Old/New Testament
Otherwise, Why Be Concerned About The Dead Or Risk Our Lives?
29 Otherwise[a], what will the ones being baptized for[b] the dead do? If dead ones are not raised at-all, why indeed are they baptized for them? 30 Why indeed[c] are we in danger every hour? 31 I die[d] daily— by[e] your boasting, brothers, which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord. 32 If in accordance with human[f] thinking I fought-wild-animals[g] at Ephesus, what is the profit to me? If dead ones are not raised, “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die” [Isa 22:13].
Don’t Be Deceived. Sober Up
33 Do not be deceived: bad companionships[h] corrupt good habits[i]. 34 Sober-up[j] righteously[k] and do not be[l] sinning, for some have an ignorance of God. I speak to your shame.
How Are The Dead Raised, And With What Kind of Body?
35 But someone will say, “How are the dead raised? And with what kind of body do they come?”
What You Sow Must Die, And Then God Gives It New Life In a Different Body
36 Foolish one! What you sow is not given-life unless it dies. 37 And as to what you sow— you do not sow the body which will come, but a bare seed, perhaps of wheat or of some of the rest. 38 And God gives it a body just as He willed— indeed, to each of the seeds its own body[m]. 39 Not all flesh is the same flesh. But there is one of humans, and another flesh of livestock, and another flesh of birds, and another of fish. 40 And there are heavenly[n] bodies and earthly bodies. But the glory of the heavenly is one kind, and the glory of the earthly is different. 41 There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars. For star differs from star in glory.
So Also Is The Resurrection of The Dead. We Are Raised In a Heavenly Body
42 So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in decay[o]; it is raised in undecayability[p]. 43 It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power. 44 It is sown a natural[q] body; it is raised a spiritual body. If there is[r] a natural body, there is also a spiritual body. 45 So also it has been written [in Gen 2:7], “The first man, Adam, became a living soul”. The Last Adam[s] became a life-giving[t] spirit. 46 But the spiritual body is not first— but the natural body, then the spiritual. 47 The first man was from earth, made-of-dust. The second Man is from heaven[u]. 48 Such[v] as was the one made-of-dust— such ones also are the ones made-of-dust. And such as is the heavenly One— such ones also are the heavenly ones. 49 And just as we bore[w] the image[x] of the one made of dust, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly One.
Behold, I Tell You a Mystery: We Will Not All Die, But We Will All Conquer Death
50 Now I say this, brothers: that flesh and blood are not able to inherit the kingdom of God, nor does decay inherit undecayability. 51 Behold, I tell you a mystery[y]: we will not all fall-asleep. But we will all be changed— 52 in a moment, in the blink of an eye, at the last trumpet. For it will trumpet, and the dead will be raised undecayable[z], and we will be changed. 53 For this decayable body must put-on undecayability, and this mortal body must put on immortality[aa]. 54 And when this decayable body puts-on undecayability, and this mortal body puts on immortality, then the saying having been written will come-about[ab]: “Death was swallowed-up in victory” [Isa 25:8]. 55 “Death, where is your victory? Death, where is your stinger?” [Hos 13:14]. 56 Now the stinger[ac] of death is sin, and the power of sin is the Law[ad]. 57 But thanks be to God, the One giving us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
So Abound In The Work of The Lord; Your Labor Is Not In Vain
58 So then my beloved brothers, be[ae] steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not empty[af] in the Lord.
Disciples' Literal New Testament: Serving Modern Disciples by More Fully Reflecting the Writing Style of the Ancient Disciples, Copyright © 2011 Michael J. Magill. All Rights Reserved. Published by Reyma Publishing