1Cor.15.50

I need to emphasize, friends, that our natural, earthy lives don't in themselves lead us by their very nature into the kingdom of God. Their very "nature" is to die, so how could they "naturally" end up in the Life kingdom?

1Cor.15.50

I declare to you, brothers, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.

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Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; nor does corruption inherit incorruption.

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What I am saying, dear brothers and sisters, is that flesh and blood cannot inherit the Kingdom of God. These perishable bodies of ours are not able to live forever.

1Cor.15.51

But let me tell you something wonderful, a mystery I'll probably never fully understand. We're not all going to die--but we are all going to be changed.

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Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed--

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Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed--

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But let me tell you a wonderful secret God has revealed to us. Not all of us will die, but we will all be transformed.

1Cor.15.52

You hear a blast to end all blasts from a trumpet, and in the time that you look up and blink your eyes--it's over. On signal from that trumpet from heaven, the dead will be up and out of their graves, beyond the reach of death, never to die again. At the same moment and in the same way, we'll all be changed.

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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.

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in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.

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It will happen in a moment, in the blinking of an eye, when the last trumpet is blown. For when the trumpet sounds, the Christians who have died will be raised with transformed bodies. And then we who are living will be transformed so that we will never die.

1Cor.15.53

In the resurrection scheme of things, this has to happen: everything perishable taken off the shelves and replaced by the imperishable, this mortal replaced by the immortal.

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For the perishable must clothe itself with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality.

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For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.

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For our perishable earthly bodies must be transformed into heavenly bodies that will never die.

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Then the saying will come true: Death swallowed by triumphant Life!

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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."

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So when this corruptible has put on incorruption, and this mortal has put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written: "Death is swallowed up in victory."

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When this happens--when our perishable earthly bodies have been transformed into heavenly bodies that will never die--then at last the Scriptures will come true: "Death is swallowed up in victory.

1Cor.15.55

Who got the last word, oh, Death? Oh, Death, who's afraid of you now?

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"Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?"

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"O Death, where is your sting? O Hades, where is your victory?"

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O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?"

1Cor.15.56

It was sin that made death so frightening and law-code guilt that gave sin its leverage, its destructive power.

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The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.

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The sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law.

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For sin is the sting that results in death, and the law gives sin its power.

1Cor.15.57

But now in a single victorious stroke of Life, all three--sin, guilt, death--are gone, the gift of our Master, Jesus Christ. Thank God!

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But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

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

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How we thank God, who gives us victory over sin and death through Jesus Christ our Lord!

1Cor.15.58

With all this going for us, my dear, dear friends, stand your ground. And don't hold back. Throw yourselves into the work of the Master, confident that nothing you do for him is a waste of time or effort.

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Therefore, my dear brothers, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.

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Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

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So, my dear brothers and sisters, be strong and steady, always enthusiastic about the Lord's work, for you know that nothing you do for the Lord is ever useless.

1Cor.16.1

Regarding the relief offering for poor Christians that is being collected, you get the same instructions I gave the churches in Galatia.

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Now about the collection for God's people: Do what I told the Galatian churches to do.

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Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I have given orders to the churches of Galatia, so you must do also:

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Now about the money being collected for the Christians in Jerusalem: You should follow the same procedures I gave to the churches in Galatia.

1Cor.16.2

Every Sunday each of you make an offering and put it in safekeeping. Be as generous as you can. When I get there you'll have it ready, and I won't have to make a special appeal.

1Cor.16.2

On the first day of every week, each one of you should set aside a sum of money in keeping with his income, saving it up, so that when I come no collections will have to be made.

1Cor.16.2

On the first day of the week let each one of you lay something aside, storing up as he may prosper, that there be no collections when I come.

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On every Lord's Day, each of you should put aside some amount of money in relation to what you have earned and save it for this offering. Don't wait until I get there and then try to collect it all at once.

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Then after I arrive, I'll write letters authorizing whomever you delegate, and send them off to Jerusalem to deliver your gift.

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Then, when I arrive, I will give letters of introduction to the men you approve and send them with your gift to Jerusalem.

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And when I come, whomever you approve by your letters I will send to bear your gift to Jerusalem.

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When I come I will write letters of recommendation for the messengers you choose to deliver your gift to Jerusalem.

1Cor.16.4

If you think it best that I go along, I'll be glad to travel with them.

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If it seems advisable for me to go also, they will accompany me.

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But if it is fitting that I go also, they will go with me.

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And if it seems appropriate for me also to go along, then we can travel together.