Chapter 15

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15:1 I make known to you now, brothers and sisters, the gospel that I proclaimed to you, which you seized hold of, inside of which also you stand, 2 and through which you are presently saved, if you hold fast to the word I proclaimed to you; otherwise, you may have believed without purpose.

3 For I delivered to you what I also first received, that Christ died for the resolution of our sins and our disconnection from God, according to the Scriptures, 4 and that He was buried and that He was raised up the third day, according to the Scriptures. 5 Then He appeared to Peter, and then to the twelve. 6 After that, He appeared to more than five hundred brothers and sisters at once, of whom the greater part remains until now; although some of those have passed away. 7 Then He appeared to James [His brother], then to all the apostles. 8 Finally, last of all, He appeared also to me as one untimely born.

9 For I am the least of the apostles, who am not fit to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the Church of God. • 10 By the grace of God, however, I am what I am, and His grace into me has not been without purpose. Rather, I toiled more abundantly than them all, not I, however, but the grace and presence of God utterly together with me. 11 Whether it’s me or them speaking, however, thus we preach and thus you believed.

12 Now, if Christ is preached that He has been raised out from the dead, how say some among you that there is not a resurrection of the dead? 13 If there is not a resurrection of the dead, then neither has Christ been raised. 14 If Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is without purpose, and your faith is also without purpose. 15 We are then found as false witnesses of God, because we have testified concerning God that He raised up Christ, whom He has not raised up if the dead are not actually raised. 16 For if the dead are not raised, neither has Christ been raised. 18 If, then, Christ has not been raised, your faith is without purpose, you are still inside of your sins, that is, you remain disconnected from God. 19 Then also, those having passed away inside of Christ have truly perished. 19 If we possess hope inside of Christ in this present life only, we are more to be pitied than all other humans.

• 20 Now, however, Christ has been raised out from the dead, the firstfruit of those having died. 21 For since through man death, through man also the resurrection of the dead. • 22 For as inside of Adam all indeed die, so also inside of Christ all will be made alive. • 23 Each, however, in their own order: the firstfruit Christ, then those belonging to Christ inside of His presence, 24 then the completion, when He shall give the kingdom to Father God, when He shall have rendered inoperative all other sources and authorities and powers. • 25 For it is fitting for Him to reign until He has placed all enemies under His feet. 26 The last enemy to be rendered inoperative is death. 27 “For He has arranged all under His feet” (Psalm 8:6 & 110:1). When it says, however, that all has been placed under, it is evident that the One having placed all under [that is, Father God] is excepted. • 28 Now, when He [Father God] shall have placed all under Him [Christ Jesus], then also the Son Himself will be placed under the One having placed all under Him, • so that God may be all inside of all. [h]

(i) ~~~29 Otherwise, what will they do who are immersed for the sake of the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why also are they immersed for their sakes? 30 Why also are we in danger every hour? 31 Every day I die, as I swear boasting to you, brothers and sisters, which I possess inside of Christ Jesus our Lord. 32 If, according to man, I fought wild beasts in Ephesus, what profit is that to me? If the dead are not raised, “Let us eat and let us drink, for tomorrow we die.” 33 Do not be caused to wander, “Bad companionships corrupt good habits.” 34 Become justly sober and sin not; for some have ignorance of God; towards your shame I speak. ~~~

35 But someone will say, “How are the dead raised? With what body do they come?” 36 You are being foolish! What you sow does not come to life if it does not die [in appearance]. 37 And what you sow is not that body that will be, but a bare grain, it may be of wheat or of something else. 38 But God gives it a body [the plant], as He has desired, and to each of the seeds its own body, that is, its own plant.

39 Not all flesh is the same flesh, but there is one flesh of humans, and another flesh of beasts, and another flesh of birds, and another of fish. 40 And there are heavenly bodies and earthly bodies. But the first is truly of a heavenly glory, and the other an earthly glory. 41 One glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of stars; for star differs from star in glory.

42 The resurrection of the dead is the same. It is sown inside of decay; it is raised inside of an inability to decay. 43 It is sown inside of dishonor; it is raised inside of glory. It is sown inside of weakness; it is raised inside of power. 44 It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual. 45 So also it has been written: “The first man, Adam, became a living soul” (Genesis 2:7); • the last Adam became a life-giving Spirit.

46 However, the first was not the spiritual, but the natural, then the spiritual. 47 The first man was out from the earth, earthy; the second man was out from heaven. • 48 As is the one earthy, so also are those earthy and as is the one heavenly, so also are those heavenly. 49 And as we have worn the image of the earthy, we shall wear also the image of the heavenly.

50 I say this now, brothers and sisters, that flesh and blood does not have the ability in itself to inherit the kingdom of God, neither is that which decays able to inherit the inability to decay. • 51 Look and see, I tell you a mystery. We will not all die; we all, however, will be changed – 52 in an instant, in the blink of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised unable to decay, and we will be changed. • 53 For it is necessary for this decaying to put on, to enclothe itself with the inability to decay; and this dying to put on, to enclothe itself with the inability to die [j]. • 54 Now when the decaying shall have put upon itself the inability to decay and when the dying shall have put upon itself the inability to die, then the word which was written will become, “Death has been swallowed up into and eliminated by victory” (Isaiah 25:8).

