1 Corinthians 15
1 And I make known to you, brothers, the good news that I proclaimed to you, which you also received, in which you also have stood,
But let me recall to you, brethren, the Good News which I brought you, which you accepted, and on which you are standing,
2 through which you are also being saved, if you hold fast [to] the word—what I proclaimed as good news to you—unless you believed in vain.
through which also you are obtaining salvation, if you bear in mind the words in which I proclaimed it--unless indeed your faith has been unreal from the very first.
3 For I delivered to you as most important what I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Writings,
For I repeated to you the all-important fact which also I had been taught, that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures;
4 and that He was buried, and that He has risen on the third day according to the Writings,
that He was buried; that He rose to life again on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures,
5 and that He appeared to Cephas, then to the Twelve,
and was seen by Peter, and then by the Twelve.
6 afterward He appeared to above five hundred brothers at once, of whom the greater part remain until now, and some also fell asleep;
Afterwards He was seen by more than five hundred brethren at once, most of whom are still alive, although some of them have now fallen asleep.
7 afterward He appeared to James, then to all the apostles.
Afterwards He was seen by James, and then by all the Apostles.
8 And last of all—as to the untimely birth—He also appeared to me,
And last of all, as to one of untimely birth, He appeared to me also.
9 for I am the least of the apostles, who am not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the Assembly of God,
For I am the least of the Apostles, and am not fit to be called an Apostle--because I persecuted the Church of God.
10 and by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace that [is] toward me did not come in vain, but I labored more abundantly than they all, yet not I, but the grace of God that [is] with me;
But what I am I am by the grace of God, and His grace bestowed upon me did not prove ineffectual. But I labored more strenuously than all the rest--yet it was not I, but God's grace working with me.
11 whether, then, I or they, so we preach, and so you believed.
But whether it is I or they, this is the way we preach and the way that you came to believe.
12 And if Christ is preached, that He has risen out of the dead, how [do] certain among you say that there is no resurrection of [the] dead?
But if Christ is preached as having risen from the dead, how is it that some of you say that there is no such thing as a resurrection of the dead?
13 And if there is no resurrection of [the] dead, neither has Christ risen;
If there is no such thing as a resurrection of the dead, then Christ Himself has not risen to life.
14 and if Christ has not risen, then our preaching [is] void, and your faith [is] also void,
And if Christ has not risen, it follows that what we preach is a delusion, and that your faith also is a delusion.
15 and we are also found [to be] false witnesses of God, because we testified of God that He raised up the Christ, whom He did not raise if then dead persons do not rise;
Nay more, we are actually being discovered to be bearing false witness about God, because we have testified that God raised Christ to life, whom He did not raise, if in reality none of the dead are raised.
16 for if dead persons do not rise, neither has Christ risen,
For if none of the dead are raised to life, then Christ has not risen;
17 and if Christ has not risen, your faith is vain, you are yet in your sins;
and if Christ has not risen, your faith is a vain thing--you are still in your sins.
18 then, also, those having fallen asleep in Christ perished;
It follows also that those who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished.
19 if we only have hope in Christ in this life, we are to be most pitied of all men.
If in this present life we have a hope resting on Christ, and nothing more, we are more to be pitied than all the rest of the world.
20 And now, Christ has risen out of the dead—He became the first-fruits of those sleeping,
But, in reality, Christ has risen from among the dead, being the first to do so of those who are asleep.
21 for since through man [is] death, also through Man [is] a resurrection of the dead,
For seeing that death came through man, through man comes also the resurrection of the dead.
22 for even as in Adam all die, so also in the Christ all will be made alive,
For just as through Adam all die, so also through Christ all will be made alive again.
23 and each in his proper order: Christ, a first-fruit, afterward those who are the Christ’s in His coming,
But this will happen to each in the right order--Christ having been the first to rise, and afterwards Christ's people rising at His return.
24 then—the end, when He may deliver up the kingdom to God, even the Father, when He may have made all rule useless, and all authority and power.
Later on, comes the End, when He is to surrender the Kingship to God, the Father, when He shall have overthrown all other government and all other authority and power.
25 For it is necessary for Him to reign until He may have put all the enemies under His feet.
For He must continue King until He shall have put all His enemies under His feet.
26 The last enemy is done away with—death.
The last enemy that is to be overthrown is Death;
27 For He put all things under His feet, and when one may say that all things have been subjected, [it is] evident that He is excepted who subjected all things to Him,
for He will have put all things in subjection under His feet. And when He shall have declared that "All things are in subjection," it will be with the manifest exception of Him who has reduced them all to subjection to Him.
28 and when all things may be subjected to Him, then also the Son Himself will be subject to Him, who subjected to Him all things, that God may be the all in all.
But when the whole universe has been made subject to Him, then the Son Himself will also become subject to Him who has made the universe subject to Him, in order that GOD may be all in all.
29 Seeing what will they do who are immersed for the dead, if the dead do not rise at all? Why are they also immersed for the dead?
Otherwise what will become of those who got themselves baptized for the dead? If the dead do not rise at all, why are these baptized for them?
