1 Corinthians 15:23
But every man in his right order: Christ the first-fruits; then those who are Christ's at his coming.
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- 1 Cor 15:20 : 20 But now Christ has truly come back from the dead, the first-fruits of those who are sleeping.
- 1 Cor 15:52 : 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.
- 2 Cor 10:7 : 7 Give attention to the things which are before you. If any man seems to himself to be Christ's, let him keep in mind that we are as much Christ's as he is.
- Gal 3:29 : 29 And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed, and yours is the heritage by the right of God's undertaking given to Abraham.
- Gal 5:24 : 24 And those who are Christ's have put to death on the cross the flesh with its passions and its evil desires.
- 1 Thess 2:19 : 19 For what is our hope or joy or crown of glory? Are not even you, before our Lord Jesus, at his coming?
- 1 Thess 4:15-17 : 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; 17 Then we who are still living will be taken up together with them into the clouds to see the Lord in the air: and so will we be for ever with the Lord.
- Isa 26:19 : 19 Your dead will come back; their dead bodies will come to life again. Those in the dust, awaking from their sleep, will send out a song; for your dew is a dew of light, and the earth will give birth to the shades.
- 1 Cor 3:23 : 23 And you are Christ's; and Christ is God's.
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- 1 Cor 15:18-225 verses78%
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.
20 But now Christ has truly come back from the dead, the first-fruits of those who are sleeping.
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.
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24 Then comes the end, when he will give up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he will have put an end to all rule and to all authority and power.
25 For his rule will go on till he has put all those who are against him under his feet.
26 The last power to come to an end is death.
27 For, as it says, He has put all things under his feet. But when he says, All things are put under him, it is clear that it is not said about him who put all things under him.
28 And when all things have been put under him, then will the Son himself be under him who put all things under him, so that God may be all in all.
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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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;
17 Then we who are still living will be taken up together with them into the clouds to see the Lord in the air: and so will we be for ever with the Lord.
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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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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:
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23 And you are Christ's; and Christ is God's.
- 1 Cor 15:51-544 verses70%
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.
54 But when this has taken place, then that which was said in the Writings will come true, Death is overcome by life.
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16 For if it is not possible for the dead to come to life again, then Christ has not come to life again:
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35 But someone will say, How do the dead come back? and with what sort of body do they come?
- 1 Cor 15:42-476 verses69%
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.
46 But that which is natural comes before that which is of the spirit.
47 The first man is from the earth, and of the earth: the second man is from heaven.
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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.
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27 Now you are the body of Christ, and every one of you the separate parts of it.
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22 And he has put all things under his feet, and has made him to be head over all things to the church,
23 Which is his body, the full measure of him in whom all things are made complete.
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6 It is right for the worker in the fields to be the first to take of the fruit.
- 1 Cor 15:3-53 verses68%
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;
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38 But God gives it a body, as it is pleasing to him, and to every seed its special body.
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12 For as the body is one, and has a number of parts, and all the parts make one body, so is Christ.
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1 Now as to the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ, and our meeting with him, it is our desire, my brothers,
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7 So that having every grace you are living in the hope of the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ;
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5 So we, though we are a number of persons, are one body in Christ, and are dependent on one another;
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23 And not only so, but we who have the first fruits of the Spirit, even we have sorrow in our minds, waiting for the time when we will take our place as sons, that is, the salvation of our bodies.
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3 But it is important for you to keep this fact in mind, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man, and the head of Christ is God.
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28 Do not be surprised at this: for the time is coming when his voice will come to all who are in the place of the dead,
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27 For the Son of man will come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he will give to every man the reward of his works.
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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.
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7 Then he was seen by James; then by all the Apostles.