For the word of the cross seems foolish to those who are on the way to destruction; but to us who are on the way to salvation it is the power of God.

For though there are those who have the name of gods, in heaven or on earth, as there are a number of gods and a number of lords,

And if Christ did not come again from the dead, then our good news and your faith in it are of no effect.

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

Those who are of the earth are like the man who was from the earth: and those who are of heaven are like the one from heaven.