1 Corinthians 15:20
But now Christ has truly come back from the dead, the first-fruits of those who are sleeping.
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- 1 Pet 1:3 : 3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who through his great mercy has given us a new birth and a living hope by the coming again of Jesus Christ from the dead,
- Rev 1:5 : 5 And from Jesus Christ, the true witness, the first to come back from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who had love for us and has made us clean from our sins by his blood;
- Acts 26:23 : 23 That the Christ would go through pain, and being the first to come back from the dead, would give light to the people and to the Gentiles.
- 1 Cor 15:23 : 23 But every man in his right order: Christ the first-fruits; then those who are Christ's at his coming.
- Col 1:18 : 18 And he is the head of the body, the church: the starting point of all things, the first to come again from the dead; so that in all things he might have the chief place.
- Rom 8:11 : 11 But if the Spirit of him who made Jesus come again from the dead is in you, he who made Christ Jesus come again from the dead will in the same way, through his Spirit which is in you, give life to your bodies which now are under the power of death.
- 1 Cor 15:6 : 6 Then by more than five hundred brothers at the same time, most of whom are still living, but some are sleeping;
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- 1 Cor 15:12-198 verses80%
12 Now if the good news says that Christ came back from the dead, how do some of you say that there is no coming back from the dead?
13 But if there is no coming back from the dead, then Christ has not come back from the dead:
14 And if Christ did not come again from the dead, then our good news and your faith in it are of no effect.
15 Yes, and we are seen to be false witnesses of God; because we gave witness of God that by his power Christ came again from the dead: which is not true if there is no coming back from the dead.
16 For if it is not possible for the dead to come to life again, then Christ has not come to life again:
17 And if that is so, your faith is of no effect; you are still in your sins.
18 And, in addition, the dead in Christ have gone to destruction.
19 If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most unhappy.
- 1 Cor 15:21-233 verses79%
21 For as by man came death, so by man there is a coming back from the dead.
22 For as in Adam death comes to all, so in Christ will all come back to life.
23 But every man in his right order: Christ the first-fruits; then those who are Christ's at his coming.
- Rev 20:5-62 verses74%
5 The rest of the dead did not come to life again till the thousand years were ended. This is the first coming back from the dead.
6 Happy and holy is he who has a part in this first coming: over these the second death has no authority, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and will be ruling with him a thousand years.
- 1 Cor 15:3-64 verses74%
3 For I gave to you first of all what was handed down to me, how Christ underwent death for our sins, as it says in the Writings;
4 And he was put in the place of the dead; and on the third day he came back from the dead, as it says in the Writings;
5 And he was seen by Cephas; then by the twelve;
6 Then by more than five hundred brothers at the same time, most of whom are still living, but some are sleeping;
- 1 Thess 4:13-164 verses72%
13 But it is our desire, brothers, that you may be certain about those who are sleeping; so that you may have no need for sorrow, as others have who are without hope.
14 For if we have faith that Jesus underwent death and came back again, even so those who are sleeping will come again with him by God's power.
15 For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are still living at the coming of the Lord, will not go before those who are sleeping.
16 Because the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a word of authority, with the voice of the chief angel, with the sound of a horn: and the dead in Christ will come to life first;
- 1 Cor 15:42-454 verses72%
42 So is it with the coming back from the dead. It is planted in death; it comes again in life:
43 It is planted in shame; it comes again in glory: feeble when it is planted, it comes again in power:
44 It is planted a natural body; it comes again as a body of the spirit. If there is a natural body, there is equally a body of the spirit.
45 And so it is said, The first man Adam was a living soul. The last Adam is a life-giving spirit.
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30 But God gave him back from the dead:
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14 For this reason he says, Be awake, you who are sleeping, and come up from among the dead, and Christ will be your light.
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35 But someone will say, How do the dead come back? and with what sort of body do they come?
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8 But if we are dead with Christ, we have faith that we will be living with him;
9 Having knowledge that because Christ has come back from the dead, he will never again go down to the dead; death has no more power over him.
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3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who through his great mercy has given us a new birth and a living hope by the coming again of Jesus Christ from the dead,
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52 And the resting-places of the dead came open; and the bodies of a number of sleeping saints came to life;
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10 Who was put to death for us, so that, awake or sleeping, we may have a part in his life.
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9 And for this purpose Christ went into death and came back again, that he might be the Lord of the dead and of the living.
- 1 Cor 15:51-533 verses68%
51 See, I am giving you the revelation of a secret: we will not all come to the sleep of death, but we will all be changed.
52 In a second, in the shutting of an eye, at the sound of the last horn: for at that sound the dead will come again, free for ever from the power of death, and we will be changed.
53 For this body which comes to destruction will be made free from the power of death, and the man who is under the power of death will put on eternal life.
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15 And that he underwent death for all, so that the living might no longer be living to themselves, but to him who underwent death for them and came back from the dead.
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11 But if the Spirit of him who made Jesus come again from the dead is in you, he who made Christ Jesus come again from the dead will in the same way, through his Spirit which is in you, give life to your bodies which now are under the power of death.
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5 For, if we have been made like him in his death, we will, in the same way, be like him in his coming to life again;
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29 Again, what will they do who are given baptism for the dead? if the dead do not come back at all, why are people given baptism for them?
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18 And he is the head of the body, the church: the starting point of all things, the first to come again from the dead; so that in all things he might have the chief place.
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21 Who through him have faith in God who took him up again from the dead into glory; so that your faith and hope might be in God.
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10 But has now been made clear by the revelation of our Saviour Christ Jesus, who put an end to death and made life unending come to light through the good news,
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37 But he, who was lifted up by God, did not see destruction.
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2 And very early after dawn on the first day of the week, they came at the time of the coming up of the sun to the place where the body had been put.
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18 Men whose ideas are all false, who say that the coming back from the dead has even now taken place, overturning the faith of some.
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55 O death, where is your power? O death, where are your pains?
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6 He is not here, for he has come to life again, even as he said. Come, see the Lord's resting-place.
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23 That the Christ would go through pain, and being the first to come back from the dead, would give light to the people and to the Gentiles.