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1 ⲁ̅ ϯⲧⲁⲙⲟ ⲇⲉ ⲙ̅ⲙⲱⲧⲛ̅ ⲛⲁⲥⲛⲏⲩ ⲉⲡⲁⲉⲩⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲓⲟⲛ ⲡⲁⲓ̈ ⲉⲛⲧⲁⲓ̈ⲉⲩⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲓⲍⲉ ⲙ̅ⲙⲟϥ ⲛⲏⲧⲛ̅. ⲡⲁⲓ̈ ⲟⲛ ⲉⲛⲧⲁⲧⲉⲧⲛ̅ϫⲓⲧϥ̅. ⲡⲁⲓ̈ ⲟⲛ ⲉⲧⲉⲧⲛ̅ⲁϩⲉⲣⲁⲧⲧⲏⲩⲧⲛ̅ ⲛ̅ϩⲏⲧϥ̅.
But let me recall to you, brethren, the Good News which I brought you, which you accepted, and on which you are standing,
2 ⲃ̅ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲟⲛ ⲉⲧⲉⲧⲛⲁⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ̈ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ϩⲓⲧⲟⲟⲧϥ̅. ϫⲉ ⲟⲩ ⲡⲉ ⲡϣⲁϫⲉ ⲉⲛⲧⲁⲓ̈ⲉⲩⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲓⲍⲉ ⲙ̅ⲙⲟϥ ⲛⲏⲧⲛ̅. ⲉϣϫⲉⲧⲉⲧⲛ̅ⲁⲙⲁϩⲧⲉ ϩⲓⲃⲟⲗ. ⲉϣϫⲉⲉⲓⲕⲏ ⲁⲛ ⲁⲧⲉⲧⲛ̅ⲡⲓⲥⲧⲉⲩⲉ·
through which also you are obtaining salvation, if you bear in mind the words in which I proclaimed it--unless indeed your faith has been unreal from the very first.
For I repeated to you the all-important fact which also I had been taught, that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures;
that He was buried; that He rose to life again on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures,
and was seen by Peter, and then by the Twelve.
6 ⲋ̅ ⲙⲛ̅ⲛ̅ⲥⲱⲥ ⲁϥⲟⲩⲱⲛϩ̅ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲛ̅ϩⲟⲩⲟ ⲉϯⲟⲩ ⲛ̅ϣⲉ ⲛ̅ⲥⲟⲛ ⲛ̅ⲟⲩⲥⲟⲡ ⲛ̅ⲟⲩⲱⲧ ⲛⲁⲓ̈ ⲉⲣⲉⲡⲉⲩϩⲟⲩⲟ ϣⲟⲟⲡ ϣⲁⲧⲉⲛⲟⲩ. ϩⲟⲓ̈ⲛⲉ ⲇⲉ ⲙ̅ⲙⲟⲟⲩ ⲁⲩⲛ̅ⲕⲟⲧⲕ̅.
Afterwards He was seen by more than five hundred brethren at once, most of whom are still alive, although some of them have now fallen asleep.
Afterwards He was seen by James, and then by all the Apostles.
And last of all, as to one of untimely birth, He appeared to me also.
9 ⲑ̅ ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲡⲉ ⲡⲉⲗⲁⲭⲓⲥⲧⲟⲥ ⲛ̅ⲁⲡⲟⲥⲧⲟⲗⲟⲥ. ⲉⲛϯⲙ̅ⲡϣⲁ ⲁⲛ ⲙ̅ⲙⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲉⲣⲟⲓ̈ ϫⲉ ⲁⲡⲟⲥⲧⲟⲗⲟⲥ ϫⲉ ⲁⲓ̈ⲇⲓⲱⲕⲉ ⲛ̅ⲥⲁⲧⲉⲕⲕⲗⲏⲥⲓⲁ ⲙ̅ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ·
For I am the least of the Apostles, and am not fit to be called an Apostle--because I persecuted the Church of God.
