26 The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.

27 For he hath put all things under his feet. But when he saith, all things are put under him, it is manifest that he is excepted, which did put all things under him.

28 And 'when all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all.

29 Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? why are they then baptized for the dead?

30 And why stand we in jeopardy every hour?

31 I protest by your 10 rejoicing which I

10 some read our. A. V.

gave him to be the head over all things to the Church. See on MAT. xxii. 44.

d Ver. 54, 55. ISA. xxv. 8: He will swallow up death in victory. Hos. xiii. 14: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction. LUKE, XX. 36: Neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection. 2 TIM. i. 10: Who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the Gospel. HEB. ii. 14, 15: He also himself likewise took part of the same [flesh and blood], that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil; and deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage. REV. xx. 14: Death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. do. xxi. 4: There shall be no more death.

* See on MAT. xi. 27, and xxviii. 18.

f PHI. iii. 21: The words under ver. 43. 8 See on 1 COR. xi. 3.

h2 COR. xi. 26: In journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, &c. GAL. v. 11: If I yet preach circumcision, why do I yet suffer persecution?

PHI. iii. 3: For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no onfidence in the flesh. See on 2 COR. i. 14.

have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily. 32 If after the manner of men 11 I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if the dead rise not? let us eat and drink ;12 for to morrow we die.

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33 Be not " deceived: 13 °evil communications 14 corrupt good manners.

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

35 But some man will say, "How are the dead

To speak after the manner of men. A. V. 12 If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth it me? If the dead rise not, let us eat and drink, &c. so pointed in Bengelius, as published by Mr. Gambold, 12mo. Oxon. 1740. Also by Doddridge, Wakefield, and Griesbach. 13 seduced. Rh. 14 evil discourses. Pu. 15 Awake truly. Ham. Awake as becomes righteous men. Dod.

See on ROM. viii. 36.

12 Cor. i. 8: We would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life.

m ECCLES. ii. 24: There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This also I saw, that it was from the hand of God. ISA. xxii. 12, 13: In that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to-weeping:-And behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating flesh, and drinking wine: let us eat and drink; for to morrow we shall die. do. lvi. 12: Come ye, say they, I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and to morrow shall be as this day, and much more abundant. WISD. ii. 6: Come on, therefore, let us enjoy the good things that are present: and let us speedily use the creatures like as in youth. LUKE, xii. 19: And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry. n See on MAT. xxiv. 4.

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° 1 Cor. v. 6: Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?

P EPH. V. 14. See on ROM. xiii. 11.

91 THES. iv. 5: Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God.

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1 COR. vi. 5: I speak to your shame. Is it so, that there is not a wise man among you?

EZEK. Xxxvii. 3: He said unto me, Son of man, can these

raised up? and with what body 16 do they come? 36 Thou fool,17 that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die :

37 And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain:

38 But "God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own 18 body.

39 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.

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40 There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another.

41 There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars : for one star differeth from another star in glory. 42 So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption :

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16 what kind of body. Ham. 17 inconsiderate man. Ne. Wi. Ma.

bones live? And I answered, O Lord GoD, thou knowest. MAT. xxii. 29: Ye do err, not knowing the Scriptures, nor power of God.

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JOHN, xii. 24: Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.

"GEN. i. 11, 12: And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth and it was so. And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

GEN. i. 16: God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he

made the stars also.

w Ps. xix. 4, 5: Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun, which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race. * See on MAT. xiii. 43.

43 It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory it is sown in weakness; it is raised in

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44 It is sown a natural 19 body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.

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45 And so it is written, The first man Adam " was made a living soul;20 the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.21

46 Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual.

47 The first man is of the earth, earthy :

19 an animal. Ham. Dod. Whit. We. 20 into a natural life. Co. 21 into à spiritual life. Co. an enlivening spirit. Dod.

Y PHI. iii. 20, 21: Our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ: who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.

2 GEN. ii. 7: The LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

a ROM. v. 14: Who [Adam] is the figure of him that was to

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b JOHN, v. 21: For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will. do. vi. 33, 39, 40, 54, 57: For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world. And this is the Father's will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day. And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life and I will raise him up at the last day. Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day. As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me. COL. iii. 4: When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory. PHI. iii. 21: The words under ver. 43.

GEN. ii. 7: The words under ver. 45. do. iii. 19: Out of it [the ground] wast thou taken for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.

the second man is the Lord from heaven. 48 As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, 'such are they also that are heavenly.

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49 And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.

50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.

51 Behold, I show you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, 1but we shall all be changed,

52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: " for the trumpet shall sound,

JOHN, iii. 13, 31: No man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven. He that cometh from above is above all : he that is of the earth is earthly, and speaketh of the earth.

JOHN, iii. 6: That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

ƒ Píг. iii. 20, 21: The words under ver. 43.

GEN. v. 3: Adam-begat a son in his own likeness, after his image.

See on Roм. viii. 29.

i MAT. xvi. 17: And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-jona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven. JOHN, i. 13: Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. do. iii. 3, 5 : Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. 1 COR. vi. 13: Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall destroy both it and them. 2 COR. V. 1: We know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

* 1 THES. iv. 15-17: The words under ver. 23.

'PHI. iii. 21: The words under ver. 43.

m ZEC. ix. 14: And the LORD shall be seen over them, and his arrow shall go forth as the lightning: and the Lord GoD shall blow the trumpet, and shall go with whirlwinds of the

JOHN, v. 25: Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of