1 Corinthians 15:20-34

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²⁰But in fact ^(A)Christ has been raised from the dead, ^(B)the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. ²¹For as ^(C)by a man came death, ^(D)by a man has come also the resurrection of the dead. ²²For ^(E)as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive. ²³But each in his own order: Christ the firstfruits, then ^(F)at his coming ^(G)those who belong to Christ. ²⁴Then comes the end, when he delivers ^(H)the kingdom to God the Father after destroying ^(I)every rule and every authority and power. ²⁵For he must reign ^(J)until he has put all his enemies under his feet. ²⁶The last enemy to be ^(K)destroyed is death. ²⁷For ^(L)“God^[a] 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 who put all things in subjection under him. ²⁸When ^(M)all things are subjected to him, then the Son himself will also be subjected to him who put all things in subjection under him, that ^(N)God may be all in all.

²⁹Otherwise, what do people mean by being baptized on behalf of the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why are people baptized on their behalf? ³⁰Why are we ^(O)in danger every hour? ³¹I protest, brothers, by ^(P)my pride in you, which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, ^(Q)I die every day! ³²What do I gain if, humanly speaking, ^(R)I fought with beasts at Ephesus? If the dead are not raised, ^(S)“Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.” ³³^(T)Do not be deceived: ^(U)“Bad company ruins good morals.”^[b] ³⁴^(V)Wake up from your drunken stupor, as is right, and do not go on sinning. For ^(W)some have no knowledge of God. ^(X)I say this to your shame.

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Footnotes

1 Corinthians 15:27 Greek he
1 Corinthians 15:33 Probably from Menander's comedy Thais

Isaiah 22:1-14

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An Oracle Concerning Jerusalem

22 The ^(A)oracle concerning ^(B)the valley of vision.

What do you mean that you have gone up,
    all of you, to the housetops,
²you who are full of shoutings,
    tumultuous city, ^(C)exultant town?
Your slain are ^(D)not slain with the sword
    or dead in battle.
³^(E)All your leaders have fled together;
    without the bow they were captured.
All of you who were found were captured,
    though they had fled far away.
⁴Therefore I said:
“Look away from me;
    ^(F)let me weep bitter tears;
do not labor to comfort me
    concerning the destruction of the daughter of my people.”

⁵^(G)For the Lord God of hosts has ^(H)a day
    of tumult and ^(I)trampling and ^(J)confusion
    in ^(K)the valley of vision,
a battering down of walls
    and a shouting to the mountains.
⁶And ^(L)Elam bore the quiver
    with chariots and horsemen,
    and ^(M)Kir uncovered the shield.
⁷Your choicest valleys were full of chariots,
    and the horsemen took their stand at the gates.
⁸He has taken away ^(N)the covering of Judah.

In that day you looked to ^(O)the weapons of the House of the Forest, ⁹and you saw that ^(P)the breaches of the city of David were many. ^(Q)You collected the waters of the lower pool, ¹⁰and you counted the houses of Jerusalem, and you broke down the houses to fortify the wall. ¹¹^(R)You made a reservoir between ^(S)the two walls for the water of ^(T)the old pool. But ^(U)you did not look to him who did it, or see him who planned it long ago.

¹²In that day ^(V)the Lord God of hosts
    called for weeping and mourning,
    for ^(W)baldness and ^(X)wearing sackcloth;
¹³and behold, joy and gladness,
    killing oxen and slaughtering sheep,
    eating flesh and drinking wine.
^(Y)“Let us eat and drink,
    for tomorrow we die.”
¹⁴The Lord of hosts ^(Z)has revealed himself in my ears:
“Surely ^(AA)this iniquity will not be atoned for you ^(AB)until you die,”
    says the Lord God of hosts.