10 ⲓ̅ ⲑⲉ ⲇⲉ ⲉϯⲟ ⲙ̅ⲙⲟⲥ. ⲉⲓ̈ⲟ ⲙ̅ⲙⲟⲥ ϩⲙ̅ⲡⲉϩⲙⲟⲧ ⲙ̅ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ. ⲁⲩⲱ ⲧⲉϥⲭⲁⲣⲓⲥ ⲉⲛⲧⲁⲥⲡⲱϩ ϣⲁⲣⲟⲓ̈ ⲙ̅ⲡⲥ̅ϣⲱⲡⲉ ⲉⲥϣⲟⲩⲉⲓⲧ. ⲁⲗⲗⲁ ⲁⲓ̈ϣⲡ̅ϩⲓⲥⲉ ⲉϩⲟⲩⲉⲉⲣⲟⲟⲩ ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ. ⲛ̅ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲇⲉ ⲁⲛ ⲁⲗⲗⲁ ⲧⲉⲭⲁⲣⲓⲥ ⲙ̅ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲉⲧⲛⲙ̅ⲙⲁⲓ̈.
But what I am I am by the grace of God, and His grace bestowed upon me did not prove ineffectual. But I labored more strenuously than all the rest--yet it was not I, but God's grace working with me.
But whether it is I or they, this is the way we preach and the way that you came to believe.
12 ⲓ̅ⲃ̅ ⲉϣϫⲉⲡⲉⲭ̅ⲥ̅ ⲇⲉ ⲥⲉⲧⲁϣⲉⲟⲉⲓϣ ⲙ̅ⲙⲟϥ ϫⲉ ⲁϥⲧⲱⲟⲩⲛ ϩⲛ̅ⲛⲉⲧⲙⲟⲟⲩⲧ ⲛ̅ⲁϣ ⲛ̅ϩⲉ ⲟⲩⲛ̅ϩⲟⲓ̈ⲛⲉ ϫⲱ ⲙ̅ⲙⲟⲥ ⲛ̅ϩⲏⲧⲧⲏⲩⲧⲛ̅ ϫⲉ ⲛⲉⲧⲙⲟⲟⲩⲧ ⲛⲁⲧⲱⲟⲩⲛ ⲁⲛ.
But if Christ is preached as having risen from the dead, how is it that some of you say that there is no such thing as a resurrection of the dead?
If there is no such thing as a resurrection of the dead, then Christ Himself has not risen to life.
And if Christ has not risen, it follows that what we preach is a delusion, and that your faith also is a delusion.
15 ⲓ̅ⲉ̅ ⲥⲉⲛⲁϩⲉ ⲇⲉ ⲟⲛ ⲉⲣⲟⲛ ⲉⲛⲟ ⲙ̅ⲙⲛ̅ⲧⲣⲉ ⲛ̅ⲛⲟⲩϫ ⲉⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ϫⲉ ⲁⲛⲣ̅ⲙⲛ̅ⲧⲣⲉ ⲙ̅ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ. ϫⲉ ⲁϥⲧⲟⲩⲛⲉⲥⲡⲉⲭ̅ⲥ̅ ⲡⲁⲓ̈ ⲉⲧⲉⲙ̅ⲡϥ̅ⲧⲟⲩⲛⲟⲥϥ̅·
Nay more, we are actually being discovered to be bearing false witness about God, because we have testified that God raised Christ to life, whom He did not raise, if in reality none of the dead are raised.
For if none of the dead are raised to life, then Christ has not risen;
and if Christ has not risen, your faith is a vain thing--you are still in your sins.
It follows also that those who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished.
If in this present life we have a hope resting on Christ, and nothing more, we are more to be pitied than all the rest of the world.
But, in reality, Christ has risen from among the dead, being the first to do so of those who are asleep.
For seeing that death came through man, through man comes also the resurrection of the dead.
For just as through Adam all die, so also through Christ all will be made alive again.
