1Corinthians 15:1 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also you have received and wherein you stand;

1Corinthians 15:2 By which also you are saved, if you keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless you have believed in vain.

The gospel is the good news of God for you. The gospel is what fired up the early New Testament church. What was in this gospel message that had such an effect?

1Corinthians 15:3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died.for our sins.according to the scriptures.(Isaiah 52:14);

1Corinthians 15:4 And that he was buried and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures.

1Corinthians 15:5 And that he was seen of Cephas.(another name for Peter), then of the twelve.

1Corinthians 15:6 After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once, of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep.(died).

1Corinthians 15:7 After that, he was seen of James, then of all the apostles.

1Corinthians 15:8 And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time.

Paul wasn't one of the original disciples:.Acts 1:15. Paul's writings only shallowly mention some earlier disciples. Paul had knowledge beyond what the others had known, long before Paul came on the scene, knowledge such as:.Hebrews 5:13-6:2. Paul was a 'bird of a different feather', even correcting Peter:.Galatians 2:11-14.

1Corinthians 15:9 For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet.(fit).to be called an apostle.(2Timothy 1:11), because I persecuted the church of God.

1Corinthians 15:10 But by the grace of God I am what I am and his grace which was bestowed upon me.(original 'came into me').was not in vain.(I didn't sit around not doing anything, but did the best I could with it).as I laboured more abundantly than they all.(?), yet not I.(wasn't normally in me to be like that, but the energy, desire and will given to me from God enabled me to do it:.2Corinthians 6:1; Ephesians 3:2,7; Colossians 1:29).but the grace of God which was with me..(?)

1Corinthians 15:11 Therefore whether it were I or they, so we preach and so you believed.

1Corinthians 15:12 Now if Christbe preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead?

1Corinthians 15:13 But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen.

1Corinthians 15:14 And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain and your faith is also vain.

1Corinthians 15:15,16 Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God; because we have testified of God that he raised up Christ; whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not. For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised.

1Corinthians 15:17 And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; you are yet in your sins..(?)

1Corinthians 15:18 Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished.

1Corinthians 15:19 If in this life only we have hope in Christ.(that is, if we trust in Christ only for what's for our lives now), we are of all men most miserable.

We are here for more than a physical life. The verse is saying to also trust God for what is beyond the physical life, for it is good also:.1Corinthians 2:9. And in this trust, you get the whole package for yourself.

1Corinthians 15:20 But now is Christ risen from the dead and become the firstfruits.(and much more:.Colossians 1:17,18).of them that slept.

1Corinthians 15:21 For since by man came death.(what choice did he have? none, as it was all part of a great plan for humanity), by man came also the resurrection of the dead.

1Corinthians 15:22 For as in Adam.all die.(why?.Romans 5:12), even so in Christ all are made alive.(the spirituality that is in Christ).

1Corinthians 15:22 For as in Adam.all die.(meaning, all those of the ordinary consciousness of the physicality Adam began and now represents, that is, the fleshly selfishly minded affinity toward life as Adam who chose the ego level of relating to life and had it pumped to his hurt), even so in Christ.(having His same nature of love in you).all are made alive..(John 11:21-27)

But, what choice did Adam have? It was all a stacked deck. Adam chose the way of death, albeit ignorantly, because he, under influence of Eve, decided to not believe what the Creator said. Non belief cuts one off (*) from the higher consciousness of the Creator:.Romans 7:5-8. But why could Adam not stick to his belief of God's words? He had been led astray and allowed this leading to blind him to consequences of his decision to take a different path. Did he not know thet he would reap what he would sow? Was he led by an ego curiosity? What was it that allowed him to sidestep belief in what the good God had told him and take a trip onto the side that proved to be so evil for him and which became his downfall? What really was the sin of Adam?

1Corinthians 15:23 But every man in his own order. Christ the firstfruits. Afterward they that are Christ's at his coming.

1Corinthians 15:23 But every man.in his own order. Christ the firstfruits. Afterward they that are Christ's.(are of the same mind as He:.Philippians 2:5).at his coming.
Original can also be 'in His presence' and one is in His presence when he is awakened to be of the same consciousness:.2Timothy 1:9; but He also came where all could see Him back then; comprehend what Christ is).

