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| 15:1 | And I make known to you, brethren, the good news that I proclaimed to you, which also ye did receive, in which also ye have stood, |
| 15:2 | through which also ye are being saved, in what words I proclaimed good news to you, if ye hold fast, except ye did believe in vain, |
| 15:3 | for I delivered to you first, what also I did receive, that Christ died for our sins, according to the Writings, |
| 15:4 | and that he was buried, and that he hath risen on the third day, according to the Writings, |
| 15:5 | and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve, |
| 15:6 | afterwards he appeared to above five hundred brethren at once, of whom the greater part remain till now, and certain also did fall asleep; |
| 15:7 | afterwards he appeared to James, then to all the apostles. |
| 15:8 | And last of all -- as to the untimely birth -- he appeared also to me, |
| 15:9 | for I am the least of the apostles, who am not worthy to be called an apostle, because I did persecute the assembly of God, |
| 15:10 | and by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace that `is' towards me came not in vain, but more abundantly than they all did I labour, yet not I, but the grace of God that `is' with me; |
| 15:11 | whether, then, I or they, so we preach, and so ye did believe. |
| 15:12 | And if Christ is preached, that out of the dead he hath risen, how say certain among you, that there is no rising again of dead persons? |
| 15:13 | and if there be no rising again of dead persons, neither hath Christ risen; |
| 15:14 | and if Christ hath not risen, then void `is' our preaching, and void also your faith, |
| 15:15 | and we also are found false witnesses of God, because we did testify of God that He raised up the Christ, whom He did not raise if then dead persons do not rise; |
| 15:16 | for if dead persons do not rise, neither hath Christ risen, |
| 15:17 | and if Christ hath not risen, vain is your faith, ye are yet in your sins; |
| 15:18 | then, also, those having fallen asleep in Christ did perish; |
| 15:19 | if in this life we have hope in Christ only, of all men we are most to be pitied. |
| 15:20 | And now, Christ hath risen out of the dead -- the first-fruits of those sleeping he became, |
| 15:21 | for since through man `is' the death, also through man `is' a rising again of the dead, |
| 15:22 | for even as in Adam all die, so also in the Christ all shall be made alive, |
| 15:23 | and each in his proper order, a first-fruit Christ, afterwards those who are the Christ's, in his presence, |
| 15:24 | then -- the end, when he may deliver up the reign to God, even the Father, when he may have made useless all rule, and all authority and power -- |
| 15:25 | for it behoveth him to reign till he may have put all the enemies under his feet -- |
| 15:26 | the last enemy is done away -- death; |
| 15:27 | for all things He did put under his feet, and, when one may say that all things have been subjected, `it is' evident that He is excepted who did subject the all things to him, |
| 15:28 | and when the all things may be subjected to him, then the Son also himself shall be subject to Him, who did subject to him the all things, that God may be the all in all. |
| 15:29 | Seeing what shall they do who are baptized for the dead, if the dead do not rise at all? why also are they baptized for the dead? |
| 15:30 | why also do we stand in peril every hour? |
| 15:31 | Every day do I die, by the glorying of you that I have in Christ Jesus our Lord: |
| 15:32 | if after the manner of a man with wild beasts I fought in Ephesus, what the advantage to me if the dead do not rise? let us eat and drink, for to-morrow we die! |
| 15:33 | Be not led astray; evil communications corrupt good manners; |
| 15:34 | awake up, as is right, and sin not; for certain have an ignorance of God; for shame to you I say `it'. |
| 15:35 | But some one will say, `How do the dead rise? |
| 15:36 | unwise! thou -- what thou dost sow is not quickened except it may die; |
