1 Corinthians 15
1 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;
But I make known to you, brethren, the glad tidings which I announced to you, which also ye received, in which also ye stand,
2 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.
by which also ye are saved, (if ye hold fast the word which I announced to you as the glad tidings, ) unless indeed ye have believed in vain.
3 For I delivered unto you, among the first things, what also I received: —how that Christ died for our sins, according to the Scriptures,
For I delivered to you, in the first place, what also I had received, that Christ died for our sins, according to the scriptures;
4 And that he was buried, and that he hath been raised, on the third day, according to the Scriptures, —
and that he was buried; and that he was raised the third day, according to the scriptures;
5 And that he appeared unto Cephas, then, to the twelve,
and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve.
6 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, —
Then he appeared to above five hundred brethren at once, of whom the most remain until now, but some also have fallen asleep.
7 After that, he appeared unto James, then, unto all the apostles,
Then he appeared to James; then to all the apostles;
8 And, last of all, just as if unto the unseasonable birth, he appeared, even unto me;
and last of all, as to an abortion, 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, who am not fit to be called apostle, because I have persecuted the assembly of God.
10 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.
But by God's grace I am what I am; and his grace, which [was] towards me, has not been vain; but I have laboured more abundantly than they all, but not I, but the grace of God which [was] with me.
11 Whether therefore, I, or, they, thus do we proclaim, and, thus did ye believe.
Whether, therefore, I or they, thus we preach, and thus ye have believed.
12 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?
Now if Christ is preached that he is raised from among [the] dead, how say some among you that there is not a resurrection of [those that are] dead?
13 But, if, resurrection of the dead, there is none, not even Christ, hath been raised;
But if there is not a resurrection of [those that are] dead, neither is Christ raised:
14 And, if Christ, hath not been raised, void, after all, is our proclamation, void also, our faith, —
but if Christ is not raised, then, indeed, vain also [is] our preaching, and vain also your faith.
15 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!
And we are found also false witnesses of God; for we have witnessed concerning God that he raised the Christ, whom he has not raised if indeed [those that are] dead are not raised.
16 For, if the dead are not raised, not even Christ, hath been raised;
For if [those that are] dead are not raised, neither is Christ raised;
17 And, if Christ hath not been raised, to no purpose, is your faith, yet, are ye in your sins!
but if Christ be not raised, your faith [is] vain; ye are yet in your sins.
18 Hence also, they who are fallen asleep in Christ, are lost:
Then indeed also those who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished.
19 If, in this life, in Christ, we have hoped—and that is all, we are, of all men, most to be pitied.
If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are [the] most miserable of all men.
20 But, now, hath Christ been raised from among the dead, —a firstfruit of them who have fallen asleep;
(But now Christ is raised from among [the] dead, first-fruits of those fallen asleep.
21 For, since indeed, through a man, came death, through a man, also cometh the raising of the dead;
For since by man [came] death, by man also resurrection of [those that are] dead.
22 For, just as, in the Adam, all die, so, also, in the Christ, shall all be made alive.
For as in the Adam all die, thus also in the Christ all shall be made alive.
23 But, each, in his own rank: —A firstfruit, Christ, after that, they who are the Christ’s, in his presence,
But each in his own rank: [the] first-fruits, Christ; then those that are the Christ's at his coming.
24 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;
Then the end, when he gives up the kingdom to him [who is] God and Father; when he shall have annulled all rule and all authority and power.
25 For he must needs reign, until he shall put all his enemies under his feet:
For he must reign until he put all enemies under his feet.
26 As a last enemy, death, is to be destroyed;
[The] last enemy [that] is annulled [is] death.
27 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—
For he has put all things in subjection under his feet. But when he says that all things are put in subjection, [it is] evident that [it is] except him who put all things in subjection to him.
28 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.
But when all things shall have been brought into subjection to him, then the Son also himself shall be placed in subjection to him who put all things in subjection to him, that God may be all in all.)