But this will happen to each in the right order--Christ having been the first to rise, and afterwards Christ's people rising at His return.
Later on, comes the End, when He is to surrender the Kingship to God, the Father, when He shall have overthrown all other government and all other authority and power.
For He must continue King until He shall have put all His enemies under His feet.
The last enemy that is to be overthrown is Death;
27 ⲕ̅ⲍ̅ ⲁϥⲕⲁⲛ̅ⲕⲁ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲛⲓⲙ ϩⲁⲛⲉϥⲟⲩⲉⲣⲏⲧⲉ. ϩⲟⲧⲁⲛ ⲇⲉ ⲉϥϣⲁⲛϫⲟⲟⲥ ϫⲉ ⲛ̅ⲕⲁ ⲛⲓⲙ ⲁⲩϩⲩⲡⲟⲧⲁⲥⲥⲉ ⲛⲁϥ. ⲉⲓ̈ⲉ ⲡⲃⲟⲗ ⲙ̅ⲡⲉⲛⲧⲁϥⲧⲣⲉⲛ̅ⲕⲁ ⲛⲓⲙ ϩⲩⲡⲟⲧⲁⲥⲥⲉ ⲛⲁϥ.
for He will have put all things in subjection under His feet. And when He shall have declared that "All things are in subjection," it will be with the manifest exception of Him who has reduced them all to subjection to Him.
28 ⲕ̅ⲏ̅ ϩⲟⲧⲁⲛ ⲇⲉ ⲉⲣϣⲁⲛⲛ̅ⲕⲁ ⲛⲓⲙ ϩⲩⲡⲟⲧⲁⲥⲥⲉ ⲛⲁϥ. ⲧⲟⲧⲉ ⲛ̅ⲧⲟϥ ⲡϣⲏⲣⲉ ϥⲛⲁϩⲩⲡⲟⲧⲁⲥⲥⲉ ⲙ̅ⲡⲉⲛⲧⲁϥⲧⲣⲉⲛ̅ⲕⲁ ⲛⲓⲙ ϩⲩⲡⲟⲧⲁⲥⲥⲉ ⲛⲁϥ. ϫⲉⲕⲁⲁⲥ ⲉⲣⲉⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ϣⲱⲡⲉ ⲉⲡⲧⲏⲣϥ̅ ⲡⲉ ⲉϥϩⲙ̅ⲡⲧⲏⲣϥ̅.
But when the whole universe has been made subject to Him, then the Son Himself will also become subject to Him who has made the universe subject to Him, in order that GOD may be all in all.
29 ⲕ̅ⲑ̅ ⲉⲙⲙⲟⲛ ⲉⲩⲛⲁⲣ̅ⲟⲩ ⲛ̅ϭⲓⲛⲉⲧⲃⲁⲡⲧⲓⲍⲉ ϩⲁⲛⲉⲧⲙⲟⲟⲩⲧ. ⲉϣϫⲉⲛⲉⲧⲙⲟⲟⲩⲧ ⲣⲱ ⲛⲁⲧⲱⲟⲩⲛ ⲁⲛ ⲁϩⲣⲟⲟⲩ ⲥⲉⲃⲁⲡⲧⲓⲍⲉ ϩⲁⲣⲟⲟⲩ.
Otherwise what will become of those who got themselves baptized for the dead? If the dead do not rise at all, why are these baptized for them?
Why also do we Apostles expose ourselves to danger every hour?
I protest, brethren, as surely as I glory over you--which I may justly do in Christ Jesus our Lord--that I die day by day.
