1 Corinthians 15:21

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For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead also came through a man.

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  • John 11:25 : 25 Jesus said to her,“I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live even if he dies,
  • Rom 6:23 : 23 For the payoff of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
  • 1 Cor 15:22 : 22 For just as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive.
  • Rom 5:12-17 : 12 The Amplification of Justification So then, just as sin entered the world through one man and death through sin, and so death spread to all people because all sinned– 13 for before the law was given, sin was in the world, but there is no accounting for sin when there is no law. 14 Yet death reigned from Adam until Moses even over those who did not sin in the same way that Adam(who is a type of the coming one) transgressed. 15 But the gracious gift is not like the transgression. For if the many died through the transgression of the one man, how much more did the grace of God and the gift by the grace of the one man Jesus Christ multiply to the many! 16 And the gift is not like the one who sinned. For judgment, resulting from the one transgression, led to condemnation, but the gracious gift from the many failures led to justification. 17 For if, by the transgression of the one man, death reigned through the one, how much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one, Jesus Christ!

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  • 82%

    22For just as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive.

    23But each in his own order: Christ, the firstfruits; then when Christ comes, those who belong to him.

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    15Also, 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.

    16For if the dead are not raised, then not even Christ has been raised.

    17And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is useless; you are still in your sins.

    18Furthermore, those who have fallen asleep in Christ have also perished.

    19For if only in this life we have hope in Christ, we should be pitied more than anyone.

    20But now Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.

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    12No 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?

    13But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised.

  • 12The Amplification of Justification So then, just as sin entered the world through one man and death through sin, and so death spread to all people because all sinned–

  • 35The Resurrection Body But someone will say,“How are the dead raised? With what kind of body will they come?”

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    42It is the same with the resurrection of the dead. What is sown is perishable, what is raised is imperishable.

    43It is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power;

    44it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body.

    45So also it is written,“The first man, Adam, became a living person”; the last Adam became a life-giving spirit.

    46However, the spiritual did not come first, but the natural, and then the spiritual.

    47The first man is from the earth, made of dust; the second man is from heaven.

  • 30But God raised him from the dead,

  • 1 Cor 15:3-4
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    3For I passed on to you as of first importance what I also received– that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures,

    4and that he was buried, and that he was raised on the third day according to the scriptures,

  • 9For this reason Christ died and returned to life, so that he may be the Lord of both the dead and the living.

  • 15And 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.

  • Rom 5:14-15
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    14Yet death reigned from Adam until Moses even over those who did not sin in the same way that Adam(who is a type of the coming one) transgressed.

    15But the gracious gift is not like the transgression. For if the many died through the transgression of the one man, how much more did the grace of God and the gift by the grace of the one man Jesus Christ multiply to the many!

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    53For this perishable body must put on the imperishable, and this mortal body must put on immortality.

    54Now when this perishable puts on the imperishable, and this mortal puts on immortality, then the saying that is written will happen,“Death has been swallowed up in victory.”

    55“Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?”

  • 29Otherwise, 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?

  • Rom 5:17-19
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    17For if, by the transgression of the one man, death reigned through the one, how much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one, Jesus Christ!

    18Consequently, just as condemnation for all people came through one transgression, so too through the one righteous act came righteousness leading to life for all people.

    19For just as through the disobedience of the one man many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of one man many will be made righteous.

  • 5(The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were finished.) This is the first resurrection.

  • 11Moreover 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.

  • 9We know that since Christ has been raised from the dead, he is never going to die again; death no longer has mastery over him.

  • 14For 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.

  • 12As a result, death is at work in us, but life is at work in you.

  • 11and so, somehow, to attain to the resurrection from the dead.

  • 5For 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.

  • 16For 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.

  • 27Last of all, the woman died.

  • 7(For someone who has died has been freed from sin.)

  • 21Through 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.

  • 31because he has set a day on which he is going to judge the world in righteousness, by a man whom he designated, having provided proof to everyone by raising him from the dead.”

  • 26The last enemy to be eliminated is death.

  • 6Now it was for this very purpose that the gospel was preached to those who are now dead, so that though they were judged in the flesh by human standards they may live spiritually by God’s standards.

  • 31Now as for the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was spoken to you by God,

  • 32Finally the woman died too.

  • 21so that just as sin reigned in death, so also grace will reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

  • 3New 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,