55 Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?” (Hosea 13:14). 56 The sting of death is sin; and the power of sin is the law. • 57 To God be thanks, however, the One presently and actively giving us the victory [k] through our Lord, Jesus Christ. • 58 Therefore, my beloved brothers and sisters, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding inside of the work of the Lord, being fully aware that your toil is not without purpose inside of the Lord.

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Gospel Word	Notes
• Ruling Verse 1: God’s Purpose turns us around, for we are concerned wholly with the Father’s Desire. All of our labor is synergeoing with God, making all things good. We speak boldly (Speak Christ), “The Grace and presence of God is utterly together with me in all of my labor. I give myself to the Father’s Purpose with all my strength.” • Definition: Death is the enemy of God, of us, and of the gospel. Death is the absence of the knowledge of God; it is the insertion of a false story in place of that knowledge. Death is the splitting apart of heaven and earth; it is the loss of our earthly form. The first work of the Kingdom is the elimination of death in all its forms, swallowed up by Life. • Kingdom: Covenant defines the first action of Kingdom, to render inoperative all that opposes God, that is, propitiation. Through His Resurrection, Jesus eliminated the power of death, yet its appearance continues. A man, Adam, brought the horror of death into the human experience; as the firstfruits of Christ, we have a role to play in its final removal. • Kingdom: The larger action of the Kingdom is reciprocity. Jesus first comes out from God, bringing forth and sustaining all, and then He returns to the Father, carrying all inside Himself, bringing all, with Himself, into the Father’s purpose. God gives all of Himself, yet always expecting all in return. • Kingdom: Just as God gave Jesus to us, so God now gives us to Jesus. Jesus is waiting in expectation (see Hebrews 10:12-14) for us to join with Him (see 1 Thess. 4:17) as His firstfruits, in rendering inoperative all the authorities of “the air.” Our final Victory, with Jesus, is Resurrection Life in our physical bodies. • Ruling Verse 9: Paul’s Gospel Rules. The final condition of the universe, already True now, is God filling all things with His knowledge, Life, God all inside of all. No evil remains, no split creation, no unending torment. Every sentient and created thing gives thanks inside of all, bending the knee to Jesus. Every sentient and created thing speaks Christ Jesus, the only Life of all. • Definition: The natural and the spiritual are part of each other and always together. We then can comprehend the realities of spirit by observing the natural (see Romans 1:20), and then by transferring the meaning, by the Spirit, to the heavenly. Bearing the image of the heavenly is the kindness of Jesus upon our human face; it is the normal Christian life. • Definition: So that we might know Him, that we are made by His Pattern, Jesus took on the form of a solitary man. In that form, He showed us His Love and He showed us the Father. Then, on the Day of Pentecost, Jesus returned as a Life-giving Spirit, taking upon Himself the form of the Church, many together as one (see Ephesians 1:23). Yet Jesus remains Himself inside His Form, fully capable of revealing Himself as each one and as all together (see Philippians 3:21). • Covenant: God has given us all Victory over death. The certainty of the resurrection, our presently mortal bodies swallowed up by life, is an essential part of the Covenant God has entered into with us. • Kingdom: The resurrection of our physical bodies, with all those belonging to Jesus returning out from physical death into living, immortal earth forms, marks the entrance of the Kingdom into the Age of Tabernacles. This resurrection is the immediate goal of the Gospel, the fulfillment of all of God’s promise to us in the New Covenant. • Ruling Verse 10: “Put on the Lord Jesus Christ” is the one commandment of the Gospel inside of which all else is fulfilled. Victory over death is an essential quality of the Lord Jesus which we place upon ourselves through faith and inside of Him. We walk in all Resurrection Life before resurrection. • Ruling Verse 4: Victory over death is the direct result of those who have overcome the accuser, casting down all accusation against their brethren. It is the entrance of the full Salvation of God into our world. We presently possess that Victory for God has given it to us. It is the very fabric of the Lord Jesus with whom we are enclothed. • Ruling Verse 1: The Purpose of God is creation set free as it is filled with all the Knowledge of God, that God might be Himself towards all created things. In all that we do throughout our daily lives, we labor together with the Spirit, turning all things towards goodness in the giving of thanks. Our toil is filled with great Purpose, the Father revealed.	h. This is the only end or completion found in Paul’s gospel, that Jesus will restore every created thing back to ther athe, into God’s original purpose. Full stop. i. This short passage, verses 29-34, is one which, for all practical purposes, makes no sense to anyone. As such, it is a passage that we can safely ignore without any loss of the knowledge of Christ. Jesus is the fulfillment inside of us of what God means. We trust utterly in Him. (Added) As I read this section into audio, I realized that Paul is speaking partly as parody. These words do not ring true as being gospel word. j. This is the same Greek word, enduo, put on as a garment, as is found in Romans 13:14, “Put on the Lord Jesus Christ.” Putting Jesus upon ourselves is the greater reaiity. Putting life and the inability to die upon ourselves, then, is just part of the whole. It is something we do entirely and only through faith. k. This is victory over physical death, that God has given to us as our own possession. We take God at His word.

