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Death Is Swallowed Up in Victory
1 Corinthians 15:1-58
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1 Corinthians 15: If Christ is raised, death does not keep the last word
The Book of 1 Corinthians reaches its longest sustained argument by asking what is left if resurrection is removed from the gospel. Paul begins with the proclamation Corinth already received, then follows denial until preaching, faith, forgiveness, apostolic testimony, and hope for the dead all collapse with it. His answer is not that death has become unimportant, but that Christ is risen as firstfruits and death itself is the last enemy to be destroyed. The question of the resurrection body then receives images of seed, created variety, corruption giving way to incorruption, and the earthly image giving way to the heavenly. Both the dead and the living require transformation. The chapter ends by turning that future victory back toward present labor: because death will not keep what it takes, work in the Lord is not empty.
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