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1 Corinthians · read by Zac Poonen
128 verses, in order. Only the verses Zac read aloud are shown.
1 Corinthians 1
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Paul, called to be an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes,Read from NASB1995 · (1 Corinthians) ch.1:1-1:24
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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 NASB1995 · (1 Corinthians) ch.1:1-1:24
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Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.Read from ESV · (2 Corinthians) ch.1:1-1:19
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I always thank my God for you because of the grace He has given you in Christ Jesus.Read from NASB1995 · (1 Corinthians) ch.1:1-1:24
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He will sustain you to the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.Read from NASB1995 · How to Be Free From Condemnation
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God, who has called you into fellowship with His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, is faithful.Read from NASB1995 · Be Ready for Christs Return
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I thank God that I did not baptize any of you except Crispus and Gaius,Read from ESV · (1 Corinthians) ch.1:1-1:24
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Yes, I also baptized the household of Stephanas; beyond that I do not remember if I baptized anyone else.Read from NASB1995 · (1 Corinthians) ch.1:1-1:24
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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 ESV · (1 Corinthians) ch.1:1-1:24
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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 ESV · Power Through Being Broken
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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 NASB1995 · Secrets of Victory
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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 NASB1995 · Secrets of Victory
1 Corinthians 2
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For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified.Read from NKJV · (1 Corinthians) ch.1:25-2:16
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I came to you in weakness and fear, and with much trembling.Read from NASB1995 · Preserving Reverence For God In The Church
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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 NASB1995 · Through the Bible - 1 Corinthians - Part 1
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so that your faith would not rest on men's wisdom, but on God's power.Read from NASB1995 · (A Heavenly Church) 4. the Faith of Jesus
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No, we speak of the mysterious and hidden wisdom of God, which He destined for our glory before time began.Read from NASB1995 · Growing in Spiritual Maturity
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Rather, as it is written: "No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no heart has imagined, what God has prepared for those who love Him."Read from NASB1995 · Annointing of the Holy Spirit
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For who among men knows the thoughts of man except his own spirit within him? So too, no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God.Read from NASB1995 · (Texas 2009) the Holy Spirit Reveals God's Thoughts to Us
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We have not received the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we may understand what God has freely given us.Read from ESV · (Texas 2009) the Holy Spirit Reveals God's Thoughts to Us
1 Corinthians 3
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Brothers, I could not address you as spiritual, but as worldly—as infants in Christ.Read from NASB1995 · (1 Corinthians) ch.3:1-3:17
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I gave you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready for solid food. In fact, you are still not ready,Read from NASB1995 · (1 Corinthians) ch.3:1-3:17
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For no one can lay a foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ.Read from NASB1995 · The Lord Rewards His Faithful Saints
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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 NASB1995 · (1 Corinthians) ch.3:1-3:17
1 Corinthians 4
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Now it is required of stewards that they be found faithful.Read from KJV · (Secret of Paul's Authority) 1. Paul Was a Bondslave
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when we are slandered, we answer gently. Up to this moment we have become the scum of the earth, the refuse of the world.Read from NASB1995 · Power Through Being Broken
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But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord is willing, and then I will find out not only what these arrogant people are saying, but what power they have.Read from NASB1995 · Power Through Being Broken
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For the kingdom of God is not a matter of talk but of power.Read from NASB1995 · (1 Corinthians) ch.3:18-4:14
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Which do you prefer? Shall I come to you with a rod, or in love and with a gentle spirit?Read from NASB1995 · (1 Corinthians) ch.3:18-4:14
1 Corinthians 5
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I wrote you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people.Read from NASB1995 · (1 Corinthians) ch.4:15-6:6
1 Corinthians 6
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If any of you has a grievance against another, how dare he go to law before the unrighteous instead of before the saints!Read from NASB1995 · Eternal Values - Seeking God's Kingdom First
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Instead, one brother goes to law against another, and this in front of unbelievers!Read from NASB1995 · (1 Corinthians) ch.4:15-6:6
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"Everything is permissible for me," but not everything is beneficial. "Everything is permissible for me," but I will not be mastered by anything.Read from NASB1995 · (Basics) 69. Proving God's Perfect Will(2)
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But he who unites himself with the Lord is one with Him in spirit.Read from NASB1995 · (1 Corinthians) ch.6:7-6:20
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you were bought at a price. Therefore glorify God with your body.Read from KJV · (Secret of Paul's Authority) 1. Paul Was a Bondslave
1 Corinthians 7
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Now for the matters you wrote about: It is good to abstain from sexual relations.Read from NASB1995 · (1 Corinthians) ch.7:1-7:24
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The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband.Read from NASB1995 · (1 Corinthians) ch.7:1-7:24
