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1 Corinthians 15 :: Bible in Basic English (BBE)

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The Fact of Christ's Resurrection

(cf. Mar 16:9–20 )

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 15:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:1 - Now I am going to make clear to you, my brothers, what the good news was which I gave to you, and which you took, and on which your faith is based,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 15:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:2 - By which you have salvation; that is to say, the form in which it was given to you, if it is fixed in your minds, and if your faith in it is not without effect.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:3 - 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;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 15:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:4 - 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;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 15:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:5 - And he was seen by Cephas; then by the twelve;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 15:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:6 - 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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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:7 - Then he was seen by James; then by all the Apostles.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 15:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:8 - And last of all, as by one whose birth was out of the right time, he was seen by me.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 15:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:9 - For I am the least of the Apostles, having no right to be named an Apostle, because of my cruel attacks on the church of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 15:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:10 - But by the grace of God, I am what I am: and his grace which was given to me has not been for nothing; for I did more work than all of them; though not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 15:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:11 - If then it is I who am the preacher, or they, this is our word, and to this you have given your faith.
(cf. 1Th 4:13–18 )

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 15:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:12 - 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?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 15:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:13 - But if there is no coming back from the dead, then Christ has not come back from the dead:

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 15:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:14 - And if Christ did not come again from the dead, then our good news and your faith in it are of no effect.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 15:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:15 - 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 15:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:16 - 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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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:17 - And if that is so, your faith is of no effect; you are still in your sins.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 15:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:18 - And, in addition, the dead in Christ have gone to destruction.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 15:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:19 - If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most unhappy.

The Order of Resurrection

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:20 - But now Christ has truly come back from the dead, the first-fruits of those who are sleeping.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 15:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:21 - For as by man came death, so by man there is a coming back from the dead.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 15:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:22 - For as in Adam death comes to all, so in Christ will all come back to life.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 15:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 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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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:24 - 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:25 - For his rule will go on till he has put all those who are against him under his feet.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:26 - The last power to come to an end is death.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 15:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:27 - 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 15:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:28 - 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 15:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:29 - 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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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 15:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:30 - And why are we in danger every hour?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 15:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:31 - Yes, truly, by your pride in me, my brothers in Christ Jesus our Lord, my life is one long death.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 15:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:32 - If, after the way of men, I was fighting with beasts at Ephesus, what profit is it to me? If the dead do not come to life again, let us take our pleasure in feasting, for tomorrow we come to an end.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 15:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:33 - Do not be tricked by false words: evil company does damage to good behaviour.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 15:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:34 - Be awake to righteousness and keep yourselves from sin; for some have no knowledge of God: I say this to put you to shame.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 15:35

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:35 - But someone will say, How do the dead come back? and with what sort of body do they come?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:36 - Foolish man, it is necessary for the seed which you put into the earth to undergo death in order that it may come to life again:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:37 - And when you put it into the earth, you do not put in the body which it will be, but only the seed, of grain or some other sort of plant;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:38 - But God gives it a body, as it is pleasing to him, and to every seed its special body.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:39 - All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one flesh of men, another of beasts, another of birds, and another of fishes.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:40 - And there are bodies of heaven and bodies of earth, but the glory of the one is different from that of the other.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 15:41

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:41 - There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for the glory of one star is different from that of another.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 15:42

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:42 - So is it with the coming back from the dead. It is planted in death; it comes again in life:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:43 - It is planted in shame; it comes again in glory: feeble when it is planted, it comes again in power:

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 15:44

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:44 - 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 15:45

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:45 - 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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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:46 - But that which is natural comes before that which is of the spirit.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:47 - The first man is from the earth, and of the earth: the second man is from heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 15:48

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:48 - Those who are of the earth are like the man who was from the earth: and those who are of heaven are like the one from heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 15:49

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:49 - And in the same way as we have taken on us the image of the man from the earth, so we will take on us the image of the one from heaven.

The Mystery of Resurrection

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:50 - Now I say this, my brothers, that it is not possible for flesh and blood to have a part in the kingdom of God; and death may not have a part in life.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 15:51

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:51 - 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:52 - 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 15:53

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:53 - 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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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:54 - 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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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:55 - O death, where is your power? O death, where are your pains?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 15:56

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:56 - The pain of death is sin; and the power of sin is the law:

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 15:57

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:57 - But praise be to God who gives us strength to overcome through our Lord Jesus Christ.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 15:58

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:58 - For this cause, my dear brothers, be strong in purpose and unmoved, ever giving yourselves to the work of the Lord, because you are certain that your work is not without effect in the Lord.
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