Paul's first letter to Christians in the city of Corinth
The Resurrection of Christ
15 Now, brothers and sisters, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which you received and on which you have taken your stand. 2 By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain.
3 For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance[a]: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, 4 that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, 5 and that he appeared to Cephas,[b] and then to the Twelve. 6 After
that, he appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers and sisters
at the same time, most of whom are still living, though some have
fallen asleep. 7 Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles, 8 and last of all he appeared to me also, as to one abnormally born.
9 For I am the least of the apostles and do not even deserve 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 to me was not without effect. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me. 11 Whether, then, it is I or they, this is what we preach, and this is what you believed.
The Resurrection of the Dead
12 But if it is preached that Christ has been raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? 13 If there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised. 14 And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is useless and so is your faith. 15 More than that, we are then found to be false witnesses about God, for we have testified about God that he raised Christ from the dead. But he did not raise him if in fact the dead are not raised. 16 For if the dead are not raised, then Christ has not been raised either. 17 And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins. 18 Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ are lost. 19 If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied.
20 But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. 21 For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man. 22 For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive. 23 But each in turn: Christ, the firstfruits; then, when he comes, those who belong to him. 24 Then the end will come, when he hands over the kingdom to God the Father after he has destroyed all dominion, authority and power. 25 For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet. 26 The last enemy to be destroyed is death. 27 For he “has put everything under his feet.”[c]
Now when it says that “everything” has been put under him, it is clear
that this does not include God himself, who put everything under Christ. 28 When he has done this, then the Son himself will be made subject to him who put everything under him, so that God may be all in all.
29 Now
if there is no resurrection, what will those do who are baptized for
the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why are people baptized for
them? 30 And as for us, why do we endanger ourselves every hour? 31 I face death every day—yes, just as surely as I boast about you in Christ Jesus our Lord. 32 If I fought wild beasts in Ephesus with no more than human hopes, what have I gained? If the dead are not raised,
“Let us eat and drink,
for tomorrow we die.”[d]
for tomorrow we die.”[d]
33 Do not be misled: “Bad company corrupts good character.”[e] 34 Come back to your senses as you ought, and stop sinning; for there are some who are ignorant of God—I say this to your shame.
The Resurrection Body
35 But someone will ask, “How are the dead raised? With what kind of body will they come?” 36 How foolish! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies. 37 When you sow, you do not plant the body that will be, but just a seed, perhaps of wheat or of something else. 38 But God gives it a body as he has determined, and to each kind of seed he gives its own body. 39 Not all flesh is the same: People have one kind of flesh, animals have another, birds another and fish another. 40 There
are also heavenly bodies and there are earthly bodies; but the splendor
of the heavenly bodies is one kind, and the splendor of the earthly
bodies is another. 41 The sun has one kind of splendor, the moon another and the stars another; and star differs from star in splendor.
42 So will it be with the resurrection of the dead. The body that is sown is perishable, it is raised 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 it is written: “The first man Adam became a living being”[f]; the last Adam, a life-giving spirit. 46 The spiritual did not come first, but the natural, and after that the spiritual. 47 The first man was of the dust of the earth; the second man is of heaven. 48 As was the earthly man, so are those who are of the earth; and as is the heavenly man, so also are those who are of heaven. 49 And just as we have borne the image of the earthly man, so shall we[g] bear the image of the heavenly man.
50 I declare to you, brothers and sisters, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. 51 Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed— 52 in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. 53 For the perishable must clothe itself with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality. 54 When
the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal
with immortality, then the saying that is written will come true: “Death
has been swallowed up in victory.”[h]
56 The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. 57 But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
58 Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.
Footnotes:
- 1 Corinthians 15:3 Or you at the first
- 1 Corinthians 15:5 That is, Peter
- 1 Corinthians 15:27 Psalm 8:6
- 1 Corinthians 15:32 Isaiah 22:13
- 1 Corinthians 15:33 From the Greek poet Menander
- 1 Corinthians 15:45 Gen. 2:7
- 1 Corinthians 15:49 Some early manuscripts so let us
- 1 Corinthians 15:54 Isaiah 25:8
- 1 Corinthians 15:55 Hosea 13:14
10 comments:
Nothing but fairly tales !!!
6:05 PM
Fairly Tale to you, "the Cambodians", the poor & miserable people who lost the Nation for good, but miracles and powerful to the nations who know GOD, the nations that became powerful Nations on earth.
6:05pm
Most our Khmers are so good in criticizing others just like you.
But we lost the land already and we are miserable poor living/eating in the land of wealthy/rich people whop believe in GOD.
