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1 Corinthians 6:14

And God hath both raised up the Lord, and will also raise up us by his own power.
1 Corinthians 6:14 · King James Version
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  • WEB Now God raised up the Lord, and will also raise us up by his power.
  • BSB By His power God raised the Lord from the dead, and He will raise us also.
  • 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.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 14

  • 2 Cor 4:14Knowing that he which raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise up us also by Jesus, and shall present us with you.
  • Rom 8:11But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.
  • Eph 1:19–20And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power,
  • Phil 3:21Who 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.
  • Acts 2:24Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.
  • Rom 6:4–8Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
  • John 6:39–40And 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.
  • 1 Th 4:14For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.
  • Acts 17:31Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.
  • Phil 3:10–11That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;
  • John 11:25–26Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:
  • 1 Cor 15:23But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at his coming.
  • 1 Cor 15:15–20Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God; because we have testified of God that he raised up Christ: whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not.
  • John 5:28–29Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall 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.

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