looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

For consider Him who endured such opposition from sinners against Himself, that you not become weary and faint in your souls.

The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the Son of David, the Son of Abraham:

Therefore, being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him that of the fruit of his body, according to the flesh, He would raise up the Christ to sit on his throne;

From this man's seed, according to promise, God raised up for Israel a Savior, Jesus;

concerning His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who was made of the seed of David according to the flesh,

and defined as the Son of God in power according to the Spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead.

But one of the elders said to me, Do not weep. Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has prevailed to open the scroll and to loosen its seven seals.

And He said to them, Thus it is written, and thus it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day,

whom God raised up, loosing the pangs of death, because it was not possible for Him to be held by it.

Moreover, brethren, I declare to you the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received and in which you stand,

and that He was buried, and that He was raised the third day according to the Scriptures,

Therefore, whether it was I or they, so we preach and so you believe.

But if there is no resurrection of the dead, neither has Christ been raised.

Yes, and we are found to be false witnesses of God, because we have testified of God that He raised up Christ, whom He did not raise up; if in fact the dead are not raised.

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

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

in the day when God will judge the secrets of men through Jesus Christ, according to my gospel.

Now to Him who is able to establish you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery kept silent since the world began,

to which He called you through our gospel, for the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

according to the glorious gospel of the blessed God which was committed to my trust.

for which I was appointed a preacher and an apostle; I am speaking the truth in Christ and not lying; a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.