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1 Now I declare to you, brothers, the Good News which I preached to you, which also you received, in which you also stand,
1 Γνωρίζω δὲ ὑμῖν, ἀδελφοί, τὸ εὐαγγέλιον ὃ εὐηγγελισάμην ὑμῖν, ὃ καὶ παρελάβετε, ἐν ᾧ καὶ ἑστήκατε,
2 by which also you are saved, if you hold firmly the word which I preached to you—unless you believed in vain.
2 δι᾽ οὗ καὶ σῴζεσθε, τίνι λόγῳ εὐηγγελισάμην ὑμῖν εἰ κατέχετε, ἐκτὸς εἰ μὴ εἰκῆ ἐπιστεύσατε.
3 For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,
3 παρέδωκα γὰρ ὑμῖν ἐν πρώτοις ὃ καὶ παρέλαβον, ὅτι Χριστὸς ἀπέθανεν ὑπὲρ τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν ἡμῶν κατὰ τὰς γραφάς,
4 that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,
4 καὶ ὅτι ἐτάφη, καὶ ὅτι ἐγήγερται τῇ τρίτη ἡμέρᾳ κατὰ τὰς γραφάς,
5 and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve.
5 καὶ ὅτι ὤφθη Κηφᾷ, εἶτα τοῖς δώδεκα·
6 Then he appeared to over five hundred brothers at once, most of whom remain until now, but some have also fallen asleep.
6 ἔπειτα ὤφθη ἐπάνω πεντακοσίοις ἀδελφοῖς ἐφάπαξ, ἐξ ὧν οἱ πλείους μένουσιν ἕως ἄρτι, τινὲς δὲ καὶ ἐκοιμήθησαν·
7 Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles,
7 ἔπειτα ὤφθη Ἰακώβῳ, εἶτα τοῖς ἀποστόλοις πᾶσιν·
8 and last of all, as to the child born at the wrong time, he appeared to me also.
8 ἔσχατον δὲ πάντων ὡσπερεὶ τῷ ἐκτρώματι ὤφθη κἀμοί.
9 For I am the least of the apostles, who is not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the assembly of God.
9 ἐγὼ γάρ εἰμι ὁ ἐλάχιστος τῶν ἀποστόλων, ὃς οὐκ εἰμὶ ἱκανὸς καλεῖσθαι ἀπόστολος, διότι ἐδίωξα τὴν ἐκκλησίαν τοῦ Θεοῦ·
10 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.
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 Whether then it is I or they, so we preach, and so you believed.
11 εἴτε οὖν ἐγὼ εἴτε ἐκεῖνοι, οὕτω κηρύσσομεν καὶ οὕτως ἐπιστεύσατε.
12 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?
12 Εἰ δὲ Χριστὸς κηρύσσεται ὅτι ἐκ νεκρῶν ἐγήγερται, πῶς λέγουσί τινες ἐν ὑμῖν ὅτι ἀνάστασις νεκρῶν οὐκ ἔστιν;
13 But if there is no resurrection of the dead, neither has Christ been raised.
13 εἰ δὲ ἀνάστασις νεκρῶν οὐκ ἔστιν, οὐδὲ Χριστὸς ἐγήγερται·
14 If Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain and your faith also is in vain.
14 εἰ δὲ Χριστὸς οὐκ ἐγήγερται, κενὸν ἄρα τὸ κήρυγμα ἡμῶν, κενὴ δὲ καὶ ἡ πίστις ὑμῶν.
15 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.
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 For if the dead aren’t raised, neither has Christ been raised.
16 εἰ γὰρ νεκροὶ οὐκ ἐγείρονται, οὐδὲ Χριστὸς ἐγήγερται.
17 If Christ has not been raised, your faith is vain; you are still in your sins.
17 εἰ δὲ Χριστὸς οὐκ ἐγήγερται, ματαία ἡ πίστις ὑμῶν· ἔτι ἐστὲ ἐν ταῖς ἁμαρτίαις ὑμῶν.
18 Then they also who are fallen asleep in Christ have perished.
18 ἄρα καὶ οἱ κοιμηθέντες ἐν Χριστῷ ἀπώλοντο.