32 ⲗ̅ⲃ̅ ⲉϣϫⲉⲕⲁⲧⲁⲣⲱⲙⲉ ⲛ̅ⲧⲁⲓ̈ⲙⲓϣⲉ ⲙⲛ̅ⲛⲉⲑⲏⲣⲓⲟⲛ ϩⲛ̅ⲉⲫⲉⲥⲟⲥ ⲟⲩ ⲡⲉ ⲡⲁϩⲏⲩ. ⲉϣϫⲉⲛⲉⲧⲙⲟⲟⲩⲧ ⲛⲁⲧⲱⲟⲩⲛ ⲁⲛ ⲙⲁⲣⲛ̅ⲟⲩⲱⲙ ⲛ̅ⲧⲛ̅ⲥⲱ. ϫⲉ ⲧⲛ̅ⲛⲁⲙⲟⲩ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲛ̅ⲣⲁⲥⲧⲉ.
If from merely human motives I have fought with wild beasts in Ephesus, what profit is it to me? If the dead do not rise, let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we are to die.
Do not deceive yourselves: "Evil companionships corrupt good morals."
34 ⲗ̅ⲇ̅ ⲛⲏⲫⲉ ⲇⲓⲕⲁⲓⲱⲥ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲙ̅ⲡⲣ̅ⲣ̅ⲛⲟⲃⲉ. ⲟⲩⲛ̅ϩⲟⲓ̈ⲛⲉ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲟ ⲛ̅ⲁⲧⲥⲟⲟⲩⲛ ⲙ̅ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ. ⲉⲓ̈ϫⲱ ⲛ̅ⲛⲁⲓ̈ ⲉⲓ̈ϯϣⲓⲡⲉ ⲛⲏⲧⲛ̅.
Wake from this drunken fit; live righteous lives, and cease to sin; for some have no knowledge of God: I speak thus in order to move you to shame.
But some one will say, "How can the dead rise? And with what kind of body do they come back?"
Foolish man! the seed you yourself sow has no life given to it unless it first dies;
and as for what you sow, it is not the plant which is to be that you are sowing, but a bare grain, of wheat (it may be) or of something else, and God gives it a body as He has seen fit,
and to each kind of seed a body of its own.
39 ⲗ̅ⲑ̅ ⲛ̅ⲟⲩⲥⲁⲣⲝ̅ ⲛ̅ⲟⲩⲱⲧ ⲁⲛ ⲧⲉ ⲥⲁⲣⲝ̅ ⲛⲓⲙ. ⲁⲗⲗⲁ ⲟⲩⲉⲧ ⲧⲁⲛ̅ⲣⲱⲙⲉ. ⲁⲩⲱ ⲟⲩⲉⲧ ⲧⲥⲁⲣⲝ̅ ⲛ̅ⲛ̅ⲧⲃ̅ⲛⲏ. ⲁⲩⲱ ⲟⲩⲉⲧ ⲧⲥⲁⲣⲝ̅ ⲛ̅ⲛ̅ϩⲁⲗⲏⲧ. ⲁⲩⲱ ⲟⲩⲉⲧ ⲧⲁⲛ̅ⲧⲃⲧ̅.
All flesh is not the same: there is human flesh, and flesh of cattle, of birds, and of fishes.
40 ⲙ̅ ⲙⲛ̅ⲛ̅ⲥⲱⲙⲁ ⲉⲧϩⲛ̅ⲧⲡⲉ. ⲙⲛ̅ⲛ̅ⲥⲱⲙⲁ ⲉⲧϩⲙ̅ⲡⲕⲁϩ. ⲁⲗⲗⲁ ⲟⲩⲉⲧ ⲡⲉⲟⲟⲩ ⲙⲉⲛ ⲛ̅ⲛⲉⲧϩⲛ̅ⲧⲡⲉ. ⲟⲩⲉⲧ ⲡⲉⲟⲟⲩ ⲇⲉ ⲛ̅ⲛⲉⲧϩⲙ̅ⲡⲕⲁϩ.
There are bodies which are celestial and there are bodies which are earthly, but the glory of the celestial ones is one thing, and that of the earthly ones is another.
There is one glory of the sun, another of the moon, and another of the stars; for star differs from star in glory.
