< 1 Corinthians 15 >

1 I make known now to you, brothers, the gospel that I evangelised to you, which also you received, in which also you have stood
Next, friends, I would like to remind you of the good news which I told you, and which you received – the good news on which you have taken your stand,
2 through which also you are being saved, to the word I evangelised to you if you hold fast, unless only except in vain you have believed.
and by means of which you are being saved. I would like to remind you of the words that I used in telling it to you, since you are still holding fast to it, and since it was not in vain that you became believers in Christ.
3 I delivered for to you in [the] foremost what also I received that Christ died for the sins of us according to the Scriptures
For at the very beginning of my teaching I gave you the account which I had myself received – that Christ died for our sins (as the scriptures had foretold),
4 and that He was buried and that He has been raised on the day the third according to the Scriptures
that he was buried, that on the third day he was raised (as the scriptures had foretold),
5 and that He appeared to Cephas, then to the Twelve.
and that he appeared to Cephas, and then to the Twelve.
6 Thereafter He appeared to above five hundred brothers at once of whom the greater part remain until now, some however (and *k*) were fallen asleep.
After that, he appeared to more than five hundred of his followers at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have gone to their rest.
7 Then He appeared to James, then to the apostles all.
After that, he appeared to James, and then to all the apostles.
8 Last then of all as an untimely birth He appeared also to me. also to me.
Last of all, he appeared even to me, who am, as it were, a miscarried baby – born untimely.
9 I myself for am the least of the apostles who not am fit to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God;
For I am the least of the apostles, I who am unworthy of the name of ‘apostle,’ because I persecuted the church of God.
10 By [the] grace however of God I am what I am, and the grace of Him toward me myself not void has been, Rather more excessive than them all I toiled, not I myself however, but the grace of God that [was] with me myself.
But it is through the love of God that I am what I am, and the love that he showed me has not been wasted. No, I have toiled harder than any of them, and yet it was not I, but the love of God working with me.
11 Whether therefore I myself or they, thus we preach and thus you believed.
Whether, then, it was I or whether it was they, this we proclaim, and this you believed.
12 If now Christ is preached that out from [the] dead He has been raised, how say among you some that a resurrection of [the] dead not there is?
Now, if it is proclaimed of Christ that he has been raised from the dead, how is it that some of you say that there is no such thing as a resurrection of the dead?
13 If however a resurrection of [the] dead not there is, neither Christ has been raised;
But, if there is no such thing as a resurrection of the dead, then even Christ has not been raised;
14 if then Christ not has been raised, [is] void then (also *no*) the preaching of us, void (now *k*) also the faith (of you. *NK(O)*)
and, if Christ has not been raised, then our proclamation is without meaning, and our faith without meaning also!
15 We are found then also false witnesses of God, because we have witnessed concerning God that He raised up Christ whom not He has raised if indeed if indeed then [the] dead not are raised;
Yes, and we are being proved to have borne false testimony about God; for we testified of God that he raised the Christ, whom he did not raise, if, indeed, the dead do not rise!
16 If for [the] dead not are raised, neither Christ has been raised;
For, if the dead do not rise, then even Christ himself has not been raised,
17 if then Christ not has been raised, [is] futile the faith of you (is; *o*) still you are in the sins of you;
and, if Christ has not been raised, your faith is folly – your sins are on you still!
18 Then also those having fallen asleep in Christ have perished.
Yes, and they, who have passed to their rest in union with Christ, perished!
19 If in life this in Christ already hoping we are only, more to be pitied than all men we are.
If all that we have done has been to place our hope in Christ for this life, then we of all people are the most to be pitied.
20 Now however Christ has been raised out from [the] dead, firstfruit of those having fallen asleep (he became. *K*)
But, in truth, Christ has been raised from the dead, the first-fruits of those who are at rest.
21 Since for through a man [came] (*k*) death also through a man resurrection of [the] dead.
For, since through a man there is death, so, too, through a man there is a resurrection of the dead.
22 For as indeed in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive.
For, as through union with Adam all die, so through union with the Christ will all be made to live.
23 each however in the own order: [the] firstfruit Christ, then those of Christ at the coming of Him;
But each in their proper order – Christ the first-fruits; afterward, at his coming, those who belong to the Christ.
24 then the end, when (He may hand over *N(k)(o)*) the kingdom to the God and Father, when He may have annulled all dominion and all authority and power;
Then will come the end – when he surrenders the kingdom to his God and Father, having overthrown all other rule and all other authority and power.
25 It behooves for Him to reign until that (when *k*) He may have put all the enemies under the feet of Him.
For he must reign until God ‘has put all his enemies under his feet.’
26 [The] last enemy to be abolished [is] death.
The last enemy to be overthrown is death;
27 All things for He has put in subjection under the feet of Him; When however it may be said that all things have been put in subjection, [it is] evident that [is] excepted the [One who] having put in subjection to Him all things;
for God has placed all things under Christ’s feet. (But, when it is said that all things have been placed under Christ, it is plain that God is excepted who placed everything under him.)
28 When now shall have been subjected to Him all things, then also Himself the Son will be put in subjection to the [One] having put in subjection to Him all things, so that may be God all in all.
And, when everything has been placed under him, the Son will place himself under God who placed everything under him, so that God may be all in all!
29 Otherwise what will they do who are baptized for the dead? If at all [the] dead not are raised; why also are they baptized for (*k*) (them? *N(K)O*)
Again, what good will they be doing who are baptized on behalf of the dead? If it is true that the dead do not rise, why are people baptized on their behalf?