19 If we have only hoped in Christ in this life, we are of all men most pitiable.
19 εἰ ἐν τῇ ζωῇ ταύτῃ ἠλπικότες ἐσμὲν ἐν Χριστῷ μόνον, ἐλεεινότεροι πάντων ἀνθρώπων ἐσμέν.
20 But now Christ has been raised from the dead. He became the first fruit of those who are asleep.
20 Νυνὶ δὲ Χριστὸς ἐγήγερται ἐκ νεκρῶν, ἀπαρχὴ τῶν κεκοιμημένων ἐγένετο.
21 For since death came by man, the resurrection of the dead also came by man.
21 ἐπειδὴ γὰρ δι᾽ ἀνθρώπου ὁ θάνατος, καὶ δι᾽ ἀνθρώπου ἀνάστασις νεκρῶν.
22 For as in Adam all die, so also 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 his own order: Christ the first fruits, then those who are Christ’s at his coming.
23 ἕκαστος δὲ ἐν τῷ ἰδίῳ τάγματι· ἀπαρχὴ Χριστός, ἔπειτα οἱ Χριστοῦ ἐν τῇ παρουσίᾳ αὐτοῦ·
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.
24 εἶτα τὸ τέλος, ὅταν παραδῷ τὴν βασιλείαν τῷ Θεῷ καὶ πατρί, ὅταν καταργήσῃ πᾶσαν ἀρχὴν καὶ πᾶσαν ἐξουσίαν καὶ δύναμιν.
25 For he must reign 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 abolished is death.
26 ἔσχατος ἐχθρὸς καταργεῖται ὁ θάνατος·
27 For, “He put all things in subjection under his feet.” But when he says, “All things are put in subjection”, it is evident that he is excepted who subjected all things to him.
27 πάντα γὰρ ὑπέταξεν ὑπὸ τοὺς πόδας αὐτοῦ. ὅταν δὲ εἴπῃ ὅτι πάντα ὑποτέτακται, δῆλον ὅτι ἐκτὸς τοῦ ὑποτάξαντος αὐτῷ τὰ πάντα.
28 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.
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 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?
29 Ἐπεὶ τί ποιήσουσιν οἱ βαπτιζόμενοι ὑπὲρ τῶν νεκρῶν, εἰ ὅλως νεκροὶ οὐκ ἐγείρονται; τί καὶ βαπτίζονται ὑπὲρ τῶν νεκρῶν;
30 Why do we also stand in jeopardy every hour?
30 τί καὶ ἡμεῖς κινδυνεύομεν πᾶσαν ὥραν;
31 I affirm, by the boasting in you which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily.
31 καθ᾽ ἡμέραν ἀποθνήσκω, νὴ τὴν ὑμετέραν καύχησιν ἣν ἔχω ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ τῷ Κυρίῳ ἡμῶν.
32 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.”
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 deceived! “Evil companionships corrupt good morals.”
33 μὴ πλανᾶσθε· φθείρουσιν ἤθη χρηστὰ ὁμιλίαι κακαί.
34 Wake up righteously and don’t sin, for some have no knowledge of God. I say this to your shame.
34 ἐκνήψατε δικαίως καὶ μὴ ἁμαρτάνετε· ἀγνωσίαν γὰρ Θεοῦ τινες ἔχουσι· πρὸς ἐντροπὴν ὑμῖν λέγω.
35 But someone will say, “How are the dead raised?” and, “With what kind of body do they come?”
35 Ἀλλ᾽ ἐρεῖ τις· πῶς ἐγείρονται οἱ νεκροί; ποίῳ δὲ σώματι ἔρχονται;
36 You foolish one, that which you yourself sow is not made alive unless it dies.
36 ἄφρον, σὺ ὃ σπείρεις, οὐ ζωοποιεῖται ἐὰν μὴ ἀποθάνῃ·
37 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.
37 καὶ ὃ σπείρεις, οὐ τὸ σῶμα τὸ γενησόμενον σπείρεις, ἀλλὰ γυμνὸν κόκκον, εἰ τύχοι σίτου ἤ τινος τῶν λοιπῶν·
