I Corinthians - Ferrar Fenton Bible Translation page 1198

I. CORINTHIANS. 15-xc

15-5o I0 II I2 because I persecuted the church of God: but, thank God, I am what I am. And the gift of Him, which is in mc, has not been useless; on the com trary, I have accomplished more than the whole of them: yet uct I myself, but the gift of God that is with me. However, whether I, or whether they, we preached this, and you believed it. But if it was preached that Christ

was raised from the dead, how can some among you say that a resu1·rec· tion from the dead does not exist? But if there is not a resurrection from death, even Christ could not have been raised. Yet if Christ has not been raised, then both our preaching is worthless, and your faith is worthless as well. And we should also be found false witnesses concerning God; be-· cause we gave evidence respecting God that He raised the Messiah Whom I—Ie did not raise, if indeed the

16 dead rise not. For if the dead do not :7 rise, Christ never arose; but if Christ did not rise, then your faith is a folly,

18 you are yet in your sins: and then the sleepers in Christ have been lost.

19 If in this life only we are hopeful in Christ, we are the most wretched of all men. zo But the fact is, Christ has been raised from the dead, a Fore·runner

21 of the sleepers. For since by man death exists, by man a resurrection

22 from death also exists. For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will

23 be revived. But each in his own own order. Christ a Fore·runner, then those in Christ at His appearing.

24 Then will be the perfection, when He delivers up the Kingdom to the God and Father, after He has de- stroyed every dominion, and every 26 28 authority and power: for He must reign until Ha crm Pur ALL rnnsn nusmms tmimn His rEs·1·.1 The last enemy to be destroyed is Death. For Hs win:. sosnvs ALL ruiwes UNDER His Fear? But when He it is clear that He excepts Him Who subdued all things to Him. But when He has subjugated all to Him, then the Son Himself also will be subjected to Him Who subdued all things to Him, so that God may be all in all. Then what do they obtain—the

baptized for the sake of the dead-»if the dead are not absolutely raised? * Psa. viii. 6. Psa. cx. x· Why then should they be baptized for them ? And why should we run a risk every hour? I, who am dying daily through the honour which I have among you from Christ jesus our Lord—though I have fought with wild—beast—like men in Ephesus, what is my gain if the dead do not rise? Let us eat and drink, for we may die in the morning! Be not misled: vile teachings cor-

rupt good morals. Awake to perfect sobriety, and sin not ; for an ignorance of God possesses some. I speak re- proving you. How are the

dead raised ? And in what kind of body Senseless! What you sow does not produce life, unless it arises from its bed. And when you sow, you do not sow the body which will be produced, but a naked grain, perhaps of wheat or any other kind, and God gives to it a body such as He intended: and to each of the 33 35 37

seeds the proper body. Indeed, all 3g flesh is not the same kind; but one sort of flesh for men, another flesh for cattle, and another flesh for birds, and another for tish. And there are 4o celestial bodies, and terrestrial bodies ; but the character of the celestial differs, and that of the terrestrial varies. The sun has one splendour, 41 and the moon another splendour, and another splendour for stars; for star differs from star in brilliancyz and 42 thus also in the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption, it rises in incorruptibility; it is sown in contempt, it rises in splendour; it is 43 sown in weakness, it is raised in power; it is sown an animal body, it 44 is raised a spiritual body. If there is an animal body, there is also a spiritual; for so it is written, THE 45 rrmsr mm (Adam) was A mvmo NATURE,] but the last Adam is a Life- producing Spirit. However, the 46 47 spiritual was not flrst, but the natural .; and after it the spiritual. The first man from out ofthe earth ; the second Man from out of heaven. As the earthly was, such are the earthly still; and what the celestial was, the heavenly will be. And as we resem- bled the earthly,we shall also resemble the heavenly. But I say this, brothers, that desh

and blood are not able to inherit a 1 Gen. ll. 7. II98 49