But eachin his ownorder:Christthe first fruits,afterthat thosewhoare Christ'sat His coming,
Your deadwill live;Their corpseswill rise.You who liein the dust,awakeand shoutfor joy,For your dew[is as] the dewof the dawn,And the earthwill givebirthto the departedspirits.
"For the Sonof Manis goingto comein the gloryof His Fatherwith His angels,and WILL THENREPAYEVERY MANACCORDINGTO HIS DEEDS.
"TrulyI sayto you, there are someof thosewho are standingherewhowill not tastedeathuntilthey seethe Sonof Mancomingin His kingdom."
that the Christwas to suffer,[and] that by reasonof [His] resurrectionfrom the deadHe wouldbe the firstto proclaimlightbothto the [Jewish] peopleand to the Gentiles."
But nowChristhas been raisedfrom the dead,the first fruitsof thosewho are asleep.
in a moment,in the twinklingof an eye,at the lasttrumpet;for the trumpet will sound,and the deadwill be raisedimperishable,and we will be changed.
and you belong to Christ;and Christbelongs to God.
NowGodhas not onlyraisedthe Lord,but will alsoraiseus up throughHis power.
You are lookingat things as they are outwardly.Ifanyoneis confidentin himselfthat he is Christ's,let him considerthisagainwithinhimself,that justas he is Christ's,soalsoare we.
And ifyou belong to Christ,thenyou are Abraham'sdescendants,heirsaccordingto promise.
Nowthosewho belong to ChristJesushave crucifiedthe fleshwith its passionsand desires.
in orderthat I may attainto the resurrectionfrom the dead.
For whois our hopeorjoyorcrownof exultation?Is it not evenyou, in the presenceof our LordJesusat His coming?
and from JesusChrist,the faithfulwitness,the firstbornof the dead,and the rulerof the kingsof the earth.To Him who lovesus and releasedus from our sinsby His blood--