38 But God gives it a body even as it pleased him, and to each seed a body of its own.
38 ὁ δὲ Θεὸς αὐτῷ δίδωσι σῶμα καθὼς ἠθέλησε, καὶ ἑκάστῳ τῶν σπερμάτων τὸ ἴδιον σῶμα.
39 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.
39 οὐ πᾶσα σὰρξ ἡ αὐτὴ σάρξ, ἀλλὰ ἄλλη μὲν ἀνθρώπων, ἄλλη δὲ σὰρξ κτηνῶν, ἄλλη δὲ ἰχθύων, ἄλλη δὲ πετεινῶν.
40 There are also celestial bodies and terrestrial bodies; but the glory of the celestial differs from that of the terrestrial.
40 καὶ σώματα ἐπουράνια, καὶ σώματα ἐπίγεια· ἀλλ᾽ ἑτέρα μὲν ἡ τῶν ἐπουρανίων δόξα, ἑτέρα δὲ ἡ τῶν ἐπιγείων.
41 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.
41 ἄλλη δόξα ἡλίου, καὶ ἄλλη δόξα σελήνης, καὶ ἄλλη δόξα ἀστέρων· ἀστὴρ γὰρ ἀστέρος διαφέρει ἐν δόξῃ.
42 So also is the resurrection of the dead. The body is sown perishable; it is raised imperishable.
42 οὕτω καὶ ἡ ἀνάστασις τῶν νεκρῶν. σπείρεται ἐν φθορᾷ, ἐγείρεται ἐν ἀφθαρσίᾳ·
43 It is sown in dishonor; 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 a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body and there is also a spiritual body.
44 σπείρεται σῶμα ψυχικόν, ἐγείρεται σῶμα πνευματικόν. ἔστι σῶμα ψυχικόν, καὶ ἔστι σῶμα πνευματικόν.
45 So also it is written, “The first man Adam became a living soul.” The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.
45 οὕτω καὶ γέγραπται· ἐγένετο ὁ πρῶτος ἄνθρωπος Ἀδὰμ εἰς ψυχὴν ζῶσαν· ὁ ἔσχατος Ἀδὰμ εἰς πνεῦμα ζωοποιοῦν.
46 However, that which is spiritual isn’t first, but that which is natural, then that which is spiritual.
46 ἀλλ᾽ οὐ πρῶτον τὸ πνευματικόν, ἀλλὰ τὸ ψυχικόν, ἔπειτα τὸ πνευματικόν.
47 The first man is of the earth, made of dust. The second man is the Lord from heaven.
47 ὁ πρῶτος ἄνθρωπος ἐκ γῆς χοϊκός, ὁ δεύτερος ἄνθρωπος ὁ Κύριος ἐξ οὐρανοῦ.
48 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.
48 οἷος ὁ χοϊκός, τοιοῦτοι καὶ οἱ χοϊκοί, καὶ οἷος ὁ ἐπουράνιος, τοιοῦτοι καὶ οἱ ἐπουράνιοι·
49 As we have borne the image of those made of dust, let’s also bear the image of the heavenly.
49 καὶ καθὼς ἐφορέσαμεν τὴν εἰκόνα τοῦ χοϊκοῦ, φορέσομεν καὶ τὴν εἰκόνα τοῦ ἐπουρανίου.
50 Now I say this, brothers, that flesh and blood can’t inherit God’s Kingdom; neither does the perishable inherit imperishable.
50 Τοῦτο δέ φημι, ἀδελφοί, ὅτι σὰρξ καὶ αἷμα βασιλείαν Θεοῦ κληρονομῆσαι οὐ δύνανται, οὐδὲ ἡ φθορὰ τὴν ἀφθαρσίαν κληρονομεῖ.
51 Behold, I tell you a mystery. We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed,
51 ἰδοὺ μυστήριον ὑμῖν λέγω· πάντες μὲν οὐ κοιμηθησόμεθα, πάντες δὲ ἀλλαγησόμεθα,
52 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.
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 become imperishable, and this mortal must put on immortality.
53 δεῖ γὰρ τὸ φθαρτὸν τοῦτο ἐνδύσασθαι ἀφθαρσίαν καὶ τὸ θνητὸν τοῦτο ἐνδύσασθαι ἀθανασίαν.
54 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.”
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 is your sting? Hades, where is your victory?”
