COMFORT
Just as the sufferings of Christ flow over into our lives, so also through Christ our comfort overflows.
Just as the sufferings of Christ flow over into our lives, so also through Christ our comfort overflows.
For the perishable must clothe itself with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality. When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come true: “Death has been swallowed up in victory.”
Then the end will come, when He hands over the kingdom to God the Father after He has destroyed all dominion, authority and power.
And just as we have borne the likeness of the earthly man, so shall we bear the likeness of the man from heaven.
So will it be with the resurrection of the dead. The body that is sown is perishable, it is raised imperishable; it is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power; it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body.
For if the dead are not raised, then Christ has not has not been raised either. And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins.
After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever. Therefore encourage each other with these words.
so that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders and so that you will not be dependent on anybody
Among whom you also once walked, when you were living in and addicted to such practices and behavior.