1 Corinthians 15
1 Now, brothers, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, and in which you stand firm.
Moreover, brethren, I make known unto you The joyful message, which I myself announced to you, which also ye received, in which also ye stand;
2 By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain.
Through which also ye are being saved, —if ye hold fast, with what discourse, I announced the joyful message unto you; unless indeed, in vain, ye believed.
3 For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,
For I delivered unto you, among the first things, what also I received: —how that Christ died for our sins, according to the Scriptures,
4 that He was buried, that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,
And that he was buried, and that he hath been raised, on the third day, according to the Scriptures, —
5 and that He appeared to Cephas and then to the Twelve.
And that he appeared unto Cephas, then, to the twelve,
6 After that, He appeared to more than five hundred brothers at once, most of whom are still living, though some have fallen asleep.
After that, he appeared to above five hundred brethren at once, —of whom, the greater number, remain until even now, but, some, have fallen asleep, —
7 Then He appeared to James, then to all the apostles.
After that, he appeared unto James, then, unto all the apostles,
8 And last of all He appeared to me also, as to one of untimely birth.
And, last of all, just as if unto the unseasonable birth, he appeared, even unto me;
9 For I am the least of the apostles and am unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
For, I, am the least of the apostles, who am not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the assembly of God.
10 But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace to me was not in vain. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.
But, by favour of God, I am what I am, and, his favour, which was unto me, hath not been made void, —but, much more abundantly than they all, have I toiled, albeit not, I, but the favour of God with me.
11 Whether, then, it was I or they, this is what we preach, and this is what you believed.
Whether therefore, I, or, they, thus do we proclaim, and, thus did ye believe.
12 But if it is preached that Christ has been raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?
Now, if, Christ is proclaimed, that, from among the dead, he hath been raised, how say some, among you—resurrection of the dead, there is none?
13 If there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised.
But, if, resurrection of the dead, there is none, not even Christ, hath been raised;
14 And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is worthless, and so is your faith.
And, if Christ, hath not been raised, void, after all, is our proclamation, void also, our faith, —
15 In that case, we are also exposed as false witnesses about God. For we have testified about God that He raised Christ from the dead, but He did not raise Him if in fact the dead are not raised.
And we are found, even false-witnesses of God, because we have witnessed respecting God, that he raised the Christ, —whom he did not raise, if, indeed, after all, the dead are not raised!
16 For if the dead are not raised, then not even Christ has been raised.
For, if the dead are not raised, not even Christ, hath been raised;
17 And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins.
And, if Christ hath not been raised, to no purpose, is your faith, yet, are ye in your sins!
18 Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished.
Hence also, they who are fallen asleep in Christ, are lost:
19 If our hope in Christ is for this life alone, we are to be pitied more than all men.
If, in this life, in Christ, we have hoped—and that is all, we are, of all men, most to be pitied.
20 But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.
But, now, hath Christ been raised from among the dead, —a firstfruit of them who have fallen asleep;
21 For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man.
For, since indeed, through a man, came death, through a man, also cometh the raising of the dead;
22 For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive.
For, just as, in the Adam, all die, so, also, in the Christ, shall all be made alive.
23 But each in his own turn: Christ the firstfruits; then at His coming, those who belong to Him.
But, each, in his own rank: —A firstfruit, Christ, after that, they who are the Christ’s, in his presence,
24 Then the end will come, when He hands over the kingdom to God the Father after He has destroyed all dominion, authority, and power.
Afterwards, the end—whensoever he delivereth up the kingdom unto his God and Father, whensoever he shall bring to nought all rule and all authority and power;
25 For He must reign until He has put all His enemies under His feet.
For he must needs reign, until he shall put all his enemies under his feet:
26 The last enemy to be destroyed is death.
As a last enemy, death, is to be destroyed;
27 For “God has put everything under His feet.” Now when it says that everything has been put under Him, this clearly does not include the One who put everything under Him.
For—He put, all things, in subjection under his feet. But, whensoever it shall be said—all things are in subjection!—it is evident that it means, —Except him who did put into subjection, unto him, the all things—
28 And when all things have been subjected to Him, then the Son Himself will be made subject to Him who put all things under Him, so that God may be all in all.
But whensoever have been put into subjection, unto him, the all things, then, the Son himself, [also] shall be put in subjection unto him who put in subjection, unto him, the all things, —that, God, may be, all things in all.
29 If these things are not so, what will those do who are baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why are people baptized for them?
Else, what will they do, who are being immersed in behalf of the dead? If, not at all, are the dead to be raised, why are they even being immersed in their behalf?
30 And why do we endanger ourselves every hour?
Why also are, we, running into peril every hour?
