May 26, 2024
Evening Service

1Co 14:39  Therefore, brethren, desire earnestly to prophesy, and do not forbid to speak with tongues.

1Co 14:40  Let all things be done decently and in order.

 

The Resurrection of Christ

1Co 15:1  Moreover, brethren, I declare to you the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received and in which you stand,

1Co 15:2  by which also you are saved, if you hold fast that word which I preached to you—unless you believed in vain.

1Co 15:3  For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,

1Co 15:4  and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures,

 

1Co 15:5  and that He was seen by Cephas, then by the twelve.

1Co 15:6  After that He was seen by over five hundred brethren at once, of whom the greater part remain to the present, but some have fallen asleep.

1Co 15:7  After that He was seen by James, then by all the apostles.

1Co 15:8  Then last of all He was seen by me also, as by one born out of due time.

 

1Co 15:9  For I am the least of the apostles, who am not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.

1Co 15:10  But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me was not in vain; but I labored more abundantly than they all, yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

1Co 15:11  Therefore, whether it was I or they, so we preach and so you believed.

 

The Resurrection of the Dead

1Co 15:12  Now if Christ is preached that He has been raised from the dead, how do some among you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?

1Co 15:13  But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ is not risen.

1Co 15:14  And if Christ is not risen, then our preaching is empty and your faith is also empty.

1Co 15:15  Yes, and we are found false witnesses of God, because we have testified of God that He raised up Christ, whom He did not raise up—if in fact the dead do not rise.

1Co 15:16  For if the dead do not rise, then Christ is not risen.

1Co 15:17  And if Christ is not risen, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins!

1Co 15:18  Then also those who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished.

1Co 15:19  If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men the most pitiable.

1Co 15:20  But now Christ is risen from the dead, and has become the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.

 

 

1Co 15:21  For since by man came death, by Man also came the resurrection of the dead.

1Co 15:22  For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ all shall be made alive.

1Co 15:23  But each one in his own order: Christ the firstfruits, afterward those who are Christ's at His coming.

1Co 15:24  Then comes the end, when He delivers the kingdom to God the Father, when He puts an end to all rule and all authority and power.

 

1Co 15:25  For He must reign till He has put all enemies under His feet.

1Co 15:26  The last enemy that will be destroyed is death.

1Co 15:27  For "HE HAS PUT ALL THINGS UNDER HIS FEET." But when He says "all things are put under Him," it is evident that He who put all things under Him is excepted.

1Co 15:28  Now when all things are made subject to Him, then the Son Himself will also be subject to Him who put all things under Him, that God may be all in all.

 

1Co 15:29  Otherwise, what will they do who are baptized for the dead, if the dead do not rise at all? Why then are they baptized for the dead?

 

1Co 15:30  And why do we stand in jeopardy every hour?

1Co 15:31  I affirm, by the boasting in you which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily.

1Co 15:32  If, in the manner of men, I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantage is it to me? If the dead do not rise, "LET US EAT AND DRINK, FOR TOMORROW WE DIE!"

 

1Co 15:33  Do not be deceived: "Evil company corrupts good habits."

1Co 15:34  Awake to righteousness, and do not sin; for some do not have the knowledge of God. I speak this to your shame.