1 Corinthians 15:17-22 New International Version

¹⁷And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins.^(A) ¹⁸Then those also who have fallen asleep^(B) in Christ are lost. ¹⁹If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied.^(C)

²⁰But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead,^(D) the firstfruits^(E) of those who have fallen asleep.^(F) ²¹For since death came through a man,^(G) the resurrection of the dead^(H) comes also through a man. ²²For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive.^(I)

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1 Corinthians 15:50-55 New International Version

⁵⁰I declare to you, brothers and sisters, that flesh and blood^(A) cannot inherit the kingdom of God,^(B) nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.^(C) ⁵¹Listen, I tell you a mystery:^(D) We will not all sleep,^(E) but we will all be changed^(F)— ⁵²in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound,^(G) the dead^(H) will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. ⁵³For the perishable^(I) must clothe itself with the imperishable,^(J) and the mortal with immortality. ⁵⁴When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come true: “Death has been swallowed up in victory.”^[a]^(K)

⁵⁵“Where, O death, is your victory?
Where, O death, is your sting?”^[b]^(L)

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1 Corinthians 15:54 Isaiah 25:8
1 Corinthians 15:55 Hosea 13:14

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