Study Desk

Well, my brothers and sisters, let's summarize. When you meet together, one will sing, another will teach, another will tell some special revelation God has given, one will speak in tongues, and another will interpret what is said. But everything that is done must strengthen all of you.

But if no one is present who can interpret, they must be silent in your church meeting and speak in tongues to God privately.

But if someone is prophesying and another person receives a revelation from the Lord, the one who is speaking must stop.

For God is not a God of disorder but of peace, as in all the meetings of God's holy people.

But if you do not recognize this, you yourself will not be recognized.

But be sure that everything is done properly and in order.

But whatever I am now, it is all because God poured out his special favor on me—and not without results. For I have worked harder than any of the other apostles; yet it was not I but God who was working through me by his grace.

But tell me this—since we preach that Christ rose from the dead, why are some of you saying there will be no resurrection of the dead?

And we apostles would all be lying about God—for we have said that God raised Christ from the grave. But that can't be true if there is no resurrection of the dead.

But in fact, Christ has been raised from the dead. He is the first of a great harvest of all who have died.

But there is an order to this resurrection: Christ was raised as the first of the harvest; then all who belong to Christ will be raised when he comes back.

But someone may ask, "How will the dead be raised? What kind of bodies will they have?"

And what you put in the ground is not the plant that will grow, but only a bare seed of wheat or whatever you are planting.

It is the same way with the resurrection of the dead. Our earthly bodies are planted in the ground when we die, but they will be raised to live forever.

Our bodies are buried in brokenness, but they will be raised in glory. They are buried in weakness, but they will be raised in strength.

They are buried as natural human bodies, but they will be raised as spiritual bodies. For just as there are natural bodies, there are also spiritual bodies.

The Scriptures tell us, "The first man, Adam, became a living person." But the last Adam—that is, Christ—is a life-giving Spirit.

But let me reveal to you a wonderful secret. We will not all die, but we will all be transformed!

But thank God! He gives us victory over sin and death through our Lord Jesus Christ.

Now about our brother Apollos—I urged him to visit you with the other believers, but he was not willing to go right now. He will see you later when he has the opportunity.