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         <div class="label">3</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Judgment on Jerusalem and Judah</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.3.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">See now, the Lord,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.3.1"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.3.1"><span class="content">is about to take from Jerusalem and Judah</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.3.1"><span class="content">both supply and support:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.3.1"><span class="content">all supplies of food and all supplies of water,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.3.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.3.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">the hero and the warrior,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.3.2"><span class="content">the judge and the prophet,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.3.2"><span class="content">the diviner and the elder,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.3.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.3.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">the captain of fifty and the man of rank,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.3.3"><span class="content">the counselor, skilled craftsman and clever enchanter.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.3.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.3.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">&#8220;I will make mere youths their officials;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.3.4"><span class="content">children will rule over them.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.3.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.3.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">People will oppress each other&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.3.5"><span class="content">man against man, neighbor against neighbor.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.3.5"><span class="content">The young will rise up against the old,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.3.5"><span class="content">the nobody against the honored.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.3.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.3.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">A man will seize one of his brothers</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.3.6"><span class="content">in his father&#8217;s house, and say,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.3.6"><span class="content">&#8220;You have a cloak, you be our leader;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.3.6"><span class="content">take charge of this heap of ruins!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.3.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.3.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">But in that day he will cry out,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.3.7"><span class="content">&#8220;I have no remedy.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.3.7"><span class="content">I have no food or clothing in my house;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.3.7"><span class="content">do not make me the leader of the people.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.3.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.3.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Jerusalem staggers,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.3.8"><span class="content">Judah is falling;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.3.8"><span class="content">their words and deeds are against the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.3.8"><span class="content">defying his glorious presence.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.3.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.3.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">The look on their faces testifies against them;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.3.9"><span class="content">they parade their sin like Sodom;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.3.9"><span class="content">they do not hide it.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.3.9"><span class="content">Woe to them!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.3.9"><span class="content">They have brought disaster upon themselves.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.3.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.3.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Tell the righteous it will be well with them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.3.10"><span class="content">for they will enjoy the fruit of their deeds.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.3.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.3.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Woe to the wicked!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.3.11"><span class="content">Disaster is upon them!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.3.11"><span class="content">They will be paid back</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.3.11"><span class="content">for what their hands have done.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.3.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.3.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Youths oppress my people,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.3.12"><span class="content">women rule over them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.3.12"><span class="content">My people, your guides lead you astray;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.3.12"><span class="content">they turn you from the path.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.3.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.3.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> takes his place in court;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.3.13"><span class="content">he rises to judge the people.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.3.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.3.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> enters into judgment</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.3.14"><span class="content">against the elders and leaders of his people:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.3.14"><span class="content">&#8220;It is you who have ruined my vineyard;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.3.14"><span class="content">the plunder from the poor is in your houses.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.3.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.3.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">What do you mean by crushing my people</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.3.15"><span class="content">and grinding the faces of the poor?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.3.15"><span class="content">declares the Lord, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.3.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.3.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.3.16"><span class="content">&#8220;The women of Zion are haughty,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.3.16"><span class="content">walking along with outstretched necks,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.3.16"><span class="content">flirting with their eyes,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.3.16"><span class="content">strutting along with swaying hips,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.3.16"><span class="content">with ornaments jingling on their ankles.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.3.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.3.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Therefore the Lord will bring sores on the heads of the women of Zion;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.3.17"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will make their scalps bald.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.3.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.3.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">In that day the Lord will snatch away their finery: the bangles and headbands and crescent necklaces, </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.3.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">the earrings and bracelets and veils, </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.3.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">the headdresses and anklets and sashes, the perfume bottles and charms, </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.3.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">the signet rings and nose rings, </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.3.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">the fine robes and the capes and cloaks, the purses </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.3.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">and mirrors, and the linen garments and tiaras and shawls.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.3.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.3.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Instead of fragrance there will be a stench;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.3.24"><span class="content">instead of a sash, a rope;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.3.24"><span class="content">instead of well-dressed hair, baldness;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.3.24"><span class="content">instead of fine clothing, sackcloth;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.3.24"><span class="content">instead of beauty, branding.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.3.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ISA.3.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Your men will fall by the sword,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ISA.3.25"><span class="content">your warriors in battle.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ISA.3.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ISA.3.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">The gates of Zion will lament and mourn;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ISA.3.26"><span class="content">destitute, she will sit on the ground.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">4</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.4.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">In that day seven women</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.4.1"><span class="content">will take hold of one man</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.4.1"><span class="content">and say, &#8220;We will eat our own food</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.4.1"><span class="content">and provide our own clothes;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.4.1"><span class="content">only let us be called by your name.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.4.1"><span class="content">Take away our disgrace!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Branch of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="heading">Lord</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.4.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.4.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">In that day the Branch of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land will be the pride and glory of the survivors in Israel. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.4.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Those who are left in Zion, who remain in Jerusalem, will be called holy, all who are recorded among the living in Jerusalem. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.4.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">The Lord will wash away the filth of the women of Zion; he will cleanse the bloodstains from Jerusalem by a spirit</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">4:4 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">the Spirit</span></span></span><span class="content"> of judgment and a spirit</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">4:4 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">the Spirit</span></span></span><span class="content"> of fire. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.4.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Then the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will create over all of Mount Zion and over those who assemble there a cloud of smoke by day and a glow of flaming fire by night; over everything the glory</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">4:5 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">over all the glory there</span></span></span><span class="content"> will be a canopy. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.4.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">It will be a shelter and shade from the heat of the day, and a refuge and hiding place from the storm and rain.</span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch105" data-usfm="PSA.105.8+PSA.105.9+PSA.105.10+PSA.105.11+PSA.105.12+PSA.105.13+PSA.105.14+PSA.105.15">
