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May 12 - Hope Beyond the Grave · Bible Chat Devotional

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  Welcome to Bible Chat, where we have devotional conversations
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  rooted in scripture and relevant for.
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  Today, May 12th, lessons that last.
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  Be honest. When someone corrects you,
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  what's your first instinct? Do you get defensive?
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  Do you shut down? Do you brush it off and pretend
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  it didn't happen? Most of us don't love being told
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  we got something wrong. It stings a little, even when
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  the person saying it actually cares about us.
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  But here's what's wild The lessons we try hardest to avoid
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  are often the ones that shape us the most.
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  Proverbs chapter 15, verses 32 to 33 puts it plainly.
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  Whoever ignores instruction despises himself.
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  But he who listens to reproof gains intelligence.
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  The fear of the Lord teaches a man wisdom and humility comes
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  before honor. That word despises is strong,
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  isn't it? But think about it.
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  When you refuse to learn, when you dismiss correction and keep
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  repeating the same patterns, you're actually working against
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  yourself. You're blocking your own growth.
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  On the flip side, the person who can receive guidance even when
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  it's uncomfortable is quietly building something real.
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  Wisdom, character, the kind of inner strength that doesn't
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  crumble under pressure. And notice that humility comes
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  before honor, not alongside it, before it.
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  That's the sequence God establishes.
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  You don't get to skip the learning curve and go straight
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  to the reward. The humble, teachable, sometimes
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  hard season is what prepares you for what comes next.
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  Now, First Corinthians chapter 15 takes everything up to a much
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  bigger scale. Verse 22 reminds us that through
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  Christ's resurrection, death has been defeated and we are given
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  new life in Him. And verse 58 says so.
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  Then, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always
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  abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord
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  your labor is not in vain, not in vain.
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  Let that sit with you for a moment.
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  There are probably things in your life right now that feel
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  pointless. The effort you're putting in
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  that nobody seems to notice. The choice you made to do the
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  right thing that didn't get you any credit.
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  The time you spent being kind to someone who didn't even say
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  thank you. It can feel like you're pouring
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  into something that has no bottom.
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  But God says no. It counts.
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  Every bit of it counts because the resurrection of Jesus
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  changes the entire equation. If death itself doesn't have the
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  final word, then neither does failure, discouragement, or
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  feeling unseen. Every small act of faithfulness.
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  Every moment you chose to listen and learn instead of harden and
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  resist. Every time you got back up after
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  a set back. It's all part of something God
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  is building in you that has eternal weight.
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  That means today's correction isn't punishment, it's
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  preparation. That difficult teacher, that
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  hard conversation with a parent, That failure you're embarrassed
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  about. God is using all of it not to
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  break you down, but to build you up into someone who can handle
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  what He has ahead. So the next time life hands you
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  a lesson you didn't sign up for, try to resist the urge to just
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  escape it. Ask instead, What is God trying
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  to teach me here? What is He developing in me
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  through this? Because He wastes nothing.
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  And your willingness to stay humble and keep learning is one
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  of the most powerful things you can do.
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  Let's pray. Heavenly Father, thank You for
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  the lessons You bring into my life, even the ones that are
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  uncomfortable or hard to receive.
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  Help me to stay humble, to listen well, and to trust that
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  You are shaping me with purpose. On the days when my efforts feel
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  invisible or pointless, remind me that my labor for You is
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  never in vain. Because of Jesus resurrection, I
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  have hoped that nothing I do in faith is wasted.
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  Give me the strength to stay steadfast, keep going and grow
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  in wisdom every single day in Jesus name, Amen.
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  What if the battles hitting your family are not random and your
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  home can become a place where darkness loses every right to
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  stay? The Secured Home is a powerful
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  six book prayer series for believers who want to guard
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  their households with biblical authority, peace and confidence
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  in Jesus Christ. Book 1.
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  Guarded Thresholds fortifies every doorway, room, and entry
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  point with prayerful protection. Book 2, Cleansed Rooms, helps
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  reclaim spaces marked by fear, unrest, and spiritual
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  defilement. Book 3, Closed Breaches, exposes
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  hidden access points and severs every agreement with darkness.
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  Book 4, Broken Assignments, confronts oppression, torment,
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  and attacks against your family. Book 5, Consecrated Walls,
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  dedicates every space and rhythm of the home to God.
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  Book 6, Abiding Peace, shows how to maintain spiritual order,
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  rest, and holy presence every day.
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  Now I invite you to spend time with God in today's three-year
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  Bible reading plan. Proverbs chapter 15, verses 32
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  to 33 World English Bible. He who refuses correction
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  despises his own soul, but he who listens to reproof gets
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  understanding. The fear of Yahweh teaches
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  wisdom before honor is humility. First Corinthians Chapter 15
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  World English Bible Now I declare to you, brothers, the
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  good news which I preach to you, which also you received, in
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  which you also stand, by which also you are saved, if you hold
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  firmly the Word which I preach to you, unless you believed in
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  vain. For I delivered to you first of
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  all that which I also received, that Christ died for our sins
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  according to the Scriptures, that He was buried, that He was
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  raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, and
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  that he appeared to Sepha's, then to the 12.