30 Why do we also stand in peril every hour?
Why also do we Apostles expose ourselves to danger every hour?
31 I die every day, by the glorying of you that I have in Christ Jesus our Lord.
I protest, brethren, as surely as I glory over you--which I may justly do in Christ Jesus our Lord--that I die day by day.
32 If I fought with wild beasts in Ephesus after the manner of a man, what [is] the advantage to me if the dead do not rise? Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!
If from merely human motives I have fought with wild beasts in Ephesus, what profit is it to me? If the dead do not rise, let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we are to die.
33 Do not be led astray; evil communications corrupt good manners;
Do not deceive yourselves: "Evil companionships corrupt good morals."
34 wake up, as is right, and do not sin; for some have an ignorance of God; I say [it] to you for shame.
Wake from this drunken fit; live righteous lives, and cease to sin; for some have no knowledge of God: I speak thus in order to move you to shame.
35 But someone will say, “How do the dead rise?”
But some one will say, "How can the dead rise? And with what kind of body do they come back?"
36 Unwise! You—what you sow is not quickened except it may die;
Foolish man! the seed you yourself sow has no life given to it unless it first dies;
37 and that which you sow, you do not sow the body that will be, but a bare grain, it may be of wheat, or of someone of the others,
and as for what you sow, it is not the plant which is to be that you are sowing, but a bare grain, of wheat (it may be) or of something else, and God gives it a body as He has seen fit,
38 and God gives a body to it according as He willed, and its proper body to each of the seeds.
and to each kind of seed a body of its own.
39 All flesh [is] not the same flesh, but there is one flesh of men, and another flesh of beasts, and another of fishes, and another of birds;
All flesh is not the same: there is human flesh, and flesh of cattle, of birds, and of fishes.
40 and [there are] heavenly bodies and earthly bodies; but one [is] the glory of the heavenly, and another that of the earthly;
There are bodies which are celestial and there are bodies which are earthly, but the glory of the celestial ones is one thing, and that of the earthly ones is another.
41 one glory of sun, and another glory of moon, and another glory of stars, for star differs from star in glory.
There is one glory of the sun, another of the moon, and another of the stars; for star differs from star in glory.
42 So also [is] the resurrection of the dead: it is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruption;
It is the same with the resurrection of the dead. The body is sown in a state of decay, it is raised free from decay;
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 dishonor, 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; there is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body;
an animal body is sown, a spiritual body is raised. As surely as there is an animal body, so there is also a spiritual body.
45 so also it has been written: “The first man Adam became a living creature,” the last Adam [is] for a life-giving spirit,
In the same way also it is written, "The first man Adam became a living animal"; the last Adam is a life-giving Spirit.
46 but that which is spiritual [is] not first, but that which [was] natural, afterward that which [is] spiritual.
Nevertheless, it is not what is spiritual that came first, but what is animal; what is spiritual came afterwards.
47 The first man [is] out of the earth—earthly; the second Man [is] the LORD out of Heaven;
The first man is a man of earth, earthy; the second man is from Heaven.
48 as [is] the earthly, such [are] also the earthly; and as [is] the heavenly, such [are] also the heavenly;
What the earthy one is, that also are those who are earthy; and what the heavenly One is, that also are those who are heavenly.
49 and according as we bore the image of the earthly, we will also bear the image of the heavenly.
And as we have borne a resemblance to the earthy one, let us see to it that we also bear a resemblance to the heavenly One.
50 And this I say, brothers, that flesh and blood are not able to inherit the Kingdom of God, nor does the corruption inherit the incorruption.
But this I tell you, brethren: our mortal bodies cannot inherit the Kingdom of God, nor will what is perishable inherit what is imperishable.
51 Behold, I tell you a secret: we indeed will not all sleep, but we will all be changed;
I tell you a truth hitherto kept secret: we shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, in the last trumpet, for it will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we will be changed;
in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the sounding of the last trumpet; for the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incapable of decay, and we shall be changed.
53 for it is necessary for this corruptible to put on incorruption, and this mortal to put on immortality;
For so it must be: this perishable nature must clothe itself with what is imperishable, and this mortality must clothe itself with immortality.
54 and when this corruptible may have put on incorruption, and this mortal may have put on immortality, then will be brought to pass the word that has been written: “Death was swallowed up—to victory;
But when this perishable nature has put on what is imperishable, and this mortality has put on immortality, then will the words of Scripture be fulfilled, "Death has been swallowed up in victory."
"Where, O death, is thy victory? Where, O death, is thy sting?" (Hadēs g86)
56 And the sting of death [is] sin, and the power of sin the Law;
Now sin is the sting of death, and sin derives its power from the Law;
57 and to God—thanks, to Him who is giving us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ;
but God be thanked who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ!
58 so that, my beloved brothers, become steadfast, unmovable, abounding in the work of the LORD at all times, knowing that your labor in the LORD is not vain.
Therefore, my dear brethren, be firm, unmovable, busily occupied at all times in the Lord's work, knowing that your toil is not fruitless in the Lord.
