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But everyone will be raised to life in the right order. Christ was first to be raised. When Christ comes again, those who belong to him will be raised to life,

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

But God gives it a body that he has planned for it, and God gives each kind of seed its own body.

Also there are heavenly bodies and earthly bodies. But the beauty of the heavenly bodies is one kind, and the beauty of the earthly bodies is another.

It is the same with the dead who are raised to life. The body that is "planted" will ruin and decay, but it is raised to a life that cannot be destroyed.

When the body is "planted," it is without honor, but it is raised in glory. When the body is "planted," it is weak, but when it is raised, it is powerful.

It is written in the Scriptures: "The first man, Adam, became a living person." But the last Adam became a spirit that gives life.

The spiritual did not come first, but the physical and then the spiritual.

People who belong to the earth are like the first man of earth. But those people who belong to heaven are like the man of heaven.

But look! I tell you this secret: We will not all sleep in death, but we will all be changed.

But we thank God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

But I will stay at Ephesus until Pentecost,

So none of you should treat Timothy as unimportant, but help him on his trip in peace so that he can come back to me. I am expecting him to come with the brothers.

I am happy that Stephanas, Fortunatus, and Achaicus have come. You are not here, but they have filled your place.

Truly, in our own hearts we believed we would die. But this happened so we would not trust in ourselves but in God, who raises people from the dead.

But since you can believe God, you can believe that what we tell you is never both yes and no.

We are not trying to control your faith. You are strong in faith. But we are workers with you for your own joy.

When I wrote to you before, I was very troubled and unhappy in my heart, and I wrote with many tears. I did not write to make you sad, but to let you know how much I love you.

Someone there among you has caused sadness, not to me, but to all of you. I mean he caused sadness to all in some way. (I do not want to make it sound worse than it really is.)

But now you should forgive him and comfort him to keep him from having too much sadness and giving up completely.