But each in his own order: Christ the firstfruits, then at his coming those who belong to Christ.
And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's offspring, heirs according to promise.
in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed.
But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.
Your dead shall live; their bodies shall rise. You who dwell in the dust, awake and sing for joy! For your dew is a dew of light, and the earth will give birth to the dead.
Look at what is before your eyes. If anyone is confident that he is Christ's, let him remind himself that just as he is Christ's, so also are we.
For what is our hope or joy or crown of boasting before our Lord Jesus at his coming? Is it not you?
And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
For this we declare to you by a word from the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep. For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord.
and you are Christ's, and Christ is God's.
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