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But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ has not been raised;

But now Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.

But each in his own order: Christ, the firstfruits; afterward, at His coming, those who belong to Christ.

For God has put everything under His feet. But when it says "everything" is put under Him, it is obvious that He who puts everything under Him is the exception.

But someone will say, "How are the dead raised? What kind of body will they have when they come?"

And as for what you sow—you are not sowing the future body, but only a seed, perhaps of wheat or another grain.

But God gives it a body as He wants, and to each of the seeds its own body.

There are heavenly bodies and earthly bodies, but the splendor of the heavenly bodies is different from that of the earthly ones.

However, the spiritual is not first, but the natural, then the spiritual.

Listen! I am telling you a mystery: We will not all fall asleep, but we will all be changed,

But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ!

But I will stay in Ephesus until Pentecost,

About our brother Apollos: I strongly urged him to come to you with the brothers, but he was not at all willing to come now. However, he will come when he has an opportunity.

Indeed, we personally had a death sentence within ourselves, so that we would not trust in ourselves but in God who raises the dead.

For this is our confidence: The testimony of our conscience is that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially toward you, with God-given sincerity and purity, not by fleshly wisdom but by God's grace.

I do not mean that we have control of your faith, but we are workers with you for your joy, because you stand by faith.

For I wrote to you with many tears out of an extremely troubled and anguished heart—not that you should be hurt, but that you should know the abundant love I have for you.

If anyone has caused pain, he has caused pain not so much to me but to some degree—not to exaggerate—to all of you.

I had no rest in my spirit because I did not find my brother Titus, but I said good-bye to them and left for Macedonia.

But thanks be to God, who always puts us on display in Christ and through us spreads the aroma of the knowledge of Him in every place.