Discipleship Living: 1 Corinthians
1 Corinthians

Future Victory

1 Corinthians 15:53–54: For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. So when this corruptible has put on incorruption, and this mortal has put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written: “Death is swallowed up in victory.”

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Discipleship Living: 1 Corinthians
1 Corinthians

A Mystery

1 Corinthians 15:50–52: Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; nor does corruption inherit incorruption. Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed—in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the …

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Discipleship Living: 1 Corinthians
1 Corinthians

A Life-Giving Spirit

1 Corinthians 15:44–49: It is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body. And so it is written, “The first man Adam became a living being.” The last Adam became a life-giving spirit. However, the spiritual is …

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Discipleship Living: 1 Corinthians
1 Corinthians

A Body Made by Him

1 Corinthians 15:40–43: There are also celestial bodies and terrestrial bodies; but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another. There is one glory of the sun, another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for one star differs from …

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Discipleship Living: 1 Corinthians
1 Corinthians

God Provides Our Future

1 Corinthians 15:37–39: And what you sow, you do not sow that body that shall be, but mere grain—perhaps wheat or some other grain. But God gives it a body as He pleases, and to each seed its own body. All flesh is not the same flesh, but there is …

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Discipleship Living: 1 Corinthians
1 Corinthians

2 Questions

1 Corinthians 15:35–36: But someone will say, “How are the dead raised up? And with what body do they come?” Foolish one, what you sow is not made alive unless it dies.

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Awake to Righteousness

1 Corinthians 15:32–34: If, in the manner of men, I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantage is it to me? If the dead do not rise, “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!” Do not be deceived: “Evil company corrupts good habits.” Awake to righteousness, and …

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Discipleship Living: 1 Corinthians
1 Corinthians

His Resurrection, My Baptism

1 Corinthians 15:29–31: Otherwise, what will they do who are baptized for the dead, if the dead do not rise at all? Why then are they baptized for the dead? And why do we stand in jeopardy every hour? I affirm, by the boasting in you which I have in …

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Discipleship Living: 1 Corinthians
1 Corinthians

The Coming Kingdom

1 Corinthians 15:23–28: But each one in his own order: Christ the firstfruits, afterward those who are Christ’s at His coming. Then comes the end, when He delivers the kingdom to God the Father, when He puts an end to all rule and all authority and power. For He must …

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Discipleship Living: 1 Corinthians
1 Corinthians

In the Last Adam is Life

1 Corinthians 15:20–22: But now Christ is risen from the dead, and has become the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. For since by man came death, by Man also came the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ all shall be …

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