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1 Corinthians 15:18-20
New Catholic Bible
1 Corinthians 15:18-20
New Catholic Bible
18 Then those who have fallen asleep in Christ are utterly lost. 19 If it is for just this life that we have hoped in Christ, we are the most pitiable of all men.
20 Christ, the Firstfruits.[a] But Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.
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- 1 Corinthians 15:20 Paul contrasts two states of the human race: on the one side, the fallen state of sin, symbolized by Adam; on the other, the state of life and salvation brought about by Christ (see Rom 5:17-21).