Gospel Word

Notes

• Ruling Verse 1: God’s Purpose turns us around, for we are concerned wholly with the Father’s Desire. All of our labor is synergeoing with God, making all things good. We speak boldly (Speak Christ), “The Grace and presence of God is utterly together with me in all of my labor. I give myself to the Father’s Purpose with all my strength.”

• Definition: Death is the enemy of God, of us, and of the gospel. Death is the absence of the knowledge of God; it is the insertion of a false story in place of that knowledge. Death is the splitting apart of heaven and earth; it is the loss of our earthly form. The first work of the Kingdom is the elimination of death in all its forms, swallowed up by Life.

• Kingdom: Covenant defines the first action of Kingdom, to render inoperative all that opposes God, that is, propitiation. Through His Resurrection, Jesus eliminated the power of death, yet its appearance continues. A man, Adam, brought the horror of death into the human experience; as the firstfruits of Christ, we have a role to play in its final removal.

• Kingdom: The larger action of the Kingdom is reciprocity. Jesus first comes out from God, bringing forth and sustaining all, and then He returns to the Father, carrying all inside Himself, bringing all, with Himself, into the Father’s purpose. God gives all of Himself, yet always expecting all in return.

• Kingdom: Just as God gave Jesus to us, so God now gives us to Jesus. Jesus is waiting in expectation (see Hebrews 10:12-14) for us to join with Him (see 1 Thess. 4:17) as His firstfruits, in rendering inoperative all the authorities of “the air.” Our final Victory, with Jesus, is Resurrection Life in our physical bodies.

• Ruling Verse 9: Paul’s Gospel Rules. The final condition of the universe, already True now, is God filling all things with His knowledge, Life, God all inside of all. No evil remains, no split creation, no unending torment. Every sentient and created thing gives thanks inside of all, bending the knee to Jesus. Every sentient and created thing speaks Christ Jesus, the only Life of all.

• Definition: The natural and the spiritual are part of each other and always together. We then can comprehend the realities of spirit by observing the natural (see Romans 1:20), and then by transferring the meaning, by the Spirit, to the heavenly. Bearing the image of the heavenly is the kindness of Jesus upon our human face; it is the normal Christian life.

• Definition: So that we might know Him, that we are made by His Pattern, Jesus took on the form of a solitary man. In that form, He showed us His Love and He showed us the Father. Then, on the Day of Pentecost, Jesus returned as a Life-giving Spirit, taking upon Himself the form of the Church, many together as one (see Ephesians 1:23). Yet Jesus remains Himself inside His Form, fully capable of revealing Himself as each one and as all together (see Philippians 3:21).

• Covenant: God has given us all Victory over death. The certainty of the resurrection, our presently mortal bodies swallowed up by life, is an essential part of the Covenant God has entered into with us.

• Kingdom: The resurrection of our physical bodies, with all those belonging to Jesus returning out from physical death into living, immortal earth forms, marks the entrance of the Kingdom into the Age of Tabernacles. This resurrection is the immediate goal of the Gospel, the fulfillment of all of God’s promise to us in the New Covenant.

• Ruling Verse 10: “Put on the Lord Jesus Christ” is the one commandment of the Gospel inside of which all else is fulfilled. Victory over death is an essential quality of the Lord Jesus which we place upon ourselves through faith and inside of Him. We walk in all Resurrection Life before resurrection.

• Ruling Verse 4: Victory over death is the direct result of those who have overcome the accuser, casting down all accusation against their brethren. It is the entrance of the full Salvation of God into our world. We presently possess that Victory for God has given it to us. It is the very fabric of the Lord Jesus with whom we are enclothed.

• Ruling Verse 1: The Purpose of God is creation set free as it is filled with all the Knowledge of God, that God might be Himself towards all created things. In all that we do throughout our daily lives, we labor together with the Spirit, turning all things towards goodness in the giving of thanks. Our toil is filled with great Purpose, the Father revealed.

h. This is the only end or completion found in Paul’s gospel, that Jesus will restore every created thing back to ther athe, into God’s original purpose. Full stop.

i. This short passage, verses 29-34, is one which, for all practical purposes, makes no sense to anyone. As such, it is a passage that we can safely ignore without any loss of the knowledge of Christ. Jesus is the fulfillment inside of us of what God means. We trust utterly in Him. (Added) As I read this section into audio, I realized that Paul is speaking partly as parody. These words do not ring true as being gospel word.

j. This is the same Greek word, enduo, put on as a garment, as is found in Romans 13:14, “Put on the Lord Jesus Christ.” Putting Jesus upon ourselves is the greater reaiity. Putting life and the inability to die upon ourselves, then, is just part of the whole. It is something we do entirely and only through faith.

k. This is victory over physical death, that God has given to us as our own possession. We take God at His word.