| 15:37 | and that which thou dost sow, not the body that shall be dost thou sow, but bare grain, it may be of wheat, or of some one of the others, |
| 15:38 | and God doth give to it a body according as He willed, and to each of the seeds its proper body. |
| 15:39 | All flesh `is' not the same flesh, but there is one flesh of men, and another flesh of beasts, and another of fishes, and another of birds; |
| 15:40 | and `there are' heavenly bodies, and earthly bodies; but one `is' the glory of the heavenly, and another that of the earthly; |
| 15:41 | one glory of sun, and another glory of moon, and another glory of stars, for star from star doth differ in glory. |
| 15:42 | So also `is' the rising again of the dead: it is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruption; |
| 15:43 | it is sown in dishonour, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power; |
| 15:44 | it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body; there is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body; |
| 15:45 | so also it hath been written, `The first man Adam became a living creature,' the last Adam `is' for a life-giving spirit, |
| 15:46 | but that which is spiritual `is' not first, but that which `was' natural, afterwards that which `is' spiritual. |
| 15:47 | The first man `is' out of the earth, earthy; the second man `is' the Lord out of heaven; |
| 15:48 | as `is' the earthy, such `are' also the earthy; and as `is' the heavenly, such `are' also the heavenly; |
| 15:49 | and, according as we did bear the image of the earthy, we shall bear also the image of the heavenly. |
| 15:50 | And this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood the reign of God is not able to inherit, nor doth the corruption inherit the incorruption; |
| 15:51 | lo, I tell you a secret; we indeed shall not all sleep, and we all shall be changed; |
| 15:52 | in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, in the last trumpet, for it shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we -- we shall be changed: |
| 15:53 | for it behoveth this corruptible to put on incorruption, and this mortal to put on immortality; |
| 15:54 | and when this corruptible may have put on incorruption, and this mortal may have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the word that hath been written, `The Death was swallowed up -- to victory; |
| 15:55 | where, O Death, thy sting? where, O Hades, thy victory?' |
| 15:56 | and the sting of the death `is' the sin, and the power of the sin the law; |
| 15:57 | and to God -- thanks, to Him who is giving us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ; |
| 15:58 | so that, my brethren beloved, become ye stedfast, unmovable, abounding in the work of the Lord at all times, knowing that your labour is not vain in the Lord. |
| 15:1 | Brethren as pertayninge to the gospell which I preached vnto you which ye have also accepted and in the which ye continue |
| 15:2 | by which also ye are saved: I do you to wit after what maner I preached vnto you yf ye kepe it except ye have beleved in vayne. |
| 15:3 | For fyrst of all I delivered vnto you that which I receaved: how that Christ dyed for oure synnes agreinge to the scriptures: |
| 15:4 | and that he was buried and that he arose agayne the thyrd daye accordinge to the scriptures: |
| 15:5 | and that he he was sene of Cephas then of the twelve. |
| 15:6 | After that he was sene of moo the five hodred brethren at once: of which many remayne vnto this daye and many are fallen aslepe. |
| 15:7 | After that appered he to Iames then to all the Apostles. |
| 15:8 | And last of all he was sene of me as of one that was borne out of due tyme. |
| 15:9 | For I am the lest of all the Apostles which am not worthy to be called an Apostle because I persecuted the congregacion of God. |
| 15:10 | But by the grace of God I am that I am. And his grace which is in me was not in vayne: but I labored moare aboundauntly then they all not I but the grace of God which is with me. |