1Corinthians 15:24 Then comes the end.(Revelation 1:8; 2:19).when he has delivered up the kingdom to God the Father, after he puts down all rule and all authority and power..(how?)

Note that rule over others, authority over another's life and power over individuals, are enemies. Enemies of what?.Philippians 3:18. There are no need for these things once God is all in all:.1Corinthians 15:28; Ephesians 1:23.

1Corinthians 15:25 For he must reign, till he has put all enemies under his feet.

1Corinthians 15:25 For he must reign, till.(then what happens? Revelation 5:10).he has put all enemies.(what enemies? verse 26 and the others?).under his feet.

No longer a need for an intermediary (Ephesians 2:14,16,18,22) because all will be all in all (verse 28 below and Ephesians 1:23).

1Corinthians 15:26 The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.

1Corinthians 15:26 The last enemy that shall be destroyed.(original for word 'destroyed' is 'idled', 'inactive').is death.

Or as the original has it,.'the last enemy.(*).that's destroyed is death'.(and what is it that leads to death? In the Greek and English, the verb is present tense. All negatives to humanity were put on Christ and thus removed from man once and for all. See.Luther on Galatians.

So, destroyed here means 'no longer effective' and this because nothing in the multiverse can be destroyed, only rendered.useless by a change of form, as the frequencies which comprise.all energy and matter can't be destroyed, only altered in some way, but to us in the hologram it's as good as destroyed, as there will no longer be its functioning to produce what it did. So, it's really saying that destruction or destroying will no longer be around, which means no longer in the hologram in the form it was which produced its affect, which was death:.Isaiah 65:17.

1Corinthians 15:27 For he.(the Creator-Father behind all and who's that?.Revelation 4:9,10).has put all things under his feet.(Ephesians 3:9; Revelation 4:11). But when he says all things are put under him, it is manifest that he.(the Father, who is over all in authority and power).is excepted, which did put all things under him.

1Corinthians 15:28 And when all things are arranged under him, the Son himself being subject unto him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all.

1Corinthians 15:28 And when all things are arranged under him.(or, all will then be in alignment with the principles of love, which God the Father is.{1John 4:7-16}.and all old low consciousness ways and what they have produced in those of humanity {how?} will be a thing of history, soon thereafter to be forgotten:.Revelation 21:1,4), the Son himself being subject unto him.(who is 'him'? It's God the Father).that put all things under him.(the Son would relinquish all for the family;.John 17:4,5), that God.(the Father-Creator).may be all in all.(Ephesians 2:6).

So, 'all in all' is talking of all the true only God is, which is everything,  the oneness.(what's the oneness?).of all in the family of the true God of all compassion, healing, health, safety, protection, prosperity and creations. The Creator is spreading Himself, which is love (1John 4:8-16), throughout the multiverse, throughout all things:.1Corinthians 12:6; Ephesians 1:23; 2:18; Isaiah 11:6-9; 65:25. Since all things exist because of God (Hebrews 2:8-10; 3:4; 12:14.)

When the time for {Ecclesiastes 3:1-8} humanity is over, what then?

1Corinthians 15:29 Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead.(that is, knowing that if you die, you'll be resurrected from there too:.verse 19 above), if the dead rise not at all? why are they then baptized for the dead?

In other words, why does one get baptized for the sake of dying, for taking care of one's afterlife? If one's unsure of living beyond physical death, why would he even bother with this thing called baptism, which Paul who wrote the books of Corinthians, later said to move on from anyhow?.Hebrews 5:14 to 6:2.

1Corinthians 15:30,31 And why stand we in jeopardy every hour? I protest by your rejoicing which I have in Christ Emmanuel our Lord, I die daily.

Paul is saying that 'for you brethern that I love, I solemnly.affirm ('solemnly affirm' from.Family New Testament Notes.for words 'I protest') that I die daily, as you are precious to me. Paul was appreciative of what the truth, the reality of life through the knowledge he had, was producing in the lives of others..Adam Clarke's Commentary:."I profess by the glorying or exultation which I have on account of your salvation, that I anticipate with pleasure the end of my Earthly race.".2Timothy 4:8.

1Corinthians 15:32 If after the manner of men I.(Paul).have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantage is it for me, if the dead rise not? Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.

1Corinthians 15:33 Be not deceived. Evil communications corrupt good manners.(or, 'watch your words, that they don't contribute to immorality').

