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PART IV.

(CHAPS. XV., XVI.)

CORINTHIAN AND PAULINE VIEWS OF THE
RESURRECTION. — CORINTH AND JERUSA-

LEM ONE CHURCH OF CHRIST, ONE
FAMILY OF GOD. CONCLUSION.

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PART IV.

(CHAPTERS XV., xvI.)

SECTION I.

STATE OF OPINION ON THE DOCTRINE OF A RESURRECTION.

-CHRIST'S RESURRECTION A PAT

ST. PAUL'S ARGUMENTS.

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TION CAN INHERIT INCORRUPTION, THE NECESSITY OF CHANGE; AND THE NEW BIRTHS OF DEATH.

CHAP. XV. 1-58.

1 AND I declare unto you, Brethren, the Gospel which I preached to you, which also ye received, in which also 2 ye stand; by which also ye are saved, if ye hold by the word which I preached to you; otherwise ye have be3 lieved in vain. For, first, I delivered to you that which I received, that Christ died on account of our sins accord4 ing to the Scriptures; and that he was buried; and that he was raised up on the third day, according to the Scrip5 tures; and that he was seen by Cephas, afterwards by 6 the twelve. Afterwards he was seen by more than five

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hundred brethren at once, of whom the most remain till 7 this time, but some of them have fallen asleep. Afterwards he was seen by James; then by all the Apostles. 8 And last of all he was seen by me also, as by one born 9 out of due time. For I am the least of the Apostles, as be called an Apostle, because I perse10 cuted the Church of God. But by the grace of God I am that I am: and his grace which was towards me was not in vain, but I labored more abundantly than they all, yet 11 not I, but the grace of God which is with me. Whether, 12 then, I or they, so we preach, and so ye believed. But

if Christ be preached that he was raised from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of 13 the dead? If there be no resurrection of the dead, then is 14 Christ not risen. And if Christ be not risen, then both 15 vain is our preaching, and vain is your believing. And

we are found also false witnesses for God, since we have testified concerning God that he raised up Christ, whom he raised not up, if so it be that the dead are not raised up. 16 For if the dead are not raised up, then has Christ not 17 been raised up. But if Christ has not been raised up, 18 your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins. And then they that have fallen asleep in Christ have perished.

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If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of 20 all men most to be pitied. But now has Christ been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those that slept. 21 For since through man was death, through man also was 22 a resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, so 23 also in Christ shall all be made alive. But every man in

his own order: Christ the first fruits; then they that are 24 Christ's at his coming. Then is the end, when he shall deliver up the kingdom to God, even the Father, when he shall have put down all rule, and all authority, and 25 power; for he must reign till he hath put all enemies

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