How are the dead raised up? And with what body do they come? – 1 Corinthians 15:35. Some doubting man may say: “How are the dead raised up?  And with what body do they come?”  Are they not dust …

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Awake to righteousness! – 1 Corinthians 15:34. St. Paul wrote: “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?” (v. 29).  These questions …

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Every man in his own order. – 1 Corinthians 15:23. In the resurrection of the dead, everyone and everything shall come in the order appointed by God.  The first-fruits in the resurrection is Christ, as has been abundantly shown.  Then, …

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For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. – 1 Corinthians 15:22. Christ is risen from the dead, and become the first-fruits of them that slept.  For by one man came death, and …

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Now if Christ be preached that He rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead? – 1 Corinthians 15:12. If, as was shown yesterday, this is the saving Gospel, that Christ, …

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Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the Gospel which I preached unto you.— 1 Corinthians 15:1. Let me put you in mind, my dear Christian, of the Gospel which has been proclaimed to you in this book, the Holy Scriptures.  You …

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He is the propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world. – 1 John 2:2. Whom has Christ redeemed?  The very best answer for you to give to this question …

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To this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that He might be Lord both of the dead and living. – Romans 14:9. To what end has Christ redeemed us?  To this end, that we might be His own, …

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Ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers, but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a Lamb without blemish and without spot. …

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That through death He might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil. —Hebrews 2:14. For this purpose Christ came.  And He really accomplished that purpose.  He has delivered us from the power of the devil.  Scripture says …

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