1 Corinthians 15:20
But now Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.
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- 1 Pet 1:3 : 3 New Birth to Joy and Holiness Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By his great mercy he gave us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
- Rev 1:5 : 5 and from Jesus Christ– the faithful witness, the firstborn from among the dead, the ruler over the kings of the earth. To the one who loves us and has set us free from our sins at the cost of his own blood
- Acts 26:23 : 23 that the Christ was to suffer and be the first to rise from the dead, to proclaim light both to our people and to the Gentiles.”
- 1 Cor 15:23 : 23 But each in his own order: Christ, the firstfruits; then when Christ comes, those who belong to him.
- Col 1:18 : 18 He is the head of the body, the church, as well as the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that he himself may become first in all things.
- Rom 8:11 : 11 Moreover if the Spirit of the one who raised Jesus from the dead lives in you, the one who raised Christ from the dead will also make your mortal bodies alive through his Spirit who lives in you.
- 1 Cor 15:6 : 6 Then he appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers and sisters at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have fallen asleep.
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- 1 Cor 15:12-198 verses80%
12 No Resurrection? Now if Christ is being preached as raised from the dead, how can some of you say there is no resurrection of the dead?
13 But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised.
14 And if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is futile and your faith is empty.
15 Also, we are found to be false witnesses about God, because we have testified against God that he raised Christ from the dead, when in reality he did not raise him, if indeed the dead are not raised.
16 For if the dead are not raised, then not even Christ has been raised.
17 And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is useless; you are still in your sins.
18 Furthermore, those who have fallen asleep in Christ have also perished.
19 For if only in this life we have hope in Christ, we should be pitied more than anyone.
- 1 Cor 15:21-233 verses79%
21 For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead also came through a man.
22 For just as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive.
23 But each in his own order: Christ, the firstfruits; then when Christ comes, those who belong to him.
- Rev 20:5-62 verses74%
5 (The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were finished.) This is the first resurrection.
6 Blessed and holy is the one who takes part in the first resurrection. The second death has no power over them, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and they will reign with him for a thousand years.
- 1 Cor 15:3-64 verses74%
3 For I passed on to you as of first importance what I also received– that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures,
4 and that he was buried, and that he was raised on the third day according to the scriptures,
5 and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve.
6 Then he appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers and sisters at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have fallen asleep.
- 1 Thess 4:13-164 verses72%
13 The Lord Returns for Believers Now we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters, about those who are asleep, so that you will not grieve like the rest who have no hope.
14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, so also we believe that God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep as Christians.
15 For we tell you this by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will surely not go ahead of those who have fallen asleep.
16 For the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a shout of command, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.
- 1 Cor 15:42-454 verses72%
42 It is the same with the resurrection of the dead. What is sown is perishable, what is raised is imperishable.
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 body, it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body.
45 So also it is written,“The first man, Adam, became a living person”; the last Adam became a life-giving spirit.
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30 But God raised him from the dead,
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14 For everything made visible is light, and for this reason it says:“Awake, O sleeper! Rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you!”
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35 The Resurrection Body But someone will say,“How are the dead raised? With what kind of body will they come?”
- Rom 6:8-92 verses70%
8 Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him.
9 We know that since Christ has been raised from the dead, he is never going to die again; death no longer has mastery over him.
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3 New Birth to Joy and Holiness Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By his great mercy he gave us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
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52 And tombs were opened, and the bodies of many saints who had died were raised.
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10 He died for us so that whether we are alert or asleep we will come to life together with him.
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9 For this reason Christ died and returned to life, so that he may be the Lord of both the dead and the living.
- 1 Cor 15:51-533 verses68%
51 Listen, I will tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed–
52 in a moment, in the blinking of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.
53 For this perishable body must put on the imperishable, and this mortal body must put on immortality.
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15 And he died for all so that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised.
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11 Moreover if the Spirit of the one who raised Jesus from the dead lives in you, the one who raised Christ from the dead will also make your mortal bodies alive through his Spirit who lives in you.
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5 For if we have become united with him in the likeness of his death, we will certainly also be united in the likeness of his resurrection.
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29 Otherwise, what will those do who are baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, then why are they baptized for them?
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18 He is the head of the body, the church, as well as the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that he himself may become first in all things.
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21 Through him you now trust in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.
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10 but now made visible through the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus. He has broken the power of death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel!
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37 but the one whom God raised up did not experience decay.
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2 And very early on the first day of the week, at sunrise, they went to the tomb.
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18 They have strayed from the truth by saying that the resurrection has already occurred, and they are undermining some people’s faith.
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55 “Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?”
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6 He is not here, for he has been raised, just as he said. Come and see the place where he was lying.
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23 that the Christ was to suffer and be the first to rise from the dead, to proclaim light both to our people and to the Gentiles.”