1 kwabaseKorinte 15:19-26

Uma singabathembela kuKristu kulokhu kuphila kuphela, singabokukhalelwa kunabantu bonke. Kepha kalokhu uKristu uvusiwe kwabafileyo, engulibo lwabaleleyo. Ngokuba lokhu ukufa kweza ngomuntu, ukuvuka kwabafileyo nakho kweza ngomuntu. Ngokuba njengalokhu ku-Adamu bonke bayafa, ngokunjalo futhi kuKristu bonke bayakuphiliswa. Kepha yilowo nalowo ngesigaba sakhe: uKristu kuqala, bese kuba ngabangabakaKristu ekufikeni kwakhe, andukuba kufike ukuphela, nxa enikela umbuso kuNkulunkulu uYise, lapho esechithile ukubusa konke, nobukhosi bonke, namandla. Ngokuba umelwe ukubusa, aze abeke izitha zonke phansi kwezinyawo zakhe. Isitha sokugcina esiyakuchithwa singukufa.