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1 Corinthians 6:14

By His power God raised the Lord from the dead, and He will raise us also.
1 Corinthians 6:14 · Berean Standard Bible
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  • WEB Now God raised up the Lord, and will also raise us up by his power.
  • KJV And God hath both raised up the Lord, and will also raise up us by his own power.
  • NKJV And God both raised up the Lord and will also raise us up by His power.
  • NASB Now God has not only raised the Lord, but will also raise us up through His power.
  • NLT And God will raise us from the dead by his power, just as he raised our Lord from the dead.

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Quick answer

God raised the Lord and will also raise us by His power. It matters because the future resurrection of our bodies shows they have eternal value and belong to God.

Overview

Against any view that the body is unimportant, Paul appeals to the resurrection: God raised Jesus bodily and will raise believers too. The body is not destined for destruction but for glorification. This eternal destiny grounds his insistence that we honor God with our bodies now, since they will share in Christ's resurrection life.

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Cross-references · 14

  • 2 Cor 4:14knowing that the One who raised the Lord Jesus will also raise us with Jesus and present us with you in His presence.
  • Rom 8:11And if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit, who lives in you.
  • Eph 1:19–20and the surpassing greatness of His power to us who believe. These are in accordance with the working of His mighty strength,
  • Phil 3:21who, by the power that enables Him to subject all things to Himself, will transform our lowly bodies to be like His glorious body.
  • Acts 2:24But God raised Him from the dead, releasing Him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for Him to be held in its clutches.
  • Rom 6:4–8We were therefore buried with Him through baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may walk in newness of life.
  • John 6:39–40And this is the will of Him who sent Me, that I shall lose none of those He has given Me, but raise them up at the last day.
  • 1 Th 4:14For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, we also believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in Him.
  • Acts 17:31For He has set a day when He will judge the world with justice by the Man He has appointed. He has given proof of this to everyone by raising Him from the dead.”
  • Phil 3:10–11I want to know Christ and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to Him in His death,
  • John 11:25–26Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me will live, even though he dies.
  • 1 Cor 15:23But each in his own turn: Christ the firstfruits; then at His coming, those who belong to Him.
  • 1 Cor 15:15–20In that case, we are also exposed as 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.
  • John 5:28–29Do not be amazed at this, for the hour is coming when all who are in their graves will hear His voice

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Christ at the center

Christ crucified is the wisdom and power of God; he is our Passover sacrificed for us, the firstfruits of resurrection, the foundation on which everything is built.

How 1 Corinthians 6:14 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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