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1 Corinthians 15:18-20
1599 Geneva Bible
1 Corinthians 15:18-20
1599 Geneva Bible
18 [a]And so they which are asleep in Christ, are perished.
19 [b]If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men the most miserable.
20 [c]But now is Christ risen from the dead, [d]and was made the (A)[e]firstfruits of them that slept.
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- 1 Corinthians 15:18 Secondly, unless that this be certain that Christ rose again, all they which died in Christ, are perished. So then what profit cometh of faith?
- 1 Corinthians 15:19 The third argument, which is also taken from an absurdity: for unless there be another life, wherein such as trust and believe in Christ shall be blessed, they were the most miserable of all creatures, because in this life they are the most miserable.
- 1 Corinthians 15:20 A conclusion of the former argument: Therefore Christ is risen again.
- 1 Corinthians 15:20 He putteth the last conclusion for the first proposition of the argument that followeth. Christ is risen again, Therefore shall we the faithful (for of them he speaketh) rise again: Then followeth the first reason of this consequent: for Christ is set forth unto us, to be considered of, not as a private man apart and by himself, but as the firstfruits: And he taketh that which was known, to all men, to wit, that the whole heap is sanctified in the firstfruits.
- 1 Corinthians 15:20 He alludeth to the firstfruits of corn, the offering whereof sanctified the rest of the fruits.
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