31 I face death every day, brothers, as surely as I boast about you in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Day by day, am I dying!—Yea! by your own boasting, brethren, which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord.
32 If I fought wild beasts in Ephesus for human motives, what did I gain? If the dead are not raised, “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.”
If, after the manner of men, I have fought with wild-beasts at Ephesus, what, to me, the profit? If the dead are not raised, Let us eat and drink, for, tomorrow, we die.
33 Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good character.”
Be not deceiving yourselves, —evil communications corrupt gentle manners: —
34 Sober up as you ought, and stop sinning; for some of you are ignorant of God. I say this to your shame.
Wake up to sobriety, in righteousness, and be not committing sin; for some have, an ignorance of God: for shame, unto you, am I speaking!
35 But someone will ask, “How are the dead raised? With what kind of body will they come?”
But some one will say—How, are the dead raised? and, with what kind of body, do they come?
36 You fool! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies.
Simple one! What, thou, sowest, is not quickened, except it die;
37 And what you sow is not the body that will be, but just a seed, perhaps of wheat or something else.
And, what thou sowest, not the body that shall come into existence, dost thou sow, but a naked kernel—if it so happen, of wheat, or of any of the rest, —
38 But God gives it a body as He has designed, and to each kind of seed He gives its own body.
Howbeit, God, giveth it a body, as he pleased, and, unto each of the seeds, a body of its own.
39 Not all flesh is the same: Men have one kind of flesh, animals have another, birds another, and fish another.
Not all flesh, is the same flesh; but, one, indeed, is, [the flesh] of men, and, another, the flesh of beasts, and, another, the flesh of birds, and, another, of fishes;
40 There are also heavenly bodies and earthly bodies. But the splendor of the heavenly bodies is of one degree, and the splendor of the earthly bodies is of another.
And there are heavenly bodies, and earthly bodies, —but, of one kind, indeed, is the glory of the heavenly, and, of another kind, is the glory of the earthly; —
41 The sun has one degree of splendor, the moon another, and the stars another; and star differs from star in splendor.
One, is the glory of a sun, and, another, the glory of a moon, and, another, the glory of stars, —nay! star from star, differeth in glory.
42 So will it be with the resurrection of the dead: What is sown is perishable; it is raised imperishable.
Thus, also the resurrection of the dead: it is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruption,
43 It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power.
It is sown in dishonour, it is raised in glory, it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power,
44 It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body.
It is sown a body of the soul, it is raised a body of the spirit; if there is a body of the soul, there is also of the spirit: —
45 So it is written: “The first man Adam became a living being;” the last Adam a life-giving spirit.
Thus, also, it is written—The first man, Adam, became, a living soul, the last Adam, a life-giving spirit.
46 The spiritual, however, was not first, but the natural, and then the spiritual.
Howbeit, not first, is the [body] of the spirit, but that, of the soul, —afterwards, that of the spirit.
47 The first man was of the dust of the earth, the second man from heaven.
The first man, is of the ground, earthy, the second man, is, of heaven:
48 As was the earthly man, so also are those who are of the earth; and as is the heavenly man, so also are those who are of heaven.
As, the man of earth, such, also, the men of earth, and, as, the man of heaven, such, also, the men of heaven;
49 And just as we have borne the likeness of the earthly man, so also shall we bear the likeness of the heavenly man.
And, even as we have borne the image of the man of earth, let us also bear the image of the man of heaven.
50 Now I declare to you, brothers, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.
And, this, I say, brethren, —that, flesh and blood, cannot inherit, God’s kingdom. Neither doth, corruption, inherit, incorruption.
51 Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed—
Lo! a sacred secret, unto you, do I declare: —we shall not, all, sleep, but we shall, all, be changed, —
52 in an instant, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.
In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, during the last trumpet; for it shall sound, and, the dead, shall be raised, incorruptible, and, we, shall be changed.
53 For the perishable must be clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality.
For this corruptible must needs clothe itself with incorruptibility, and this mortal, clothe itself, with immortality.
54 When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come to pass: “Death has been swallowed up in victory.”
But, whensoever, this mortal, shall clothe itself with immortality, then, shall be brought to pass the saying that is written—Death hath been swallowed up, victoriously;
Where, O death, is thy victory? Where, O death, is thy sting? (Hadēs g86)
56 The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.
Now, the sting of death, is, sin, and, the power of sin, is, the law; —
57 But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ!
But, unto God, be thanks, who is giving unto us the victory, through our Lord Jesus Christ.
58 Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast and immovable. Always excel in the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.
So, then, my beloved brethren, —become ye, steadfast, immovable, superabounding in the work of the Lord, at all times; knowing that, your toil, is not in vain in the Lord.