29 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?
Since what shall the baptised for the dead do if [those that are] dead rise not at all? why also are they baptised for them?
30 Why also are, we, running into peril every hour?
Why do we also endanger ourselves every hour?
31 Day by day, am I dying!—Yea! by your own boasting, brethren, which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Daily I die, by your boasting which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord.
32 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.
If, [to speak] after the manner of man, I have fought with beasts in Ephesus, what is the profit to me if [those that are] dead do not rise? let us eat and drink; for to-morrow we die.
33 Be not deceiving yourselves, —evil communications corrupt gentle manners: —
Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
34 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!
Awake up righteously, and sin not; for some are ignorant of God: I speak to you as a matter of shame.
35 But some one will say—How, are the dead raised? and, with what kind of body, do they come?
But some one will say, How are the dead raised? and with what body do they come?
36 Simple one! What, thou, sowest, is not quickened, except it die;
Fool; what thou sowest is not quickened unless it die.
37 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, —
And what thou sowest, thou sowest not the body that shall be, but a bare grain: it may be of wheat, or some one of the rest:
38 Howbeit, God, giveth it a body, as he pleased, and, unto each of the seeds, a body of its own.
and God gives to it a body as he has pleased, and to each of the seeds its own body.
39 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;
Every flesh [is] not the same flesh, but one [is] of men, and another flesh of beasts, and another [flesh] of birds, and another of fishes.
40 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; —
And [there are] heavenly bodies, and earthly bodies: but different is the glory of the heavenly, different that of the earthly:
41 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.
one [the] sun's glory, and another [the] moon's glory, and another [the] stars' glory; for star differs from star in glory.
42 Thus, also the resurrection of the dead: it is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruption,
Thus also [is] the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruptibility.
43 It is sown in dishonour, 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 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: —
It is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body: if there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual [one].
45 Thus, also, it is written—The first man, Adam, became, a living soul, the last Adam, a life-giving spirit.
Thus also it is written, The first man Adam became a living soul; the last Adam a quickening spirit.
46 Howbeit, not first, is the [body] of the spirit, but that, of the soul, —afterwards, that of the spirit.
But that which is spiritual [was] not first, but that which is natural, then that which is spiritual:
47 The first man, is of the ground, earthy, the second man, is, of heaven:
the first man out of [the] earth, made of dust; the second man, out of heaven.
48 As, the man of earth, such, also, the men of earth, and, as, the man of heaven, such, also, the men of heaven;
Such as he made of dust, such also those made of dust; and such as the heavenly [one], such also the heavenly [ones].
49 And, even as we have borne the image of the man of earth, let us also bear the image of the man of heaven.
And as we have borne the image of the [one] made of dust, we shall bear also the image of the heavenly [one].
50 And, this, I say, brethren, —that, flesh and blood, cannot inherit, God’s kingdom. Neither doth, corruption, inherit, incorruption.
But this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit God's kingdom, nor does corruption inherit incorruptibility.
51 Lo! a sacred secret, unto you, do I declare: —we shall not, all, sleep, but we shall, all, be changed, —
Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all fall asleep, but we shall all be changed,
52 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.
in an instant, in [the] twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet; for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
53 For this corruptible must needs clothe itself with incorruptibility, and this mortal, clothe itself, with immortality.
For this corruptible must needs put on incorruptibility, and this mortal put on immortality.
54 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;
But when this corruptible shall have put on incorruptibility, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall come to pass the word written: Death has been swallowed up in victory.
Where, O death, [is] thy sting? where, O death, thy victory? (Hadēs g86)
56 Now, 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 the law;
57 But, unto God, be thanks, who is giving unto us the victory, through our Lord Jesus Christ.
but thanks to God, who gives us the victory by our Lord Jesus Christ.
58 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.
So then, my beloved brethren, be firm, immovable, abounding always in the work of the Lord, knowing that your toil is not in vain in [the] Lord.