30 Why also we ourselves are in danger every hour?
Why, too, do we risk our lives every hour?
31 Every day I die, as surely as (in you *NK(O)*) boasting, (brothers *NO*) which I have in Christ Jesus the Lord of us.
Daily I face death – I swear it, friends, by the pride in you that I feel through my union with Christ Jesus, our Lord.
32 If according to man I fought wild beasts in Ephesus, what to me the profit? If [the] dead not are raised, Let us eat and let us drink, tomorrow for we die.
If with only human hopes I had fought in the arena at Ephesus, what should I have gained by it? If the dead do not rise, then let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we will die!
33 Not do be misled: Do corrupt morals good companionships bad.
Do not be deceived. ‘Good character is marred by evil company.’
34 do sober up righteously and not do sin; ignorance for of God some have; to [the] shame of you (I speak. *N(k)O*)
Wake up to a righteous life, and cease to sin. There are some who have no true knowledge of God. I speak in this way to shame you.
35 But will say someone; How are raised the dead? With what then body do they come?
Someone, however, may ask ‘How do the dead rise? And in what body will they come?’
36 Fool you yourself What you sow not does come to life only unless it may die;
You foolish person! The seed you yourself sow does not come to life, unless it dies!
37 And what you sow, not the body that will be you sow but a bare grain, if it would be of wheat or of some of the rest;
And when you sow, you sow not the body that will be, but a mere grain – perhaps of wheat, or something else.
38 But God gives to it a body even as He has willed and to each of the seeds (*k*) [its] own body.
God gives it the body that he pleases – to each seed its special body.
39 Not all flesh [is] the same flesh but one indeed (flesh *k*) of men, another however flesh of beasts, another however (flesh *no*) of birds another however of fish.
All forms of life are not the same; there is one for people, another for beasts, another for birds, and another for fish.
40 And bodies [there are] heavenly and bodies earthly; But one indeed [is] the of the heavenly glory, another however that of the earthly.
There are heavenly bodies, and earthly bodies; but the beauty of the heavenly bodies is not the beauty of the earthly.
41 One [is] [the] glory of [the] sun, and another [the] glory of [the] moon, and another [the] glory of [the] stars; star for from star differs in glory.
There is a beauty of the sun, and a beauty of the moon, and a beauty of the stars; for even star differs from star in beauty.
42 So also [is] the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in decay, it is raised in immortality;
It is the same with the resurrection of the dead. Sown a mortal body, it rises immortal; sown disfigured, it rises beautiful;
43 It is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory; It is sown in weakness, it is raised in power;
sown weak, it rises strong; sown a human body, it rises a spiritual body.
44 It is sown a body natural, it is raised a body spiritual. (If *NO*) there is a body natural, there is also (body *k*) spiritual.
As surely as there is a human body, there is also a spiritual body.
45 So also it has been written: Became the first man Adam into a soul living; the last Adam into a spirit life-giving.
That is what is meant by the words – ‘Adam, the first man, became a human being’; the last Adam became a life-giving spirit.
46 However not first [was] the spiritual but the natural, then the spiritual.
That which comes first is not the spiritual, but the human; afterward comes the spiritual;
47 The first man [was] from [the] earth made of dust, the second man ([is] the Lord *K*) from heaven.
the first man was from the dust of the earth; the second man from heaven.
48 As the [one] made of dust, so also [are] those of the earth, and as the heavenly [one], so also those of heaven;
Those who are of the dust are like him who came from the dust; and those who are of heaven are like him who came from heaven.
49 And even as we have born the image of the earthly, (we will bear *NK(o)*) also the image of the heavenly.
And as we have borne the likeness of him who came from the dust, so let us bear the likeness of him who came from heaven.
50 This now I say, brothers, that flesh and blood [the] kingdom of God to inherit not (is able, *N(k)O*) nor the decay the immortality does inherit.
This I say, friends – Flesh and blood can have no share in the kingdom of God, nor can the perishable share the imperishable.
51 Behold a mystery to you I tell; All (indeed *k*) not we will sleep, all however we will be changed —
Listen, I will tell you God’s hidden purpose! We will not all have passed to our rest, but we will all be transformed – in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye,
52 in an instant in [the] twinkling of an eye at the last trumpet; [The] trumpet will sound for, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we ourselves will be changed.
at the last trumpet-call; for the trumpet will sound, and the dead will rise immortal, and we, also, will be transformed.
53 It behooves for perishable this to put on imperishable and mortal this to put on immortality.
For this perishable body of ours must put on an imperishable form, and this dying body a deathless form.
54 When now perishable this may have put on [the] imperishable and mortal this may have put on (*o*) immortality, then will come to pass the word which written: Has been swallowed up death in victory.
And, when this dying body has put on its deathless form, then indeed will the words of scripture come true –
55 Where of you, O death, the victory Where of you, (O Hades, *N(K)O*) the sting (Hadēs g86)
‘death has been swallowed up in victory! Where, Death, is your victory? Where, death, is your sting?’ (Hadēs g86)
56 And the sting of death [is] sin, and the power of sin the law.
It is sin that gives death its sting, and it is the Law that gives sin its power.
57 however to God [be] thanks who is giving us the victory through the Lord of us Jesus Christ.
But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory, through Jesus Christ, our Lord.
58 Therefore, brothers of mine beloved, steadfast do be, immovable, abounding in the work of the Lord always, knowing that the toil of you not is in vain in [the] Lord.
Therefore, my dear friends, stand firm, unshaken, always diligent in the Lord’s work, for you know that, in union with him, your toil is not in vain.

< 1 Corinthians 15 >