WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:05.980 Chapter 15 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I 00:05.980 --> 00:10.300 preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand, 00:11.100 --> 00:15.480 by which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, 00:15.980 --> 00:17.500 unless ye have believed in vain. 00:18.500 --> 00:23.260 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ 00:23.260 --> 00:27.480 died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that he was buried, 00:28.000 --> 00:31.800 and that he rose again the third day according to the Scriptures, and that he 00:31.800 --> 00:34.220 was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve. 00:34.900 --> 00:39.180 After that he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once, of whom the 00:39.180 --> 00:42.560 greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep. 00:43.300 --> 00:48.800 After that he was seen of James, then of all the apostles, and last of all 00:48.800 --> 00:53.240 he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time. 00:53.240 --> 00:58.900 For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, 00:59.480 --> 01:01.600 because I persecuted the church of God. 01:02.200 --> 01:08.880 But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace which was bestowed upon me 01:08.880 --> 01:13.520 was not in vain, but I labored more abundantly than they all. 01:14.140 --> 01:17.560 Yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me. 01:17.560 --> 01:24.160 Therefore, whether it were I or they, so we preach, and so ye believed. 01:25.300 --> 01:31.360 Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that 01:31.360 --> 01:33.600 there is no resurrection of the dead? 01:34.140 --> 01:38.360 But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen? 01:39.080 --> 01:44.820 And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also 01:44.820 --> 01:45.140 vain. 01:45.940 --> 01:51.640 Yea, and we have found false witnesses of God, because we have testified of God that 01:51.640 --> 01:56.880 he raised up Christ, whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not. 01:57.280 --> 02:00.840 For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised. 02:01.400 --> 02:07.440 And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain, ye are yet in your sins. 02:08.240 --> 02:11.460 Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished. 02:11.460 --> 02:16.700 If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable. 02:17.400 --> 02:21.360 But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that 02:21.360 --> 02:21.740 slept. 02:22.420 --> 02:27.380 For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. 02:28.020 --> 02:32.960 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. 02:33.680 --> 02:35.660 But every man in his own order. 02:35.660 --> 02:41.200 Christ the firstfruits, afterward they that are Christ's at his coming. 02:41.880 --> 02:45.720 Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, 02:46.020 --> 02:46.820 even the Father. 02:47.620 --> 02:51.580 When he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power. 02:52.240 --> 02:56.320 For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet. 02:56.900 --> 03:02.320 The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death, for he hath put all things under 03:02.320 --> 03:02.860 his feet. 03:02.860 --> 03:08.920 But when he saith all things are put under him, it is manifest that he is accepted 03:08.920 --> 03:11.420 which did put all things under him. 03:11.860 --> 03:17.300 And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall the Son also himself be 03:17.300 --> 03:22.760 subject unto him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all. 03:23.580 --> 03:29.180 Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? 03:29.180 --> 03:32.100 Why are they then baptized for the dead? 03:32.320 --> 03:35.200 And why stand we in jeopardy every hour? 03:35.840 --> 03:41.580 I protest by your rejoicing, which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily. 03:42.400 --> 03:47.380 If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantage 03:47.380 --> 03:49.720 hath it me if the dead rise not? 03:50.300 --> 03:54.180 Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die. 03:54.180 --> 03:58.900 Be not deceived, evil communications corrupt good manners. 04:00.020 --> 04:05.160 Awake to righteousness, and sin not, for some have not the knowledge of God. 04:05.780 --> 04:07.420 I speak this to your shame. 04:08.560 --> 04:13.620 But some man will say, How are the dead raised up, and with what body do they 04:13.620 --> 04:13.920 come? 04:14.780 --> 04:19.660 Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die. 04:20.300 --> 04:25.140 And that which thou sowest thou sowest not, that body, that shall be but bare 04:25.140 --> 04:25.560 grain. 04:25.780 --> 04:31.440 It may chance of wheat, or of some other grain, but God giveth it a body as it hath 04:31.440 --> 04:35.140 pleased him, and to every seed his own body. 04:35.140 --> 04:40.560 All flesh is not the same flesh, but there is one kind of flesh of men, 04:41.020 --> 04:45.460 another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and another of birds. 04:46.080 --> 04:50.720 There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial, but the glory of 04:50.720 --> 04:54.540 the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another. 04:55.180 --> 04:58.260 There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, 04:58.500 --> 05:02.860 and another glory of the stars, for one star differeth from another star 05:02.860 --> 05:03.380 in glory. 05:03.380 --> 05:06.540 So also is the resurrection of the dead. 05:07.520 --> 05:11.320 It is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruption. 05:11.540 --> 05:14.940 It is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory. 05:15.500 --> 05:18.900 It is sown in weakness, it is raised in power. 05:19.620 --> 05:24.040 It is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. 05:25.220 --> 05:29.900 There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body, and so it is written. 05:29.900 --> 05:33.520 The first man, Adam, was made a living soul. 05:34.100 --> 05:36.740 The last Adam was made a quickening spirit. 05:37.560 --> 05:42.160 Howbeit, that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural, 05:42.520 --> 05:44.420 and afterward that which is spiritual. 05:45.320 --> 05:48.360 The first man is of the earth, earthy. 05:48.540 --> 05:51.100 The second man is the Lord from heaven. 05:51.720 --> 05:55.180 As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy. 05:55.340 --> 05:58.880 And as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly. 05:58.880 --> 06:04.580 And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of 06:04.580 --> 06:05.080 the heavenly. 06:05.880 --> 06:11.400 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, 06:11.860 --> 06:14.540 neither doth corruption inherit incorruption. 06:15.300 --> 06:18.160 Behold, I show you a mystery. 06:19.400 --> 06:23.280 We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed. 06:23.280 --> 06:29.280 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump, for the trumpet shall 06:29.280 --> 06:34.220 sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. 06:34.840 --> 06:39.720 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on 06:39.720 --> 06:40.520 immortality. 06:41.000 --> 06:45.400 So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have 06:45.400 --> 06:49.880 put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, 06:49.880 --> 06:53.420 Death is swallowed up in victory. 06:54.380 --> 06:56.360 O death, where is thy sting? 06:57.080 --> 06:59.540 O grave, where is thy victory? 07:00.200 --> 07:04.780 The sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law. 07:05.520 --> 07:10.960 But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. 07:10.960 --> 07:17.180 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye steadfast, unmovable, always 07:17.180 --> 07:22.140 abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor is 07:22.140 --> 07:24.460 not in vain in the Lord.