It is the same with the resurrection of the dead. The body is sown in a state of decay, it is raised free from decay;
it is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power;
44 ⲙ̅ⲇ̅ ⲥⲉⲛⲁϫⲟϥ ⲛ̅ⲥⲱⲙⲁ ⲙ̅ⲯⲩⲭⲓⲕⲟⲛ. ⲛϥ̅ⲧⲱⲟⲩⲛ ⲛ̅ⲥⲱⲙⲁ ⲙ̅ⲡⲛⲉⲩⲙⲁⲧⲓⲕⲟⲛ. ⲉϣϫⲉⲟⲩⲛ̅ⲥⲱⲙⲁ ⲙ̅ⲯⲩⲭⲓⲕⲟⲛ. ⲟⲩⲛ̅ⲥⲱⲙⲁ ⲟⲛ ⲙ̅ⲡⲛⲉⲩⲙⲁⲧⲓⲕⲟⲛ.
an animal body is sown, a spiritual body is raised. As surely as there is an animal body, so there is also a spiritual body.
In the same way also it is written, "The first man Adam became a living animal"; the last Adam is a life-giving Spirit.
Nevertheless, it is not what is spiritual that came first, but what is animal; what is spiritual came afterwards.
The first man is a man of earth, earthy; the second man is from Heaven.
48 ⲙ̅ⲏ̅ ⲛ̅ⲑⲉ ⲙ̅ⲡⲉⲃⲟⲗ ϩⲙ̅ⲡⲕⲁϩ. ⲧⲁⲓ̈ ⲧⲉ ⲑⲉ ⲛ̅ⲛⲉⲃⲟⲗ ϩⲙ̅ⲡⲕⲁϩ. ⲁⲩⲱ ⲛ̅ⲑⲉ ⲙ̅ⲡⲉⲃⲟⲗ ϩⲛ̅ⲧⲡⲉ ⲧⲁⲓ̈ ⲧⲉ ⲑⲉ ⲛ̅ⲛⲉⲃⲟⲗ ϩⲛ̅ⲧⲡⲉ.
What the earthy one is, that also are those who are earthy; and what the heavenly One is, that also are those who are heavenly.
And as we have borne a resemblance to the earthy one, let us see to it that we also bear a resemblance to the heavenly One.
50 ⲛ̅ ⲡⲁⲓ̈ ⲇⲉ ϯϫⲱ ⲙ̅ⲙⲟϥ ⲛⲁⲥⲛⲏⲩ ϫⲉ ⲛ̅ⲛⲉϣⲥⲁⲣⲝ̅ ϩⲓⲥⲛⲟϥ ⲕⲗⲏⲣⲟⲛⲟⲙⲓ ⲛ̅ⲧⲙⲛ̅ⲧⲉⲣⲟ ⲙ̅ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ. ⲟⲩⲇⲉ ⲡⲧⲁⲕⲟ ⲛⲁⲕⲗⲏⲣⲟⲛⲟⲙⲓ ⲁⲛ ⲛ̅ⲧⲙⲛ̅ⲧⲁⲧⲧⲁⲕⲟ·
But this I tell you, brethren: our mortal bodies cannot inherit the Kingdom of God, nor will what is perishable inherit what is imperishable.