| 15:11 | Whether it were I or they so we preache and so have ye beleved. |
| 15:12 | If Christ be preached how that he rose fro deeth: how saye some that are amoge you that ther is no resurreccion from deeth? |
| 15:13 | If ther be no rysynge agayne from deeth: then is Christ not rysen. |
| 15:14 | If Christ be not rysen then is oure preachinge vayne and youre faith is also in vayne. |
| 15:15 | Ye and we are founde falce witnesses of God. For we have testifyed of God how that he raysyd vp Christ whom he raysyd not vp yf it be so that the deed ryse not vp agayne. |
| 15:16 | For yf the deed ryse not agayne then is Christ not rysen agayne. |
| 15:17 | If it be so yt Christ rose not then is youre fayth in vayne and yet are ye in youre synnes. |
| 15:18 | And therto they which are fallen a slepe in Christ are perished. |
| 15:19 | If in this lyfe only we beleve on christ then are we of all men the miserablest. |
| 15:20 | But now is Christ rysen from deeth and is become the fyrst frutes of them that slept. |
| 15:21 | For by a man came deeth and by a man came resurreccion fro deeth. |
| 15:22 | For as by Adam all dye: eve so by Christ shall all be made alive |
| 15:23 | and every man in his awne order. The fyrst is Christ then they yt are Christis at his commynge. |
| 15:24 | Then cometh the ende when he hath delivered vp ye kyngdome to God ye father when he hath put doune all rule auctorite and power. |
| 15:25 | For he must raygne tyll he have put all his enemyes vnder his fete. |
| 15:26 | The last enemye that shalbe destroyed is deeth. |
| 15:27 | For he hath put all thinges vnder his fete. But when he sayth all thinges are put vnder him it is manyfest that he is excepted which dyd put all thinges vnder him. |
| 15:28 | When all thinges are subdued vnto him: then shall the sonne also him selfe be subiecte vnto him that put all thinges vnder him yt God maye be all in all thinges. |
| 15:29 | Ether els what do they which are baptised over ye deed yf the deed ryse not at all? Why are they then baptised over the deed? |
| 15:30 | Ye and why stonde we in ieoperdy every houre? |
| 15:31 | By oure reioysinge which I have in Christ Iesu oure Lorde I dye dayly. |
| 15:32 | That I have fought with beastes at Ephesus after the maner of men what avautageth it me yf the deed ryse not agayne? Let vs eate and drynke to morowe we shall dye. |
| 15:33 | Be not deceaved: malicious speakinges corrupte good maners. |
| 15:34 | Awake truely out of slepe and synne not. For some have not the knowlege of God. I speake this vnto youre rebuke. |
| 15:35 | But some ma will saye: how aryse ye deed? with what bodyes come they in? |
| 15:36 | Thou fole that which thou sowest is not quickened except it dye. |
| 15:37 | And what sowest thow? Thow sowest not that body that shalbe: but bare corne (I meane ether of wheet or of some other) |
| 15:38 | and God geveth it a body at his pleasure to every seed a severall body. |
| 15:39 | All flesshe is not one manner of flesshe: but ther is one maner flesshe of men another maner flesshe of beastes another maner flesshe of fysshes and another of byrdes. |
| 15:40 | Ther are celestiall bodyes and ther are bodyes terrestriall. But ye glory of ye celestiall is one and ye glory of the terrestriall is another. |
| 15:41 | Ther is one maner glory of the sonne and another glory of the mone and another glory of the starres. For one starre differth fro another in glory. |
| 15:42 | So is the resurreccio of ye deed. It is sowe in corrupcio and ryseth in incorrupcion. |
| 15:43 | It is sowen in dishonoure and ryseth in honoure. It is sowe in weaknes and ryseth in power. It is sowne a naturall body and ryseth a spretuall body. |
| 15:44 | Ther is a naturall bodye and ther is a spretuall body: |
| 15:45 | as it is written: the fyrste man Adam was made a livinge soule: and ye last Ada was made a quickeninge sprete. |
| 15:46 | How be it yt is not fyrst which is spirituall: but yt which is naturall and then yt which is spretuall. |
| 15:47 | The fyrst ma is of the erth erthy: the seconde man is ye Lorde fro heave. |