         <div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.105.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">He remembers his covenant forever,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.105.8"><span class="content">the promise he made, for a thousand generations,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.105.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.105.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">the covenant he made with Abraham,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.105.9"><span class="content">the oath he swore to Isaac.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.105.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.105.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.105.10"><span class="content">to Israel as an everlasting covenant:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.105.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.105.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">&#8220;To you I will give the land of Canaan</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.105.11"><span class="content">as the portion you will inherit.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.105.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.105.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">When they were but few in number,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.105.12"><span class="content">few indeed, and strangers in it,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.105.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.105.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">they wandered from nation to nation,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.105.13"><span class="content">from one kingdom to another.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.105.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.105.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">He allowed no one to oppress them;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.105.14"><span class="content">for their sake he rebuked kings:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.105.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.105.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">&#8220;Do not touch my anointed ones;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.105.15"><span class="content">do my prophets no harm.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.24.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">An honest answer</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.24.26"><span class="content">is like a kiss on the lips.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.24.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.24.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Put your outdoor work in order</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.24.27"><span class="content">and get your fields ready;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.24.27"><span class="content">after that, build your house.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1CO.15.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Now, brothers and sisters, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which you received and on which you have taken your stand. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1CO.15.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1CO.15.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1CO.15.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">15:3 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">you at the first</span></span></span><span class="content">: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1CO.15.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1CO.15.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">and that he appeared to Cephas,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">15:5 </span><span class="ft">That is, Peter</span></span></span><span class="content"> and then to the Twelve. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1CO.15.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">After that, he appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers and sisters at the same time, most of whom are still living, though some have fallen asleep. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1CO.15.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles, </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1CO.15.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">and last of all he appeared to me also, as to one abnormally born.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1CO.15.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1CO.15.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">For I am the least of the apostles and do not even deserve to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1CO.15.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me was not without effect. No, I worked harder than all of them&#8212;yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1CO.15.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Whether, then, it is I or they, this is what we preach, and this is what you believed.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Resurrection of the Dead</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1CO.15.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1CO.15.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">But if it is preached that Christ has been raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1CO.15.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">If there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1CO.15.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is useless and so is your faith. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1CO.15.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">More than that, we are then found to be false witnesses about God, for we have testified about God that he raised Christ from the dead. But he did not raise him if in fact the dead are not raised. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1CO.15.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">For if the dead are not raised, then Christ has not been raised either. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1CO.15.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1CO.15.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ are lost. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="1CO.15.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="1CO.15.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="1CO.15.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="1CO.15.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1CO.15.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="1CO.15.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">But each in turn: Christ, the firstfruits; then, when he comes, those who belong to him. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="1CO.15.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Then the end will come, when he hands over the kingdom to God the Father after he has destroyed all dominion, authority and power. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="1CO.15.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet. </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="1CO.15.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">The last enemy to be destroyed is death. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="1CO.15.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">For he &#8220;has put everything under his feet.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">15:27 </span><span class="ft">Psalm 8:6</span></span></span><span class="content"> Now when it says that &#8220;everything&#8221; has been put under him, it is clear that this does not include God himself, who put everything under Christ. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="1CO.15.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">When he has done this, then the Son himself will be made subject to him who put everything under him, so that God may be all in all.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="1CO.15.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="1CO.15.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Now if there is no resurrection, what will those do who are baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why are people baptized for them? </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="1CO.15.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">And as for us, why do we endanger ourselves every hour? </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="1CO.15.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">I face death every day&#8212;yes, just as surely as I boast about you in Christ Jesus our Lord. </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="1CO.15.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">If I fought wild beasts in Ephesus with no more than human hopes, what have I gained? If the dead are not raised,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="1CO.15.32"><span class="content">&#8220;Let us eat and drink,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="1CO.15.32"><span class="content">for tomorrow we die.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">15:32 </span><span class="ft">Isaiah 22:13</span></span></span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="1CO.15.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="1CO.15.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">Do not be misled: &#8220;Bad company corrupts good character.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">15:33 </span><span class="ft">From the Greek poet Menander</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="1CO.15.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">Come back to your senses as you ought, and stop sinning; for there are some who are ignorant of God&#8212;I say this to your shame.</span></span></div>
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