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Now to the unmarried and widows I say this: It is good for them to remain unmarried, as I am.Read from NASB1995 · (1 Corinthians) ch.7:1-7:24
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Each one should remain in the situation he was in when he was called.Read from NASB1995 · (Church Leadership) 12. Hating Spiritual Death
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You were bought at a price; do not become slaves of men.Read from KJV · (Secret of Paul's Authority) 6. Paul Loved All Men
1 Corinthians 8
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So about eating food sacrificed to idols: We know that an idol is nothing at all in the world, and that there is no God but one.Read from NASB1995 · (1 Corinthians) ch.7:25-8:13
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yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we exist. And there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we exist.Read from NASB1995 · (1 Corinthians) ch.7:25-8:13
1 Corinthians 9
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Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are you yourselves not my workmanship in the Lord?Read from NASB1995 · (1 Corinthians) ch.9:1-9:23
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Even if I am not an apostle to others, surely I am to you. For you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.Read from ESV · (1 Corinthians) ch.9:1-9:23
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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 NASB1995 · Entering the Promised Land
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Therefore I do not run aimlessly; I do not fight like I am beating the air.Read from NASB1995 · Entering the Promised Land
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 NASB1995 · (1 Corinthians) ch.9:24-10:13
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They were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea.Read from KJV · Baptism and Freedom From Sin
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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 KJV · (Hebrews) ch.3:7-4:11
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Nevertheless, God was not pleased with most of them, for they were struck down in the wilderness.Read from KJV · (Hebrews) ch.3:7-4:11
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And do not complain, as some of them did, and were killed by the destroying angel.Read from ESV · Entering the Promised Land
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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 NASB1995 · (1 Corinthians) ch.9:24-10:13
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So the one who thinks he is standing firm should be careful not to fall.Read from NKJV · God Allows Trials To Humble Us
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I speak to reasonable people; judge for yourselves what I say.Read from NASB1995 · (1 Corinthians) ch.10:14-10:33
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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 NASB1995 · (1 Corinthians) ch.10:14-10:33
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Because there is one loaf, we who are many are one body; for we all partake of the one loaf.Read from NASB1995 · (1 Corinthians) ch.10:14-10:33
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Consider the people of Israel: Are not those who eat the sacrifices fellow partakers in the altar?Read from NASB1995 · (1 Corinthians) ch.10:14-10:33
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Am I suggesting, then, that food sacrificed to an idol is anything, or that an idol is anything?Read from NASB1995 · (1 Corinthians) ch.10:14-10:33
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"Everything is permissible," but not everything is beneficial. "Everything is permissible," but not everything is edifying.Read from NASB1995 · (Basics) 69. Proving God's Perfect Will(2)
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No one should seek his own good, but the good of others.Read from NASB1995 · (1 Corinthians) ch.10:14-10:33
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Eat anything sold in the meat market without raising questions of conscience,Read from NASB1995 · (1 Corinthians) ch.10:14-10:33
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So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all to the glory of God.Read from NASB1995 · The Way To Growth In Christlikeness - Part 7
1 Corinthians 11
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You are to imitate me, just as I imitate Christ.Read from NASB1995 · (1 Corinthians) ch.11:1-11:34
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Now I commend you for remembering me in everything and for maintaining the traditions, just as I passed them on to you.Read from NASB1995 · (1 Corinthians) ch.11:1-11:34
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But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is man, and the head of Christ is God.Read from NASB1995 · (1 Corinthians) ch.11:1-11:34
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For man did not come from woman, but woman from man.Read from NASB1995 · (1 Corinthians) ch.11:1-11:34
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For this reason a woman ought to have a sign of authority on her head, because of the angels.Read from NASB1995 · 12 New Wine in New Wineskins - the Beginnings in Bangalore
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In the Lord, however, woman is not independent of man, nor is man independent of woman.Read from NASB1995 · (1 Corinthians) ch.11:1-11:34
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and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, "This is My body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of Me."Read from ESV · The Dual Meaning of the Breaking of Bread
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In the same way, after supper He took the cup, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in My blood; do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me."Read from NASB1995 · Christ Died for Evil People
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For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until He comes.Read from ESV · (1 Corinthians) ch.11:1-11:34
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Each one must examine himself before he eats of the bread and drinks of the cup.Read from NKJV · Light and Truth
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For anyone who eats and drinks without recognizing the body eats and drinks judgment on himself.Read from NASB1995 · (1 Corinthians) ch.11:1-11:34
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Now if we judged ourselves properly, we would not come under judgment.Read from NASB1995 · (Words of Life) 57. Judging Ourselves and Not Others
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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 KJV · (Hebrews) ch.4:11-5:6
