‏ 1 Corinthians 15

The Fact of Christ’s Resurrection

1 Now aI make known to you, brothers and sisters, the bgospel which I preached to you, which you also received, cin which you also stand, 2by which you also are saved, dif you hold firmly to
Lit to what word I
the word which I preached to you, funless you believed in vain.

3 For gI handed down to you
Lit among the first
as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died ifor our sins jaccording to the Scriptures,
4and that He was buried, and that He was kraised on the third day laccording to the Scriptures, 5and that mHe appeared to
Peter’s Aramaic name
oCephas, then pto the twelve.
6After that He appeared to more than five hundred brothers and sisters at one time, most of whom remain until now, but some qhave fallen asleep; 7then He appeared to
Or Jacob
sJames, then to tall the apostles;
8and last of all, as
Lit to an untimely birth
to one untimely born, vHe appeared to me also.
9For I am wthe least of the apostles,
Lit who am
and not fit to be called an apostle, because I ypersecuted the church of God.
10But by zthe grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me did not prove vain; but I aalabored even more than all of them, yet abnot I, but the grace of God with me. 11Whether then it was I or they, so we preach and so you believed.

12 Now if Christ is preached, that He has been raised from the dead, how do some among you say that there acis no resurrection of the dead? 13But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised; 14and adif Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain, your faith also is in vain. 15Moreover, we are even found to be false witnesses of God, because we testified
Or concerning
against God that He afraised
I.e., the Messiah
Christ, whom He did not raise, if in fact the dead are not raised.
16For if the dead are not raised, then not even Christ has been raised; 17and if Christ has not been raised, your faith is worthless; ahyou are still in your sins. 18Then also those who aihave fallen asleep in Christ have perished. 19If we have hoped in Christ only in this life, we are ajof all people most to be pitied.

The Order of Resurrection

20 But the fact is, Christ akhas been raised from the dead, the alfirst fruits of those who amare asleep. 21For since anby a man death came, by a man also came the resurrection of the dead. 22For aoas in Adam all die, so also in
I.e., the Messiah
Christ all will be made alive.
23But each in his own order: Christ aqthe first fruits, after that arthose who are Christ’s at asHis coming, 24then comes the end, when He hands over atthe kingdom to our auGod and Father, when He has abolished avall rule and all authority and power. 25For He must reign awuntil He has put all His enemies under His feet. 26The last enemy that will be axabolished is death. 27For ayHe has put all things in subjection under His feet. But when He says, “ azAll things are put in subjection,” it is clear that
Lit except the
this excludes the Father who put all things in subjection to Him.
28When bball things are subjected to Him, then the Son Himself will also be subjected to the One who subjected all things to Him, so that bcGod may be all in all.

29 For otherwise, what will those do who are baptized
Or in behalf of
for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why then are they baptized
Or in behalf of
for them?
30Why are we also bfin danger every hour? 31I affirm, brothers and sisters, by the boasting in you which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, that bgI die daily. 32If
Lit according to man
from human motives I bifought with wild beasts at bjEphesus, what good is it to me? If the dead are not raised, bklet’s eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.
33 blDo not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good morals.” 34 bmSober up
Lit righteously
morally and stop sinning, for some have bono knowledge of God. bpI say this to your shame.

35 But bqsomeone will say, “How are brthe dead raised? And with what kind of body do they come?” 36 bsYou fool! That which you btsow does not come to life unless it dies; 37and that which you sow, you do not sow the body which is to be, but a bare grain, perhaps of wheat or of
Lit some of the rest
something else.
38But God gives it a body just as He wished, and bvto each of the seeds a body of its own. 39All flesh is not the same flesh, but there is one flesh of mankind, another flesh of animals, another flesh of birds, and another of fish. 40There are also heavenly bodies and earthly bodies, but the glory of the heavenly is one, and the glory of the earthly is another. 41There is one glory of the sun, another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for star differs from star in glory.

42 bwSo also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown
Lit in corruption
bya perishable body, it is raised
Lit in incorruption
caan imperishable body;
43it is sown in dishonor, it is raised in cbglory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power; 44it is sown a ccnatural body, it is raised a cdspiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body. 45So also it is written: “The first ceman, Adam, became a living
Or soul
person.” The cglast Adam was a chlife-giving spirit.
46However, the spiritual is not first, but the natural; then the spiritual. 47The first man is cifrom the earth,
Or made of dust, and so throughout the ch
ckearthy; the second man is from heaven.
48As is the earthy one, so also are those who are earthy; and as is the heavenly one, clso also are those who are heavenly. 49Just as we have cmborne the image of the earthy,
Two early mss let’s also
we cowill also bear the image of the heavenly.

The Mystery of Resurrection

50 Now I say this, brothers and sisters, that cpflesh and blood cannot cqinherit the kingdom of God; nor does
Lit corruption
the perishable inherit
Lit incorruption
ctthe imperishable.
51Behold, I am telling you a
Or secret
cvmystery; we will not all sleep, but we will all be cwchanged,
52in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet; for cxthe trumpet will sound, and cythe dead will be raised
Lit incorruptible
imperishable, and dawe will be changed.
53For this
Lit corruptible
perishable must put on
Lit incorruption
ddthe imperishable, and this demortal must put on immortality.
54But when this
Lit corruptible
perishable puts on
Lit incorruption
the imperishable, and this mortal puts on immortality, then will come about the saying that is written: “ dhDeath has been swallowed up in victory.
55 diWhere, O Death, is your victory? Where, O Death, is your sting?” 56The sting of djdeath is sin, and dkthe power of sin is the Law; 57but dlthanks be to God, who gives us the dmvictory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

58 dnTherefore, my beloved brothers and sisters, be firm, immovable, always excelling in dothe work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.
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