| 15:48 | As is the erthy soche are they that are erthye. And as is the hevely soche are they yt are hevenly. |
| 15:49 | And as we have borne the ymage of the erthy so shall we beare the ymage of the hevenly. |
| 15:50 | This saye I brethren that flesshe and bloud canot inheret the kyngdome of God. Nether corrupcion inhereth vncorrupcion. |
| 15:51 | Beholde I shewe you a mystery. We shall not all slepe: but we shall all be chaunged |
| 15:52 | and that in a moment and in the twinclinge of an eye at the sounde of the last trompe. For the trompe shall blowe and ye deed shall ryse incorruptible and we shalbe chaunged. |
| 15:53 | For this corruptible must put on incorruptibilite: and this mortall must put on immortalite. |
| 15:54 | When this corruptible hath put on incorruptibilite and this mortall hath put on immortalite: then shalbe brought to passe ye sayinge yt is writte. Deeth is consumed in to victory. |
| 15:55 | Deeth where is thy stynge? Hell where is thy victory? |
| 15:56 | The stynge of deeth is synne: and the strength of synne is the lawe. |
| 15:57 | But thankes be vnto God which hath geven vs victory thorow oure Lorde Iesus Christ. |
| 15:58 | Therfore my deare brethren be ye stedfast and unmovable alwayes ryche in the workes of the Lorde for as moch as ye knowe how yt youre labour is not in vayne in the Lorde. |
| 15:1 | I declare vnto you brethren, the Gospell that I haue preached vnto you (which ye haue also accepted, and in the which ye stode, |
| 15:2 | by the which also ye are saued) after what maner I preached it vnto you, yf ye haue kepte it, excepte ye haue beleued in vayne. |
| 15:3 | For first of all I delyuered vnto you that which I also receaued, how that Christ dyed for oure synnes acordinge to the scriptures, |
| 15:4 | and that he was buried, and that he rose agayne ye thirde daye acordinge to the scriptures, |
| 15:5 | and that he was sene of Cephas, then of the twolue: |
| 15:6 | after that was he sene of mo then fyue hundreth brethren at once, wherof there are yet many alyue, but some are fallen aslepe. |
| 15:7 | Afterwarde was he sene of Iames, then of all the Apostles. |
| 15:8 | Last of all was he sene of me also, as of one borne out of due tyme. |
| 15:9 | For I am ye leest of the Apostles, which am not worthy to be called an Apostle, because I persecuted the congregacion of God. |
| 15:10 | But by the grace of God I am that I am. And his grace in me hath not bene vayne, but I haue laboured more then they all: howbeit not I but the grace of God which is wt me. |
| 15:11 | Now whether it be I or they, thus haue we preached, and thus haue ye beleued. |
| 15:12 | But yf Christ be preached, that he is rysen from the deed, how saye then some amoge you, that there is no resurreccion of the deed? |
| 15:13 | Yf there be no resurreccio of the deed, then is Christ not rysen. |
| 15:14 | Yf Christ be not rysen, then is oure preachinge in vayne,and youre faith is also in vayne: |
| 15:15 | yee and we are founde false witnesses of God, because we haue testified agaynst God, that he hath raysed vp Christ, whom he hath not raysed vp, yf the deed ryse not agayne. |
| 15:16 | For yf the deed ryse not agayne, the is Christ also not rysen agayne. |
| 15:17 | But yf Christ be not rysen agayne, then is youre faith in vayne, and ye are yet in youre synnes: |
| 15:18 | they also that are falle a slepe in Christ, are perished. |
| 15:19 | Yf in this life onely we hope on Christ, then are we of all men the most miserable. |
| 15:20 | But now is Christ rysen from the deed, and is become ye first frutes of them that slepe. |
| 15:21 | For by one man commeth death, and by one man the resurreccion of the deed. |
| 15:22 | For as they all dye in Adam, so shal they all be made alyue in Christ, |
| 15:23 | but euery one in his order. The first is Christ, then they that beloge vnto Christ, whan he commeth. |
| 15:24 | Then the ende, wha he shal delyuer vp the kyngdome vnto God the father, whan he shal put downe all rule, and all superiorite, & power. |
