Daily Meditation
57 But thanks be to
God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Today’s Reading
1 Corinthians
Chapter 15
In Christ shall all
be made alive
1 Moreover,
brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also
ye have received, and wherein ye stand; 2 by which also ye are saved, if ye
keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. 3 For
I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ
died for our sins according to the scriptures; 4 and that he was buried, and
that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures: 5 and that he was
seen of Cephas, then of the twelve: 6 after that, he was seen of above five
hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present,
but some are fallen asleep. 7 After that, he was seen of James; then of all the
apostles. 8 And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due
time. 9 For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an
apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. 10 But by the grace of God I
am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I
laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which
was with me. 11 Therefore whether it were I or they, so we preach, and so ye believed.
12 Now if Christ be
preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no
resurrection of the dead? 13 But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then
is Christ not risen: 14 and if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain,
and your faith is also vain. 15 Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God;
because we have testified of God that he raised up Christ: whom he raised not
up, if so be that the dead rise not. 16 For if the dead rise not, then is not
Christ raised: 17 and if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet
in your sins. 18 Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished.
19 If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most
miserable. 20 But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits
of them that slept. 21 For since by man came death, by man came also the
resurrection of the dead. 22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall
all be made alive. 23 But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits;
afterward they that are Christ’s at his coming.
24 Then cometh the
end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when
he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power. 25 For he must
reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet. 26 The last enemy that
shall be destroyed is death. 27 For he hath put all things under his feet. But
when he saith all things are put under him, it is manifest that he is excepted,
which did put all things under him. 28 And when all things shall be subdued
unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all
things under him, that God may be all in all. 29 Else what shall they do which
are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? why are they then
baptized for the dead? 30 And why stand we in jeopardy every hour? 31 I protest
by your rejoicing which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily. 32 If
after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth
it me, if the dead rise not? let us eat and drink; for to morrow we die.
33 Be not deceived:
evil communications corrupt good manners. 34 Awake to righteousness, and sin
not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame.
35 But some man will
say, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come? 36 Thou fool,
that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die: 37 and that which thou
sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain, it may chance
of wheat, or of some other grain: 38 but God giveth it a body as it hath
pleased him, and to every seed his own body. 39 All flesh is not the same
flesh: but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another
of fishes, and another of birds. 40 There are also celestial bodies, and bodies
terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the
terrestrial is another. 41 There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of
the moon, and another glory of the stars: for one star differeth from another star
in glory. 42 So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption;
it is raised in incorruption: 43 it is sown in dishonour; 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.
There is a natural
body, and there is a spiritual body. 45 And so it is written, The first man
Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit. 46
Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and
afterward that which is spiritual. 47 The first man is of the earth, earthy:
the second man is the Lord from heaven. 48 As is the earthy, such are they also
that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly.
49 And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image
of the heavenly.
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