This morning my reading lead me through 1 Corinthians 15 and 16. I could have highlighted this passage again and again if it were possible. I had sadly only read 1 Corinthians in bits and pieces, through chunks of memorized verse and tidbits of preaching. It's worth the few days it takes to read, that's for sure. Many hidden treasures. Not going to give my thoughts on this passage, but rather, just share. Such a good way to start the day!
If there is a natural body, there is also a
spiritual body. 45 So it is
written: “The first man Adam became a living being”; the last Adam, a life-giving spirit.46 The spiritual did not come
first, but the natural, and after that the spiritual.47 The first man was of the
dust of the earth; the
second man is of heaven.48 As was the earthly man, so
are those who are of the earth; and as is the heavenly man, so also are those
who are of heaven. 49 And just
as we have borne the image of the earthly man, so shall we bear the
image of the heavenly man.
50 I declare
to you, brothers and sisters, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the
imperishable. 51 Listen, I
tell you a mystery: We will
not all sleep, but we
will all be changed— 52 in a
flash, 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. 53 For the
perishable must
clothe itself with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality. 54 When the perishable has
been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the
saying that is written will come true: “Death has been swallowed up in victory.”
55 “Where, O death, is your victory?
Where, O death, is your sting?”
Where, O death, is your sting?”
56 The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. 57 But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord
Jesus Christ.
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