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So, my brothers, when you come together to eat, wait for one another.Read from NASB1995 · Take The Breaking of Bread More Seriously
1 Corinthians 12
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Now about spiritual gifts, brothers, I do not want you to be uninformed.Read from NKJV · (1 Corinthians) ch.12:1-12:21
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You know that when you were pagans, you were influenced and led astray to mute idols.Read from NASB1995 · (1 Corinthians) ch.12:1-12:21
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Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good.Read from ESV · (A Solid Grip on the Christian Life) The Body of Christ
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For the body does not consist of one part, but of many.Read from NASB1995 · (1 Corinthians) ch.12:1-12:21
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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 NASB1995 · The Way of Cain
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If they were all one part, where would the body be?Read from NASB1995 · (1 Corinthians) ch.12:1-12:21
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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 · Recognizing The Value Of Others
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On the contrary, the parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable,Read from NASB1995 · Our Calling As A Church
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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 NASB1995 · Questions & Answers (March 2020)
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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 · (1 Corinthians) ch.12:22-13:13
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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 NASB1995 · The Functioning of the Church
1 Corinthians 13
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Love takes no pleasure in evil, but rejoices in the truth.Read from NKJV · (1 Corinthians) ch.4:15-6:6
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It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.Read from NASB1995 · How God Enables a Believer to Prophesy
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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 NASB1995 · (1 Corinthians) ch.12:22-13:13
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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 NASB1995 · (Revelation) Revelation 6:1-17
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And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love; but the greatest of these is love.Read from NKJV · (Revelation) Revelation 6:1-17
1 Corinthians 14
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For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays, but my mind is unfruitful.Read from ESV · (1 Corinthians) ch.14:1-15:19
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I thank God that I speak in tongues more than all of you.Read from NKJV · The Holy Spirit as Our Helper
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 NASB1995 · (1 Corinthians) ch.14:1-15:19
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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 NASB1995 · (1 Corinthians) ch.14:1-15:19
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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 NASB1995 · (1 Corinthians) ch.14:1-15:19
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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 NASB1995 · (The Last Days and the Lord's Coming) Being Ready for Christ's Coming
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For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man.Read from NKJV · (1 Corinthians) ch.15:20-16:24
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If these things are not so, what will those do who are baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why are people baptized for them?Read from NASB1995 · (1 Corinthians) ch.15:20-16:24
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You fool! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies.Read from NASB1995 · (1 Corinthians) ch.15:20-16:24
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There are also heavenly bodies and earthly bodies. But the splendor of the heavenly bodies is of one degree, and the splendor of the earthly bodies is of another.Read from NASB1995 · (1 Corinthians) ch.15:20-16:24
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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 ESV · (1 Corinthians) ch.15:20-16:24
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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 NASB1995 · Freedom From Soulishness
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The first man was of the dust of the earth, the second man from heaven.Read from NASB1995 · Finishing the Course - 08 Being a Nobody
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As was the earthly man, so also are those who are of the earth; and as is the heavenly man, so also are those who are of heaven.Read from NASB1995 · (The Foundation and the Building) the Most Important Thing in Life
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And just as we have borne the likeness of the earthly man, so also shall we bear the likeness of the heavenly man.Read from NASB1995 · Seek To Be Heavenly Minded
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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 ESV · Be Alert for the Lord's Return
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The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.Read from ESV · (1 Corinthians) ch.15:20-16:24
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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 NASB1995 · Seeking Only Jesus in Heaven and on Earth
1 Corinthians 16
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For I do not want to see you now only in passing; I hope to spend some time with you, if the Lord permits.Read from NASB1995 · (1 Corinthians) ch.15:20-16:24
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If Timothy comes, see to it that he has nothing to fear while he is with you, for he is doing the work of the Lord, just as I am.Read from NASB1995 · (1 Corinthians) ch.15:20-16:24
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Now about our brother Apollos: I strongly urged him to go to you with the brothers. He was not at all inclined to go now, but he will go when he has the opportunity.Read from NASB1995 · Being a Lover of the Truth
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Be on the alert. Stand firm in the faith. Be men of courage. Be strong.Read from NASB1995 · Being A Zealous Builder in the Church
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All the brothers here send you greetings. Greet one another with a holy kiss.Read from NASB1995 · (1 Corinthians) ch.15:20-16:24
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If anyone does not love the Lord, let him be under a curse. Come, O Lord!Read from NASB1995 · The Extent of Christ's Love