (1889)
… her when she lay outside of the Pleroma as a kind of abortion, they affirm Paul to have declared in his Epistle to the Corinthians [in these words], "And last of all, He appeared to me also, as to one born out of due time." Again, the coming of the Saviour with His attendants to Achamoth is declared in like …
… received by the scourge of bodily sickness, and I was descending into hell burdened with all the sins that I had committed, both against Thee, myself, and others, many and grievous, over and above that bond of original sin whereby we all die in Adam. For none of these things hadst Thou forgiven me in Christ, neither had He "abolished" …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
… of Satan; and how thou art disposed when staying in a Church, and how when sitting in a theatre; and thou wilt see that great is the difference between this soul and that, although both be one. Therefore Paul said, "Evil communications corrupt good manners." For this cause we have need continually of those songs, which serve as charms from …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
The Life encountered him, that the mouth of Death might henceforth be stopped, and all we that are saved might say, O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)