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1 Corinthians · read by Anton Bosch
147 verses, in order. Only the verses Anton read aloud are shown.
1 Corinthians 1
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To the church of God in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus and called to be holy, together with all those everywhere who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours:Read from NKJV · Baptism Into the Body of Christ
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For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel, not with words of wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.Read from NKJV · Evangelists
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For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.Read from NKJV · Cross and Gospel 2
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For it is written: "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise; the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate."Read from NKJV · Knowledge Puffs
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Where is the wise man? Where is the scribe? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?Read from NKJV · Knowledge Puffs
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For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know Him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe.Read from NKJV · Knowledge Puffs
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but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles,Read from NKJV · Cross and Gospel 2
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but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.Read from ESV · Knowledge Puffs
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For the foolishness of God is wiser than man's wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than man's strength.Read from NASB1995 · Knowledge Puffs
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Brothers, consider the time of your calling: Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were powerful; not many were of noble birth.Read from NKJV · Knowledge Puffs
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But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.Read from NKJV · Knowledge Puffs
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He chose the lowly and despised things of the world, and the things that are not, to nullify the things that are,Read from NKJV · Knowledge Puffs
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It is because of Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God: our righteousness, holiness, and redemption.Read from NKJV · Knowledge Puffs
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Therefore, as it is written: "Let him who boasts boast in the Lord."Read from NKJV · Knowledge Puffs
1 Corinthians 2
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When I came to you, brothers, I did not come with eloquence or wisdom as I proclaimed to you the testimony about God.Read from NKJV · Cross and Gospel 3
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For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified.Read from NKJV · Cross and Gospel 3
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My message and my preaching were not with persuasive words of wisdom, but with a demonstration of the Spirit's power,Read from NKJV · Knowledge Puffs
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so that your faith would not rest on men's wisdom, but on God's power.Read from NKJV · Knowledge Puffs
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And this is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom, but in words taught by the Spirit, expressing spiritual truths in spiritual words.Read from NKJV · The Inspired Word
1 Corinthians 3
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What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? They are servants through whom you believed, as the Lord has assigned to each his role.Read from NKJV · Evangelism
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So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow.Read from NKJV · Evangelism
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He who plants and he who waters are one in purpose, and each will be rewarded according to his own labor.Read from NKJV · Evangelism
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By the grace God has given me, I laid a foundation as an expert builder, and someone else is building on it. But each one must be careful how he builds.Read from NKJV · Evangelism
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For no one can lay a foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ.Read from NKJV · Evangelism
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If anyone builds on this foundation using gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, or straw,Read from NKJV · Evangelism
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his workmanship will be evident, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will prove the quality of each man's work.Read from NKJV · Evangelism
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If it is burned up, he will suffer loss. He himself will be saved, but only as if through the flames.Read from NKJV · Evangelism
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Do you not know that you yourselves are God's temple, and that God's Spirit dwells in you?Read from NKJV · Cleansing the Temple
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If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy him; for God's temple is holy, and you are that temple.Read from NKJV · Eternal Judgment
1 Corinthians 4
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Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of men's hearts. At that time each will receive his praise from God.Read from NKJV · Eternal Judgment - Part 2
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I am not writing this to shame you, but to warn you as my beloved children.Read from NKJV · Apostles
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Even if you have ten thousand guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I became your father through the gospel.Read from NKJV · Apostles
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That is why I have sent you Timothy, my beloved and faithful child in the Lord. He will remind you of my way of life in Christ Jesus, which is exactly what I teach everywhere in every church.Read from NKJV · Interdependent Churches
1 Corinthians 5
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And you are proud! Shouldn't you rather have been stricken with grief and have removed from your fellowship the man who did this?Read from NKJV · Mourning
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I wrote you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people.Read from NKJV · Kings and harlots - Part 2
1 Corinthians 6
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Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts,Read from NKJV · Christian Idols - Self
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nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God.Read from NKJV · Finding Spiritual Wealth
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Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own;Read from NKJV · Cleansing the Temple
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you were bought at a price. Therefore glorify God with your body.Read from NKJV · Cleansing the Temple
1 Corinthians 8
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Now about food sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.Read from NKJV · Knowledge Puffs
1 Corinthians 9
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Though I am free of obligation to anyone, I make myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible.Read from NKJV · Self-Control
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To the Jews I became like a Jew, to win the Jews. To those under the law I became like one under the law (though I myself am not under the law), to win those under the law.Read from NKJV · Self-Control
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To those without the law I became like one without the law (though I am not outside the law of God but am under the law of Christ), to win those without the law.Read from NKJV · Self-Control
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To the weak I became weak, to win the weak. I have become all things to all people so that by all possible means I might save some.Read from NKJV · Self-Control