1Corinthians 15:34.Awake to righteousness and sin not, for some have not the knowledge of God. I speak this to your shame.

1Corinthians 15:34.Awake to righteousness.(meaning we've been asleep at a different level).and sin not.(or, you won't then have sin; once awakened to what righteousness is, not missing the mark of it is easier; what does 'sin' mean?); for some have not the knowledge of God.(or, without the knowledge of God, how can one awaken?). I speak this to your shame..(?)

1Corinthians 15:35 But some man will say, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come?

1Corinthians 15:36 That which you sow is not quickened.(made alive), unless it dies.

And you have already died, died to the old way of thinking prompted by and supported with the low consciousness mind which produced the life you have with all its issues that you wish it didn't have. But now you can live by the new mind as you learn to use the special gift God gave you to produce any kind of good wonderful life you want.

1Corinthians 15:37 And that which you sow, such as some type of grain, you are not sowing the body that shall come out of it, but like planting a grain of wheat or some other grain, it comes up as that particular type of plant whose pattern was in the seed.

Your thoughts produce accordingly. Changing thoughts changes your life. Comprised with.Barnes Notes: As the same particles of matter which are sown do not enter into that which shall be in the harvest, so it is taught that the same particles of matter which constitute the human body when it dies, do not constitute the new body at the resurrection.

1Corinthians 15:38 But God.(God is expressing as you once you're away from the limitations of the ordinary consciousness mind and get into the higher consciousness of God where the gift God has given you can be used to massively alter your life and the lives of those you love in ways that are good).gives it a body as it has pleased him.(1Corinthians 1:26).and every seed produces its own body.

So, God, meaning you in this higher consciousness, can form whatever it is that you are pleased to form by using this gift of the subconscious mind.

1Corinthians 15:39,40 All flesh is not the same flesh. But there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes and another of birds. There are also celestial bodies and bodies terrestrial. But the glory.(the beauty, the majesty).of the celestial is one and the glory of the terrestrial is another. 

1Corinthians  15:41 There is one glory of the sun and another glory of the moon and another glory of the stars. For one star differs from another star in glory.

1Corinthians 15:42,43 So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption.(the human body decomposes once the life in it is gone); it is raised in incorruption.(the new spiritual body is incorruptible). It is sown in dishonour.(a new born baby hasn't any honor of its own yet, although it may be honored by all who love the baby); it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness.(can't do anything at first without its parents); it is raised in power.

A spirit body is powerful and invincible.

1Corinthians 15:44 It is sown a natural body. It is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body and there is a spiritual body..(?)

1Corinthians 15:45 And so it is written The first man Adam was made a living soul, the last Adam, a quickening spirit.

1Corinthians 15:45 And so it is written The first man Adamwas made a living soul, the last Adam.(Christ:.Romans 5:19; 1Corinthians 15:21,22), was made.(the first 'was made' in this verse is in the original; this one is not).a quickening spirit.

A 'quickening spirit' is a 'life giving spirit'. Few there are who sense early in life that their ego is taking them down a road away from true happiness:.Matthew 7:14. They are 'going to sleep' as it were.

1Corinthians 15:46 Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural and afterward.(original for word 'afterward' is 'then').that which is spiritual.

So it is with humanity, the nature of man is first a low consciousness for the reason of reaching toward the higher consciousness of God. And so it was with ancient physical Israel and the new spiritual Israel of today, an Israel of the heart:.Romans 2:29.

1Corinthians 15:47 The first man is of the Earth, Earthy..The second man is the Lord from heaven

The second man (man is his mind and nature) is the spirit of man which is invisible with the eyes we have. This is the invisible energy of our formation and becomes illumined when one's thoughts are good (*). In this, the spiritual light of the soul has been awakened.

1Corinthians 15:48 As is the Earthy, such are they also that are Earthy and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly.

'heavenly' refers to the things of the Infinite One, and what are they?

1Corinthians 15:49 And as we have borne the image of the Earthy we also bear the image of the heavenly.

1Corinthians 15:49 And as we have.(word 'have' not in original).borne the image of the Earthy, we shall.(word 'shall' not in original).also bear the image.(original 'image', 'likeness').of the heavenly. 

So, And we bear the image of the Earthy and bear the image of the heavenly.