55 ποῦ σου, θάνατε, τὸ κέντρον; ποῦ σου, ᾅδη, τὸ νῖκος;
56 The sting of 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 thanks be to 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 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.
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. 1 Galatians 1:6–12; 1 Peter 5:12; 2 Corinthians 1:24; 1 Corinthians 1:23–24; 1 Corinthians 15:3–11
  2. 2 Hebrews 3:6; Hebrews 2:1; Hebrews 3:14; 2 Timothy 1:9; 1 Corinthians 1:18
  3. 3 1 Peter 2:24; Galatians 1:4; Isaiah 53:1–12; 1 John 2:2; Acts 26:22–23
  4. 4 Hosea 6:2; Matthew 12:40; Psalm 16:10–11; Isaiah 53:9–12; Acts 13:29–37
  5. 5 Mark 16:14; Acts 1:2–14; John 20:19–26; 1 Corinthians 1:12; Luke 24:34–49
  6. 6 Mark 16:7; Matthew 28:10; Acts 13:36; 2 Peter 3:4; Acts 7:60
  7. 7 Luke 24:50; Acts 1:2–12; Luke 24:33; Luke 24:36; Acts 12:17
  8. 8 1 Corinthians 9:1; Acts 26:16; Acts 22:18; Acts 18:9; Acts 9:17
  9. 9 Ephesians 3:7–8; 1 Timothy 1:13–15; 2 Corinthians 12:11; Acts 8:3; Acts 26:9–11
  10. 10 Philippians 4:13; Philippians 2:13; 2 Corinthians 3:5; Ephesians 3:7–8; Ephesians 2:7–8
  11. 11 1 Corinthians 2:2; 1 Corinthians 15:3–4
  12. 12 Acts 26:8; Acts 17:32; 2 Timothy 2:18; Acts 23:8; 1 Corinthians 15:13–19
  13. 13 John 11:25–26; Romans 8:11; 1 Thessalonians 4:14; Revelation 1:18; 1 Peter 1:3
  14. 14 1 Corinthians 15:17; 1 Thessalonians 4:14; Acts 17:31; James 2:20; Matthew 15:9
  15. 15 Acts 2:24; Job 13:7–10; Acts 2:32; 1 Corinthians 15:13; Romans 3:7–8
  16. 17 Romans 4:25; 1 Peter 1:3; 1 Corinthians 15:14; 1 Peter 1:21; Romans 8:33–34
  17. 18 1 Thessalonians 4:13–14; 1 Thessalonians 4:16; Revelation 14:13; 1 Corinthians 15:6
  18. 19 1 Peter 1:21; Revelation 14:13; 2 Timothy 1:12; 1 Corinthians 4:9–13; 2 Timothy 3:12
  19. 20 1 Corinthians 15:23; Revelation 1:5; Acts 26:23; 1 Peter 1:3; Colossians 1:18
  20. 21 John 11:25; Romans 5:12–17; Romans 6:23; 1 Corinthians 15:22
  21. 22 Romans 5:12–21; 1 Corinthians 15:45–49; John 5:21–29; Genesis 2:17; Genesis 3:6
  22. 23 Galatians 3:29; Isaiah 26:19; 1 Corinthians 15:52; 1 Corinthians 15:20; 1 Thessalonians 4:15–17
  23. 24 Daniel 7:27; Daniel 7:14; Matthew 28:18; John 13:3; Isaiah 9:7
  24. 25 Psalm 110:1; Hebrews 10:12–13; Matthew 22:44; Hebrews 1:13; Psalm 2:6–10
  25. 26 2 Timothy 1:10; 1 Corinthians 15:55; Revelation 21:4; Revelation 20:14; Isaiah 25:8
  26. 27 Psalm 8:6; Hebrews 2:8; Matthew 28:18; Matthew 11:27; Ephesians 1:22
  27. 28 Colossians 3:11; 1 Corinthians 3:23; Ephesians 1:23; Philippians 3:21; John 14:28
  28. 29 Romans 6:3–4; 1 Corinthians 15:16; 1 Corinthians 15:32; Matthew 20:22
  29. 30 2 Corinthians 11:23–27; 2 Corinthians 6:9; 1 Corinthians 15:31; Galatians 5:11; Romans 8:36–39
  30. 31 2 Corinthians 4:10–11; Romans 8:36; 1 Corinthians 4:9–13; Philippians 3:3; 1 Thessalonians 3:9
