1 Corinthians 15:23 Cross References - Moffatt

²³ But each in his own division: — Christ the first to be reaped; after that, all who belong to Christ, at his arrival.

²³ and you belong to Christ, and Christ to God.

²⁰ But it is not so! Christ did rise from the dead, he was the first to be reaped of those who sleep in death.

⁵² changed in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet-call. The trumpet will sound, the dead will rise imperishable, and we shall be changed.

⁷ Look at this obvious fact. So-and-so is perfectly sure he 'belongs to Christ'? Well then, let him understand, on second thoughts, that I 'belong to Christ' as much as he does.

²⁹ Now if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's offspring; in virtue of the Promise, you are heirs.

²⁴ Now those who belong to Christ have crucified the flesh with its emotions and passions.

¹⁹ For who is our hope, our joy, our crown of pride (who but you?) in the presence of our Lord Jesus on his arrival?

¹⁵ For we tell you, as the Lord has told us, that we the living, who survive till the Lord comes, are by no means to take precedence of those who have fallen asleep. ¹⁶ The Lord himself will descend from heaven with a loud summons, when the archangel calls and the trumpet of God sounds; the dead in Christ will rise first; ¹⁷ then we the living, who survive, will be caught up along with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we shall be with the Lord for ever.