When are some of us like you going to stop criticizing the people who believe in GOD and who are extremely superior than us?
Khmers used to believe in GOD (The creator) through Hinduism, but Khmers abandoned GOD, then GOD abandoned us.
We are now Cham. After Ah Hun Sen, Yuon will completely take over.
Good Bye Khmers, and Welcome our new land, Cambodia.
It's not because Khmers do not believe in YOUR God, it's because Yuon have expansionism in their blood.
Khmers, with or without Lao must stop and destroy Yuon's expansionism !!!
Not Jesus, not Buddha, nor any other Gods can stop Yuon's expansionism, severe SANCTIONS will !!!
1:38 AM
You still bla bla inside a small dark bottle. GOD is an Almighty Light/energy in the Universe, He rules the Universe, regardless you little invisible "particle" barking denying Him.
Khmers once were wealthy and powerful, Jayavaraman 2 built the great empire for about 600 years powerfull, until the SOB named jayavaraman 7 adopted a new Cult Buddhism. Million men/boys flocked to be monks caused the economy weaker and weaker then slowly collapsed after Thais sacked all wealth, GOLD/Silver and all treasures from Khmers.
The country became homeless. No nations can survive when the economy collapsed.
Khmers have been suffered since then until today. It is normal when we are weak and poor, others will take advantage from it.
Great Khmer King who built his Empire also took from other weak nations too, why do you blame Yuon not our stupidity? You are too brainwashed by this Indian Buddhism then you ought not COMPLAIN Why Yuon must take Cambodia. You keep denying that Buddhism did not destroy the Khmer Nation. You despise GOD, then keep cursing Him as you wish. Million Khmers today and I won't go your way.
Have you followed the closest relation between Yuon and India today? In spite of Khmers bowing to their man (Buddha), the Indians today don't give a damn to Khmers. One of Indian man even claimed that Ho Chi Minh has a blood of Hindu who built the empire.
Time changes, and your Indian Buddha teaches you to give up all belongings and only to beg food on the street, there you got it.
Go on destroy Yuon yourself when Yuon have at least one million solders and robbing Khmers' economy to feed their army.
First kill Hun Sen, the Yuon's object before you barking to kill Yuon.
1:49 AM
Are you that serious about the Universal GOD, the creator cannot defeat a small tiny creature Yuon?
You are just a tiny particle floating in air.
All Men like Buddha, Muhammad.. were all dead, they cannot defeat Death, but Christ defeated death. His Resurrection proved us to be true. He appeared to so many people after Resurrection. He defeated the Roman Empire who once owned this earth planet.
It was prophesied 1000 and 500 years before He came. You need to be an open mind/heart to learn about GOD you hate.
He defeated the Roman Empire who once the most powerful conqueror in the world, you said GOD cannot defeat Yuon?
Even the most super-powerful nation US has always feared of GOD, even the US secretly received a help from the Greys from Serpo planet making flying saucers.
The Greys known to us as Aliens.
Our earth received a few Extraterrestrials and some of them are looking exactly like us.
Look for the photos of Commander Valient Thor, and his crews, Jill and Donn who met President Eisenhower and Nixon.
Those extraterrestrials are extremely spiritual entities and they worship Christ (GOD), and who are we, little weak particles anyway. These extraterrestrials beings are powerful like the US scientists said they are type 3, we are type ZERO. If they are that powerful are able to disable all Missiles in the world and they worship GOD (Christ) as the ruler of the Universe, what on earth you would make a guess saying that even Christ cannot defeat Yuon?
What I shared with you all are not fairy tale but facts.
Those powerful extraterrestrial beings like Val Thor, Jill and Donn.. are GOD's angels. They have been one earth since after Truman dropped Hydrogen bombs on Japan. They now are observers protecting the planets.
We humans thought we are alone, no way, they are here and their technology is million years ahead of us humans. They disabled all missiles in the world.
Jesus Christ was the incarnation of GOD Himself who rules and reigns over the universe for ever and ever. Comm Val THOR also spoke about Christ.
The photos of Commander Val THOR and his crew is on the Internet.
He met President Eisenhower offering helps humans to stay healthy with no disease and live very long, but CIA blocked the President's acceptance.
We Khmers are too and too far behind everything.
Please keep our minds open, and please have feared of GOD.
Do not forget that our first founder father (king Jayavaraman II) of our empire worshiped GOD, the creator, we were powerful and mighty wealthy.
If we have GOD on our side, in our hearts and if our faiths are strong and faithful to GOD, He will help to free us from Yuon like he freed Israel from Egyptians.
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