51 ⲛ̅ⲁ̅ ⲉⲓⲥϩⲏⲏⲧⲉ ϯϫⲱ ⲛⲏⲧⲛ̅ ⲛ̅ⲟⲩⲙⲩⲥⲧⲏⲣⲓⲟⲛ. ϫⲉ ⲁⲛⲟⲛ ⲙⲉⲛ ⲧⲏⲣⲛ̅ ⲧⲛ̅ⲛⲁⲛ̅ⲕⲧⲟⲕ̅ ⲁⲛ. ⲁⲛⲟⲛ ⲇⲉ ⲧⲏⲣⲛ̅ ⲧⲛ̅ⲛⲁϣⲓⲃⲉ
I tell you a truth hitherto kept secret: we shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
52 ⲛ̅ⲃ̅ ϩⲛ̅ⲟⲩϣⲡⲛ̅ϣⲱⲡ. ϩⲛ̅ⲟⲩⲣⲓⲕⲉ ⲛ̅ⲃⲁⲗ ϩⲛ̅ⲑⲁⲏ ⲛ̅ⲥⲁⲗⲡⲓⲅⲝ̅. ϥⲛⲁⲥⲁⲗⲡⲓⲍⲉ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲛ̅ⲧⲉⲛⲉⲧⲙⲟⲟⲩⲧ ⲧⲱⲟⲩⲛ ⲉⲩⲟ ⲛ̅ⲁⲧⲧⲁⲕⲟ. ⲁⲩⲱ ⲁⲛⲟⲛ ⲧⲛ̅ⲛⲁϣⲓⲃⲉ.
in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the sounding of the last trumpet; for the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incapable of decay, and we shall be changed.
53 ⲛ̅ⲅ̅ ϩⲁⲡⲥ̅ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲉⲧⲣⲉⲡⲁⲓ̈ ⲉϣⲁϥⲧⲁⲕⲟ ϯ ϩⲓⲱⲱϥ ⲛ̅ⲟⲩⲙⲛ̅ⲧⲁⲧⲧⲁⲕⲟ. ⲁⲩⲱ ⲡⲁⲓ̈ ⲉϣⲁϥⲙⲟⲩ ⲉⲧⲣⲉϥϯ ϩⲓⲱⲱϥ ⲛ̅ⲧⲙⲛ̅ⲧⲁⲧⲙⲟⲩ.
For so it must be: this perishable nature must clothe itself with what is imperishable, and this mortality must clothe itself with immortality.
54 ⲛ̅ⲇ̅ ϩⲟⲧⲁⲛ ⲇⲉ ⲉⲣϣⲁⲛⲡⲁⲓ̈ ⲉϣⲁϥⲙⲟⲩ ϯ ϩⲓⲱⲱϥ ⲛ̅ⲧⲙⲛ̅ⲧⲁⲧⲙⲟⲩ. ⲧⲟⲧⲉ ϥⲛⲁϣⲱⲡⲉ ⲛ̅ϭⲓⲡϣⲁϫⲉ ⲉⲧⲥⲏϩ ϫⲉ ⲁⲩⲉⲙⲕ̅ⲡⲙⲟⲩ ⲉⲩϫⲣⲟ.
But when this perishable nature has put on what is imperishable, and this mortality has put on immortality, then will the words of Scripture be fulfilled, "Death has been swallowed up in victory."
"Where, O death, is thy victory? Where, O death, is thy sting?" (Hadēs g86)
Now sin is the sting of death, and sin derives its power from the Law;
but God be thanked who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ!
58 ⲛ̅ⲏ̅ ϩⲱⲥⲧⲉ ⲛⲁⲥⲛⲏⲩ ⲙ̅ⲙⲉⲣⲓⲧ ϣⲱⲡⲉ ⲉⲧⲉⲧⲛ̅ⲧⲁϫⲣⲏⲩ ⲉⲛⲥⲉⲡⲱⲱⲛⲉ ⲙ̅ⲙⲱⲧⲛ̅ ⲁⲛ ⲉⲧⲉⲧⲛ̅ⲟ ⲛ̅ϩⲟⲩⲟ ϩⲙ̅ⲡϩⲱⲃ ⲙ̅ⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ⲛ̅(ⲟⲩ)ⲟⲉⲓϣ ⲛⲓⲙ. ⲉⲧⲉⲧⲛ̅ⲥⲟⲟⲩⲛ ϫⲉ ⲡⲉⲧⲛ̅ϩⲓⲥⲉ ϣⲟⲩⲉⲓⲧ ⲁⲛ ϩⲙ̅ⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ·
Therefore, my dear brethren, be firm, unmovable, busily occupied at all times in the Lord's work, knowing that your toil is not fruitless in the Lord.
