[concerned] only with foods and drinks, various washings, and fleshly ordinances which are imposed until a time of reformation.

And [coming] from the marketplace, unless they bathe, they do not eat. And there are many other things which they have received [by tradition], like the washing of cups and pitchers, copper vessels and couches.

"For having left the commandment of God, you hold to the tradition of men--the washing of pitchers and cups, and many other similar things you do."

And when the Pharisee saw it, he marveled that He had not first washed before the meal.

But John tried to prevent Him, saying, "I have need by You to be baptized, and You are coming to me?"

But Jesus answered and said, "You do not know what you ask. Are you able to drink the cup which I am about to drink, or to be baptized [with] the baptism that I am baptized with?" They said to Him, "We are able."

So He said to them, "You will indeed drink My cup, and be baptized with the baptism [with] which I am baptized with; but to sit on My right hand and on My left is not Mine to give, but it is to [those] for whom it has been prepared by My Father."

Go [therefore] and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

He that believes and is baptized shall be saved; but he that does not believe shall be condemned.

John answered, saying to all, "I indeed baptize you with water; but One mightier than I is coming, whose sandal strap I am not worthy to loose. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire;

But I have a baptism to be baptized [with], and how distressed I am till it is completed!

I did not know Him, but He who sent me to baptize with water said to me, 'Upon whom you see the Spirit descending and abiding on Him, this is He who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.'

Then there came to be a dispute between John's disciples and a Jew about purification.

And they came to John and said to him, "Rabbi, He who was with you beyond the Jordan, to whom you have testified--behold, this [Man] is baptizing, and all [men] are coming to Him!"

Therefore, when the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and was baptizing more disciples than John

(although Jesus Himself was not baptizing, but His disciples),

Then Peter said to them, "Repent, and let each of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Then those who gladly received his word were baptized; and that day about three thousand souls were added.

But when they believed Philip as he preached the good news of the things concerning the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.

Then Simon himself also believed; and having been baptized, he was continuing with Philip, and observing miracles and signs occurring, he was astounded.

For He had not yet fallen upon any of them, but they had only been baptized in the name of Christ Jesus.

Now as they were going down the road, they came upon some water. And the eunuch said, "Behold, [here is] water: what prevents me from being baptized?"

And he ordered the chariot to stop, and they both went down into the water, both Phillip and the eunuch, and he baptized him.

Surely no one can forbid water, can he, that these should not be baptized who received the Holy Spirit just as we have?"

And when she and her household were baptized, she urged us, saying, "If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come to my house and stay." So she persuaded us.

And taking them along in that same hour of the night and washed their wounds, and immediately he and all his family were baptized.

[he] said to them, "Did you receive the Holy Spirit, having believed?" So they said to him, "We have not even heard whether there is a Holy Spirit."

But Paul said, "John indeed baptized with a baptism of repentance, saying to the people that they should believe in the One coming after him, that is, in Christ Jesus."

Or do you not know that as many [of us] as were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death?

Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, so that just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we also should walk in newness of life.

Now I say this, that each of you says, "I am of Paul," and "I of Apollos," and "I of Cephas," and "I of Christ."

I thank God that I baptized none of you except Crispus and Gaius,

Yes, I also baptized the household of Stephanas. Besides, I do not know whether I baptized any other.

and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea,

For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body--whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free--and we were all given to drink into one Spirit.

having been buried together with Him in baptism, in which also you were raised together through faith in the working of God, who raised Him from the dead.

who formerly disobeyed, when the longsuffering of God was waiting in the days of Noah, when the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water;

which [as] an antitype, baptism now also saves us-(not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but an appeal to God [for] a good conscience), through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

whom they set before the apostles; and when they had prayed, they laid their hands on them.

Now when the apostles who were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent to them Peter and John,

For He had not yet fallen upon any of them, but they had only been baptized in the name of Christ Jesus.

Now when Simon observed that by the laying on of the apostles' hands the Holy Spirit was given, he offered them money,

Then, fasting and praying, and laying their hands on them, they sent them away.

And when Paul laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they spoke in tongues and prophesied.

Women received their dead [back] by resurrection. And others were tortured, not accepting deliverance, in order that they might obtain a better resurrection.

The dead shall rise, and they that are in the tombs shall be raised, and they that are in the earth shall rejoice; for the dew from You is healing to them; but the land of the ungodly shall perish.

And the hand of the Lord came upon me, and the Lord brought me forth by the Spirit, and set me in the midst of the plain, and it was full of human bones.

And He said to me, Son of man, will these bones live? And I said, O Lord God, [only] You know this!

Thus says the Lord to these bones: Behold, I [will] bring upon you the breath of life;

So I prophesied as [the Lord] commanded me. And it came to pass while I was prophesying, that behold, [there was] a rattling, and the bones approached each one to his joint.

And He said to me, Prophesy to the wind; prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, Thus says the Lord: Come from the four winds, [O breath,] and breathe upon these dead, that they may live.

And the Lord spoke to me, saying, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: and they say, Our bones have become dry, our hope has perished, we are quite spent.

And you shall know that I am the Lord, when I have opened your graves, that I may bring up My people from [their] graves.

And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to reproach and everlasting shame.

The same day the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to Him, and they questioned Him,

Now there were with us seven brothers. The first died, after having married, and having no offspring, he left his wife to his brother.

Last of all the woman died also.

Jesus answered and said to them, "You err, not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God.