| 15:25 | For he must raygne, tyll he haue put all his enemies vnder his fete. |
| 15:26 | The last enemye that shal be destroyed, is death, |
| 15:27 | for he hath put all thinges vnder his fete. But wha he sayeth, that all thinges are put vnder him, it is manifest that he is excepted, which put all thinges vnder him. |
| 15:28 | Whan all thinges shalbe subdued vnto him, then shal the sonne himselfe also be subiecte vnto him, which put all thinges vnder him, that God maye be all in all. |
| 15:29 | Or els what do they which are baptised ouer ye deed, yf the deed ryse not at all? Why are they then baptysed ouer the deed? |
| 15:30 | And why stonde we in ioperdy euery houre? |
| 15:31 | By oure reioysinge which I haue in Christ Iesu or LORDE, I dye daylie. |
| 15:32 | That I haue foughte with beestes at Ephesus after ye maner of men, what helpeth it me, yf the deed ryse not agayne? Let vs eate and drynke, for tomorow we shal dye. |
| 15:33 | Be not ye disceaued. Euell speakinges corruppe good maners. |
| 15:34 | Awake righte vp, and synne not: for some haue not ye knowlege of God. This I saye to youre shame. |
| 15:35 | But some man mighte saye: How shal the deed aryse? And with what maner off body shal they come? |
| 15:36 | Thou foole, yt which thou sowest is not quyckened, excepte it dye. |
| 15:37 | And what sowest thou? thou sowest not ye body that shalbe, but a bare corne, namely of wheate, or of some other. |
| 15:38 | But God geueth it a body as he wil, and vnto euery one of ye sedes his owne body. |
| 15:39 | All flesshe is not one maner of flesshe, but there is one maner flesshe of men, another of beastes, another of fisshes, another of byrdes. |
| 15:40 | And there are heauenly bodies, and there are earthy bodies: but the heauenly haue one glory, and ye earthy another. |
| 15:41 | The Sonne hath one clearnes, the Moone hath another clearnesse, and the starres haue another clearnesse, for one starre excelleth another in clearnesse: |
| 15:42 | Euen so the resurreccion of the deed. It is sowne in corrupcion,and shal ryse in vncorrupcion: |
| 15:43 | It is sowne in dishonoure, & shal ryse in glory:It is sowne in weaknesse, and shal ryse in power: It is sowne a naturall body, & shal ryse a spirituall body. |
| 15:44 | Yf there be a naturall body, there is a spirituall body also. |
| 15:45 | As it is wrytten: The first man Adam was made in to a naturall life, and the last Ada in to a spiritual life. |
| 15:46 | Howbeit the spirituall body is not the first, but ye naturall, and then the spirituall. |
| 15:47 | The first man is of the earth, earthy: ye seconde ma is fro heaue, heauely. |
| 15:48 | As the earthy is, soch are they also that are earthy: and as ye heauenly is, soch are they also yt are heauenly. |
| 15:49 | And as we haue borne the ymage of the earthy, so shal we beare the ymage of the heauenly also. |
| 15:50 | This I saye brethren, that flesh & bloude can not inheret ye kyngdome of God: nether shal corrupcion inheret vncorrupcion. |
| 15:51 | Beholde, I saye vnto you a mystery: We shal not all slepe, but we shall all be chaunged, |
| 15:52 | and that sodenly and in the twinklynge of an eye, at the tyme of the last trompe. For the trompe shal blowe, and the deed shal ryse vncorruptible, and we shalbe chaunged. |
| 15:53 | For this corruptible must put on vncorrupcion, and this mortall must put on immortalite. |
| 15:54 | But whan this corruptible shal put on vncorrupcion, and this mortall shal put on immortalite, the shal the worde be fulfylled that is wrytte: |
| 15:55 | Death is swalowed vp in victory. Death, where is thy stynge? Hell, where is yi victory? |
| 15:56 | The stynge of death is synne: The strength of synne is the lawe. |
| 15:57 | But thankes be vnto God , which hath geue vs the victory thorow oure LORDE Iesus Christ. |
| 15:58 | Therfore my deare brethre, be ye stedfast, vnmoueable, & all waye riche in the worke of the LORDE, for as moch as ye knowe, that youre laboure is not in vayne in the LORDE. |
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