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I do all this for the sake of the gospel, so that I may share in its blessings.Read from NKJV · Self-Control
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Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way as to take the prize.Read from NKJV · Self-Control
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Everyone who competes in the games trains with strict discipline. They do it for a crown that is perishable, but we do it for a crown that is imperishable.Read from NKJV · Self-Control
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Therefore I do not run aimlessly; I do not fight like I am beating the air.Read from NKJV · Self-Control
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No, I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified.Read from NKJV · Self-Control
1 Corinthians 10
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I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that our forefathers were all under the cloud, and that they all passed through the sea.Read from NKJV · Look Up
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and drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ.Read from NKJV · Baptism in Water
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Nevertheless, God was not pleased with most of them, for they were struck down in the wilderness.Read from NKJV · Look Up
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These things took place as examples to keep us from craving evil things as they did.Read from NKJV · Look Up
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Do not be idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written: "The people sat down to eat and to drink, and got up to indulge in revelry."Read from NKJV · Look Up
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We should not commit sexual immorality, as some of them did, and in one day twenty-three thousand of them died.Read from NKJV · Blue Ribbons
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We should not test Christ, as some of them did, and were killed by snakes.Read from NKJV · Blue Ribbons
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And do not complain, as some of them did, and were killed by the destroying angel.Read from NKJV · Blue Ribbons
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Now these things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us, on whom the fulfillment of the ages has come.Read from NKJV · Look Up
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So the one who thinks he is standing firm should be careful not to fall.Read from NKJV · Blue Ribbons
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No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, He will also provide an escape, so that you can stand up under it.Read from NKJV · Look Up
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Is not the cup of blessing that we bless a participation in the blood of Christ? And is not the bread that we break a participation in the body of Christ?Read from NKJV · Interdependent Churches
1 Corinthians 11
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For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: The Lord Jesus, on the night He was betrayed, took bread,Read from NKJV · The Betrayer at The Table
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But when we are judged by the Lord, we are being disciplined so that we will not be condemned with the world.Read from NKJV · Judgment must begin at the house of God
1 Corinthians 12
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All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, who apportions them to each one as He determines.Read from NKJV · A Royal Priesthood 2
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The body is a unit, though it is composed of many parts. And although its parts are many, they all form one body. So it is with Christ.Read from NKJV · One But Different
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For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free, and we were all given one Spirit to drink.Read from NKJV · Immersed Into Christ
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For the body does not consist of one part, but of many.Read from NKJV · Baptism Into the Body of Christ
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If the foot should say, "Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body," that would not make it any less a part of the body.Read from NKJV · One But Different
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And if the ear should say, "Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body," that would not make it any less a part of the body.Read from NKJV · One But Different
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If the whole body were an eye, where would the sense of hearing be? If the whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell be?Read from NKJV · One But Different
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But in fact, God has arranged the members of the body, every one of them, according to His design.Read from NKJV · Desire Gifts but Pursue Love
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If they were all one part, where would the body be?Read from NASB1995 · Desire Gifts but Pursue Love
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The eye cannot say to the hand, "I do not need you." Nor can the head say to the feet, "I do not need you."Read from ESV · Desire Gifts but Pursue Love
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On the contrary, the parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable,Read from NKJV · One But Different
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and the parts we consider less honorable, we treat with greater honor. And our unpresentable parts are treated with special modesty,Read from NKJV · One But Different
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whereas our presentable parts have no such need. But God has composed the body and has given greater honor to the parts that lacked it,Read from NKJV · One But Different
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so that there should be no division in the body, but that its members should have mutual concern for one another.Read from NKJV · Desire Gifts but Pursue Love
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If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it.Read from NKJV · One But Different
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Now you are the body of Christ, and each of you is a member of it.Read from NKJV · Desire Gifts but Pursue Love
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And in the church God has appointed first of all apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then workers of miracles, and those with gifts of healing, helping, administration, and various tongues.Read from NKJV · Immersed Into Christ
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Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all work miracles?Read from NKJV · Desire Gifts but Pursue Love
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Do all have gifts of healing? Do all speak in tongues? Do all interpret?Read from NKJV · Desire Gifts but Pursue Love
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But eagerly desire the greater gifts. And now I will show you the most excellent way.Read from NKJV · Deacons
1 Corinthians 13
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If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a ringing gong or a clanging cymbal.Read from NKJV · Love (1 Corinthians 13)
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If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have absolute faith so as to move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.Read from NKJV · Love (1 Corinthians 13)
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If I give all I possess to the poor and exult in the surrender of my body, but have not love, I gain nothing.Read from NKJV · Love (1 Corinthians 13)
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Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.Read from NKJV · Love (1 Corinthians 13)
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It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no account of wrongs.Read from NKJV · Love (1 Corinthians 13)