But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was spoken to you by God, saying,

and you will be blessed, because they do not have [anything] to repay you; for it will be repaid to you in the resurrection of the just."

and shall come forth--those who have done good, to a resurrection of life, and those who have done evil, to a resurrection of condemnation.

Martha said to Him, "I know that he will rise again in the resurrection in the last day."

Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. He that believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live.

being greatly disturbed because they were teaching the people and proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection of the dead.

And also some of the Epicurean and of the Stoic philosophers were conversing with him. And some were saying, "What does this seed-picker wish to say?" But others [said], "He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign deities," because he was preaching the good news of Jesus and the resurrection.

because He has appointed a day in which He is going to judge the world in righteousness by a Man whom He appointed, having given proof to all, by raising Him from the dead."

But when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some were scoffing, but others said, "We will hear you again concerning this."

But when Paul perceived that one part was of the Sadducees and the other of the Pharisees, he cried out in the Sanhedrin, "Men, brothers, I am a Pharisee, a son of a Pharisee; concerning the hope and resurrection of the dead I am being judged!"

having hope in God, which even they themselves are waiting for, that there is going to be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and the unjust.

unless it is because of this one statement which I cried out, standing among them, 'Concerning the resurrection of the dead I am being judged by you today.'"

Why is it considered [such] an unbelievable thing by you [people] if God raises the dead?

For if we have been united together in the likeness of His death, certainly we shall be [in the likeness] of [His] resurrection;

But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ has not been raised.

And we are found [to be] false witnesses of God, because we bore witness concerning God, that He raised Christ, whom He did not raise--if in fact the dead are not raised.

And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is worthless; you are still in your sins!

If in this life only we have hoped in Christ, we are of all men the most pitiable.

For since by a man death [came], also by a Man comes the resurrection of the dead.

But each one in his own order: Christ the firstfruits, then those who belong to Christ at His coming.

For He must reign till He puts all His enemies under His feet.

For "He has subjected all things under His feet." But when He says that "all things have been subjected," it is evident that [this is] except for Him who subjected all things to Him.

Otherwise, what will they do who are being baptized for the dead, if the dead are not raised at all? Why are they also baptized for the dead?

I [affirm], by my boasting in you which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily.

Do not be deceived: "Evil associations corrupts good habits."

But someone will say, "How are the dead raised? And with what sort of body do they come?"

And what you sow, you do not sow that body that will be, but a bare grain--perhaps wheat or some other [grains].

All flesh is not the same flesh, but there is a different [kind] [of flesh] for men, and another flesh for beasts, another for fish, and another for birds.

There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for one star differs from [another] star in glory.

It is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness, it is raised in power.

Thus also it is written, "The first man Adam [became] a living soul;" the last Adam [became] a life-giving spirit.

The first man [was] from earth, made of dust; the second Man is the Lord from heaven.

And just as we have borne the image of the [man] made of dust, let us also bear the image of the heavenly [Man].

Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all die, but we shall all be changed--

For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.

"O Death, where is your sting? O Hades, where is your victory?"

But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

who will transform our lowly body, that it may be conformed to His glorious body, according to the working by which He is able even to subject all things to Himself.

For if we believe that Jesus died and rose [again], thus also God will bring with Him those who die in Jesus.

Because the Lord Himself shall descend from heaven with a word of command, with [the] voice of an archangel, and with [the] trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ shall rise first.

So then comfort one another with these words.

who have strayed concerning the truth, asserting that the resurrection has already occurred; and they overturn the faith of some.

For God will bring every work into judgment, with everything that has been overlooked, whether or evil.

"And when the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the holy angels with Him, then will He sit upon His glorious throne.

And He will set the sheep on His right hand, but the goats on [His] left.

for I was hungry and you gave Me food; I was thirsty and you gave Me drink; I was a stranger and you took Me in;

"Then the righteous will answer Him, saying, 'Lord, when did we see You hungry and feed You, or thirsty and give You drink?

Or when did we see You sick, or in prison, and come to You?'

"Then He will also say to those on the left, 'Depart from Me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels:

I was a stranger and you did not take Me in, naked and you did not clothe Me, sick and in prison and you did not visit Me.'

"Then He will answer them, saying, 'Assuredly I say to you, inasmuch as you did not do it to one of the least of these, neither did you do it to Me.'

because He has appointed a day in which He is going to judge the world in righteousness by a Man whom He appointed, having given proof to all, by raising Him from the dead."

And as he reasoned about righteousness, self-control, and the judgment which is going to be, Felix became afraid and answered, "Go away for now; but when I have opportunity I will summon you."

But according to your hardness and impenitent heart you are storing up for yourself wrath in the day of wrath and revelation, and of the righteous judgment of God,

to those who by the endurance of good works are seeking glory and honor and incorruption--eternal life.

tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that works evil, of the Jew first and also of the Greek;

For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive the things done in the body, in accordance with the things which he did, whether good or bad.

but the present heavens and earth, having been stored up by His word, are being reserved for fire until the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.

Now Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied about these men, saying, "Behold, the Lord comes with ten thousands of His saints,

to execute judgment against all, and to convict all the ungodly among them about all their ungodly deeds which they have committed impiously, and about all the harsh [words] which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him."

And the devil, who deceived them, was thrown into the lake of fire and brimstone where also the Beast and the False Prophet [are]. And they shall be tormented day and night forever and ever.

And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and they opened the books. And another Book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged by the things having been written in the books, according to their works.

Then Death and Hades were thrown into the Lake of Fire. This is the second death, the Lake of Fire.