Our spirits, the real us, having the same nature of love as the Creator.

1Corinthians 15:50 Now this I say brethren, that flesh and blood.(the ego level).cannot inherit the kingdom of God, neither does corruption inherit incorruption.

1Corinthians 15:51 Behold, I show you a mystery, We shall not all sleep but we shall all.(talking about a body of people).be changed..(?)

1Corinthians 15:52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump, for the trumpet shall sound and the dead shall be raised incorruptible and we shall be changed.

1Corinthians 15:52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump.(at this time a huge general resurrection occurs {1Thessalonians 4:16} signifying the culmination, as this was an antitype when ancient Israel followed the Old Testament holy days:.Leviticus 23:24; Matthew 24:31), for the trumpet shall sound.(which trumpet is this one?.Revelation 11:15).and the dead.(what dead are these?.Colossians 3:3).shall be raised incorruptible.(original 'no longer subject to decay', that is, raised into eternal life, like as we had {2Tmothy 1:9} before this particular Earth was remade).and we shall be changed.(*)..(Barnes Notes:."The word 'last' here does not imply that any trumpet shall have been before sounded at the resurrection.{which resurrection?}, but is a word denoting that this is the consummation or close of things; it will end the economyof this world; it will be connected with the last state of things.")

1Corinthians 15:53 For this corruptible.must put on.incorruption and this one having been subject to death must put on immortality.

This whole scripture doesn't fit with the truth in other scriptures. Perhaps this rendering will make it clearer:.For this corruptible.(how can anyone of humanity {and who are they?} be corruptible when they were all saved from the beginning?.2Timothy 1:9) must put on incorruption and this one subject to death must put on immortality..Was this verse a purposeful screw up to confuse you?.1Corinthians 14:33.

What about being subject to death? One saved from the beginning is one who was in eternality.already, though appears not to be because he or she needs awakening to this fact they were ignorant of all their lives. 

The disciples were sent out (Mark 16:15) to see others about the good news that greatly encouraged them in their lives. What was it that fired enthusiasm in early Christians so much that they were able to endure horrible persecutions, even to death and what happened to it today that the fire is mostly dimmed? 

1Corinthians 15:54 So when this corruptible.(we were not in any kind of a corruptible state, see verse 53 just above).shall have put on incorruption.(if humanity wasn't corruptible in the first place {*}, what need was there to 'put on incorruption'?).and this one having been subject to death.(we were never subject to death as those of humanity were born in eternity at our beginning).shall have put on eternality.(that is, though born into eternity, we've long since forgotten all that and now needed awakening to it and so the disciples were sent out.{Mark 16:15}.with what's called the gospel message in order to awaken those who would hear them), then.(once the awakened have knowledge of the truth about themselves).shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death.(the satanic lies about death).has been swallowed up in victory.(the victory is knowing one's true status from his or her beginning:.2Timothy 1:9).

1Timothy 6:16; Isaiah 25:8; Hosea 13:14.

Verses 53-56 show that since sin is gone, so is death.

Revelation 21:1 "And I saw a new heaven and a new Earth, for the first heaven and the first Earth were passed away..." 
Revelation 21:4 "And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain, for the former things are passed away."

1Corinthians 15:55 O death, where is your sting? O grave, where is your victory?

Life without this thing called death:.Isaiah 11:9; Habakkuk 2:14.

John 8:36 "If the Son therefore makes you free you are free indeed."

1Corinthians 15:56 The sting of death is sin.(and sin is missing the mark; missing the mark of what? and why is this mark missed?.Romans 11:20; Hebrews 3:19; 4:6 "...they... entered not in because of unbelief.").and the strength of sin.(what really is sin?).is the law.

But now both sin and the law that showed sin to be what it really was, are both gone:.Galatians 3:13.

The law being that of belief regarding death. If sin's gone and it is.(that's why Christ came), then death is also gone, unless of course you choose to believe otherwise for you. Your beliefs are yours and yours alone and they affect you as you believe. You always have free choice.

1Corinthians 15:57 But thanks be to God, which gives us the victory through Emmanuel Christ.

1Corinthians 15:58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be you stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the God.(how can one abound in this?), forasmuch as you know that your labour in God is not in vain.

What is the 'work of the God?.Ephesians 2:10.

....continues to Chapter 16

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