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Love takes no pleasure in evil, but rejoices in the truth.Read from NKJV · Love (1 Corinthians 13)
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It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.Read from NASB1995 · Love (1 Corinthians 13)
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Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be restrained; where there is knowledge, it will be dismissed.Read from NKJV · Love (1 Corinthians 13)
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When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I set aside childish ways.Read from NKJV · Love (1 Corinthians 13)
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Now we see but a dim reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.Read from NKJV · Love (1 Corinthians 13)
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And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love; but the greatest of these is love.Read from NKJV · Love (1 Corinthians 13)
1 Corinthians 14
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Earnestly pursue love and eagerly desire spiritual gifts, especially the gift of prophecy.Read from NKJV · Desire Gifts but Pursue Love
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So if the whole church comes together and everyone speaks in tongues, and some who are uninstructed or some unbelievers come in, will they not say that you are out of your minds?Read from NKJV · Baptism Into the Body of Christ
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What then shall we say, brothers? When you come together, everyone has a psalm or a teaching, a revelation, a tongue, or an interpretation. All of these must be done to build up the church.Read from NKJV · A Royal Priesthood 2
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Two or three prophets should speak, and the others should weigh carefully what is said.Read from NKJV · Prophets
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And if a revelation comes to someone who is seated, the first speaker should stop.Read from NKJV · Prophets
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For God is not a God of disorder, but of peace—as in all the churches of the saints.Read from NKJV · Interdependent Churches
1 Corinthians 15
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Now, brothers, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, and in which you stand firm.Read from NKJV · Baptism in Water
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By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain.Read from NKJV · Baptism in Water
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For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,Read from NKJV · His Resurrection and How it Affects You
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that He was buried, that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,Read from NKJV · Baptism in Water
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and that He appeared to Cephas and then to the Twelve.Read from NKJV · His Resurrection and How it Affects You
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After that, He appeared to more than five hundred brothers at once, most of whom are still living, though some have fallen asleep.Read from NKJV · Baptism in Water
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Then He appeared to James, then to all the apostles.Read from NKJV · His Resurrection and How it Affects You
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And last of all He appeared to me also, as to one of untimely birth.Read from NKJV · His Resurrection and How it Affects You
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For I am the least of the apostles and am unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.Read from NKJV · His Resurrection and How it Affects You
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But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace to me was not in vain. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.Read from NKJV · His Resurrection and How it Affects You
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Whether, then, it was I or they, this is what we preach, and this is what you believed.Read from NKJV · His Resurrection and How it Affects You
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If there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised.Read from NKJV · Resurrection From the Dead
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And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is worthless, and so is your faith.Read from NKJV · His Resurrection and How it Affects You
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In that case, we are also exposed as 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.Read from NKJV · Resurrection From the Dead
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For if the dead are not raised, then not even Christ has been raised.Read from NKJV · Resurrection From the Dead
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And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins.Read from NKJV · Resurrection From the Dead
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Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished.Read from NKJV · Resurrection From the Dead
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If our hope in Christ is for this life alone, we are to be pitied more than all men.Read from NKJV · Resurrection From the Dead
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But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.Read from NKJV · Resurrection From the Dead
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For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive.Read from NKJV · Baptism Into the Body of Christ
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For He must reign until He has put all His enemies under His feet.Read from NKJV · His Resurrection and How it Affects You
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But someone will ask, "How are the dead raised? With what kind of body will they come?"Read from NKJV · Resurrection From the Dead
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The sun has one degree of splendor, the moon another, and the stars another; and star differs from star in splendor.Read from NKJV · Resurrection From the Dead
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So will it be with the resurrection of the dead: What is sown is perishable; it is raised imperishable.Read from NKJV · Resurrection From the Dead
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So it is written: "The first man Adam became a living being;" the last Adam a life-giving spirit.Read from NKJV · Resurrection From the Dead
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Now I declare to you, brothers, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.Read from NKJV · Resurrection From the Dead
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Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed—Read from ESV · His Resurrection and How it Affects You
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in an instant, 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.Read from NKJV · His Resurrection and How it Affects You
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When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come to pass: "Death has been swallowed up in victory."Read from NKJV · Resurrection From the Dead
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Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast and immovable. Always excel in the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.Read from NKJV · Resurrection From the Dead
1 Corinthians 16
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Now about the collection for the saints, you are to do as I directed the churches of Galatia:Read from NKJV · Interdependent Churches
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Then, on my arrival, I will send letters with those you recommend to carry your gift to Jerusalem.Read from NKJV · Beware False Preachers
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Perhaps I will stay with you awhile, or even spend the winter, so that you can help me on my journey, wherever I go.Read from NKJV · Interdependent Churches
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The churches in the province of Asia send you greetings. Aquila and Prisca greet you warmly in the Lord, and so does the church that meets at their house.Read from NKJV · Interdependent Churches