The Whole Creation Invoked to Praise the Lord.

Israel Invoked to Praise the Lord.

A Psalm of Praise.

²⁹ For otherwise, what will those do who are baptized ^[a]for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why then are they baptized ^[b]for them? ³⁰ Why are we also ^(A)in danger every hour? ³¹ I affirm, brothers and sisters, by the boasting in you which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, that ^(B)I die daily. ³² If ^[c]from human motives I ^(C)fought with wild beasts at ^(D)Ephesus, what good is it to me? If the dead are not raised, ^(E)let’s eat and drink, for tomorrow we die. ^33 (F)Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good morals.” ^34 (G)Sober up ^[d]morally and stop sinning, for some have ^(H)no knowledge of God. ^(I)I say this to your shame.

³⁵ But ^(J)someone will say, “How are ^(K)the dead raised? And with what kind of body do they come?” ^36 (L)You fool! That which you ^(M)sow does not come to life unless it dies; ³⁷ and that which you sow, you do not sow the body which is to be, but a bare grain, perhaps of wheat or of ^[e]something else. ³⁸ But God gives it a body just as He wished, and ^(N)to each of the seeds a body of its own. ³⁹ All flesh is not the same flesh, but there is one flesh of mankind, another flesh of animals, another flesh of birds, and another of fish. ⁴⁰ There are also heavenly bodies and earthly bodies, but the glory of the heavenly is one, and the glory of the earthly is another. ⁴¹ There is one glory of the sun, another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for star differs from star in glory.

^42 (O)So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown ^[f](P)a perishable body, it is raised ^[g](Q)an imperishable body; ⁴³ it is sown in dishonor, it is raised in ^(R)glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power; ⁴⁴ it is sown a ^(S)natural body, it is raised a ^(T)spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body. ⁴⁵ So also it is written: “The first ^(U)man, Adam, became a living ^[h]person.” The ^(V)last Adam was a ^(W)life-giving spirit. ⁴⁶ However, the spiritual is not first, but the natural; then the spiritual. ⁴⁷ The first man is ^(X)from the earth, ^[i](Y)earthy; the second man is from heaven. ⁴⁸ As is the earthy one, so also are those who are earthy; and as is the heavenly one, ^(Z)so also are those who are heavenly. ⁴⁹ Just as we have ^(AA)borne the image of the earthy, ^[j]we ^(AB)will also bear the image of the heavenly.

The Mystery of Resurrection

⁵⁰ Now I say this, brothers and sisters, that ^(AC)flesh and blood cannot ^(AD)inherit the kingdom of God; nor does ^[k]the perishable inherit ^[l](AE)the imperishable. ⁵¹ Behold, I am telling you a ^[m](AF)mystery; we will not all sleep, but we will all be ^(AG)changed, ⁵² in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet; for ^(AH)the trumpet will sound, and ^(AI)the dead will be raised ^[n]imperishable, and ^(AJ)we will be changed. ⁵³ For this ^[o]perishable must put on ^[p](AK)the imperishable, and this ^(AL)mortal must put on immortality. ⁵⁴ But when this ^[q]perishable puts on ^[r]the imperishable, and this mortal puts on immortality, then will come about the saying that is written: “^(AM)Death has been swallowed up in victory. ^55 (AN)Where, O Death, is your victory? Where, O Death, is your sting?” ⁵⁶ The sting of ^(AO)death is sin, and ^(AP)the power of sin is the Law; ⁵⁷ but ^(AQ)thanks be to God, who gives us the ^(AR)victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

^58 (AS)Therefore, my beloved brothers and sisters, be firm, immovable, always excelling in ^(AT)the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.