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  Then he appeared to over 500 brothers at once, most of whom
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  remain until now, but some have also fallen asleep.
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  Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles, and last of
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  all, as to the child born at the wrong time, He appeared to me
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  also. For I am the least of the
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  apostles who is not worthy to be called an apostle, because I
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  persecuted the Assembly of God. But by the grace of God I am
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  what I am. His grace which was given to me
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  was not futile, but I worked more than all of them.
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  Yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
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  Whether then it is I or they. So we preach, and so you
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  believed. Now if Christ is preached that
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  He has been raised from the dead, how do some among you say
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  that there is no resurrection of the dead?
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  But if there is no resurrection of the dead, neither has Christ
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  been raised. If Christ has not been raised,
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  then our preaching is in vain, and your faith also is in vain.
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  Yes, we are also found false witnesses of God, because we
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  testified about God that He raised up Christ, whom He didn't
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  raise up. If it is so that the dead are
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  not raised. For if the dead aren't raised,
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  neither has Christ been raised. If Christ has not been raised,
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  your faith is vain, you are still in your sins.
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  Then they also who are fallen asleep in Christ have perished.
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  If we have only hoped in Christ in this life we are of all men
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  most pitiable. But now Christ has been raised
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  from the dead. He became the first fruits of
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  those who are asleep. For since death came by man, the
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  resurrection of the dead also came by man.
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  For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made
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  alive, but each in his own order.
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  Christ the first fruits, then those who are Christ S at His
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  coming. Then the end comes, when He will
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  deliver up the Kingdom to God, even the Father, when He will
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  have abolished all rule and all authority and power.
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  For He must reign until he has put all his enemies under his
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  feet. The last enemy that will be
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  abolished is death, For He put all things in subjection under
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  his feet. But when he says all things are
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  put in subjection, it is evident that He is accepted.
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  Who subjected all things to him? When all things have been
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  subjected to him, then the Son will also himself be subjected
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  to him. Who subjected all things to him,
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  that God may be All in all. Or else what will they do?
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  Who are baptized for the dead? If the dead aren't raised at
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  all, why then are they baptized for the dead?
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  Why do we also stand in jeopardy every hour?
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  I affirm by the boasting in you, which I have in Christ Jesus our
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  Lord, I die daily. If I fought with animals at
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  Ephesus for human purposes, what does it profit me?
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  If the dead are not raised, then let's eat and drink, for
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  tomorrow we die. Don't be deceived.
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  Evil companionships corrupt good morals.
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  Wake up righteously and don't sin, for some have no knowledge
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  of God. I say this to your shame, but
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  someone will say, How are the dead raised, and with what kind
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  of body do they come, you foolish one?
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  That which you yourself sow is not made alive unless it dies.
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  That which you sow you don't sow the body that will be but a bare
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  grain, maybe of wheat, or of some other kind.
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  But God gives it a body even as it pleased Him, and to each seed
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  a body of its own. All flesh is not the same flesh,
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  but there is one flesh of men, another flesh of animals,
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  another of fish, and another of birds.
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  There are also celestial bodies and terrestrial bodies, but the
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  glory of the celestial differs from that of the terrestrial.
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  There is one glory of the sun, another glory of the moon, and
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  another glory of the stars. For one star differs from
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  another star in glory. So also is the resurrection of
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  the dead. The body is sown perishable.
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  It is raised in perishable, it is sown in dishonor.
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  It is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness, it is
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  raised in power, it is sown a natural body, it is raised a
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  spiritual body. There is a natural body and
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  there is also a spiritual body. So also it is written.
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  The first man, Adam became a living soul.
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  The last Adam became a life giving spirit.
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  However, that which is spiritual isn't first, but that which is
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  natural. Then that which is spiritual.
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  The first man is of the earth made of dust.
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  The second man is the Lord from heaven, as is the one made of
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  dust. Such are those who are also made
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  of dust, and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are
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  heavenly. As we have borne the image of
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  those made of dust, let's also bear the image of the heavenly.
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  Now I say this, brothers, that flesh and blood can't inherit
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  God's Kingdom, neither does the perishable inherit imperishable.
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  Behold, I tell you a mystery. We will not all sleep, but we
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  will all be changed in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at
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  the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and
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  the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we will be
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  changed. For this perishable body must
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  become imperishable, and this mortal must put on immortality.
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  But when this perishable body will have become imperishable,
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  and this mortal will have put on immortality, then what is
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  written will happen. Death is swallowed up in
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  victory. Death, where is your sting?
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  Hades, where is your victory? The sting of death is sin, and
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  the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, who gives
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  us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
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  Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always
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  abounding in the Lord's work, because you know that your labor
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  is not in vain in the. Lord, thanks for joining us on
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