  31. 32 Isaiah 22:13; Isaiah 56:12; Luke 12:19; 2 Corinthians 1:8–10; 2 Peter 2:12
  32. 33 Proverbs 13:20; Matthew 24:4; 1 Corinthians 5:6; Proverbs 9:6; Ephesians 5:6
  33. 34 1 Corinthians 6:5; Hebrews 5:11–12; Romans 13:11; Joel 1:5; Ephesians 5:14
  34. 35 Ezekiel 37:3; Philippians 3:21; 1 Corinthians 15:38–53; Romans 9:19; John 3:9
  35. 36 John 12:24; Luke 11:40; Luke 12:20; Ephesians 5:15; Romans 1:22
  36. 38 1 Corinthians 3:7; Isaiah 61:11; Psalm 104:14; Mark 4:26–29; Genesis 1:11–12
  37. 39 Genesis 1:20–26
  38. 41 Deuteronomy 4:19; Psalm 148:3–5; Isaiah 24:23; Job 31:26; Psalm 19:4–6
  39. 42 Daniel 12:3; Matthew 13:43; Philippians 3:20–21; Romans 8:21; 1 Peter 1:4
  40. 43 Colossians 3:4; Philippians 3:20–21; 1 Corinthians 6:14; Mark 12:24–25; Matthew 22:29–30
  41. 44 1 Corinthians 15:50; Luke 24:31; John 20:19; John 20:26
  42. 45 John 5:21; Genesis 2:7; Romans 8:2; Romans 8:10–11; Romans 5:12–14
  43. 46 Romans 6:6; Colossians 3:9–10; Ephesians 4:22–24
  44. 47 John 3:31; Genesis 2:7; Genesis 3:19; 2 Corinthians 5:1; 1 Corinthians 15:45
  45. 48 Genesis 5:3; Philippians 3:20–21; John 3:6; Romans 5:12–21; Job 14:4
  46. 49 Romans 8:29; 2 Corinthians 3:18; 2 Corinthians 4:10–11; Genesis 5:3; 1 John 3:2
  47. 50 John 3:3–6; Matthew 16:17; Ephesians 4:17; 2 Corinthians 5:1; Galatians 5:16
  48. 51 1 Thessalonians 4:14–17; Philippians 3:21; 1 Corinthians 15:20; Ephesians 1:9; 1 Corinthians 4:1
  49. 52 1 Thessalonians 4:16–17; Matthew 24:31; John 5:28; John 5:25; Isaiah 27:13
  50. 53 2 Corinthians 5:2–4; 1 John 3:2; Ephesians 4:24; Romans 2:7; Romans 13:12–14
  51. 54 Isaiah 25:8; Revelation 21:4; Hebrews 2:14–15; Revelation 20:14; Luke 20:36
  52. 55 Hosea 13:14; Psalm 89:48; Romans 5:14; Acts 2:27; Psalm 49:8–15
  53. 56 Romans 4:15; Galatians 3:10–13; Romans 6:23; Romans 7:5–13; John 8:24
  54. 57 2 Corinthians 2:14; Romans 8:37; 1 John 5:4–5; Proverbs 21:31; Revelation 12:11
  55. 58 Galatians 6:9; 2 Chronicles 15:7; Hebrews 6:10; Philippians 2:16; 1 Corinthians 3:8

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  1. Commentary 15:1 John Chrysostom, Homilies on First Corinthians (Homily XXXVIII)

    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)

  2. Quotes verse 15:8 Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies (Book I, Chapter VIII)

    … 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 …

    Read in context · Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1 (1885)

  3. Quotes verse 15:22 Augustine of Hippo, Confessions (Book V, Chapters IX–X)

    … 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)

  4. Quotes verse 15:33 John Chrysostom, Homilies on the Gospel of Matthew (Homily II)

    … 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)

  5. Quotes verse 15:55 Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures (Lecture III)

    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)