1 Corinthians 15
1 But let me recall to you, brethren, the Good News which I brought you, which you accepted, and on which you are standing,
Moreover, brethren, I declare to you the gospel which I preached to you, which also ye have received, and in which ye stand;
2 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.
By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached to you, unless ye have believed in vain.
3 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;
For I delivered to you first of all, that which I also received, that Christ died for our sins, according to the scriptures;
4 that He was buried; that He rose to life again on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures,
And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:
5 and was seen by Peter, and then by the Twelve.
And that he was seen by Cephas, then by the twelve:
6 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.
After that he was seen by above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain to this present, but some have fallen asleep.
7 Afterwards He was seen by James, and then by all the Apostles.
After that he was seen by James; then by all the apostles.
8 And last of all, as to one of untimely birth, He appeared to me also.
And last of all he was seen by me also, as by one born out of due time.
9 For I am the least of the Apostles, and am not fit 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 church of God.
10 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.
But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which [was bestowed] upon me, was not in vain; but I labored more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
11 But whether it is I or they, this is the way we preach and the way that you came to believe.
Therefore whether [it was] I or they, so we preach, and so ye believed.
12 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?
Now if Christ is preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead?
13 If there is no such thing as a resurrection of the dead, then Christ Himself has not risen to life.
But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not raised.
14 And if Christ has not risen, it follows that what we preach is a delusion, and that your faith also is a delusion.
And if Christ is not raised, then [is] our preaching vain, and your faith [is] also vain.
15 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.
And indeed we are found false witnesses of God; because we have testified concerning God that he raised up Christ: whom he raised not, if in truth the dead rise not.
16 For if none of the dead are raised to life, then Christ has not risen;
For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised:
17 and if Christ has not risen, your faith is a vain thing--you are still in your sins.
And if Christ is not raised, your faith [is] vain; ye are yet in your sins.
18 It follows also that those who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished.
Then they also who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished.
19 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.
If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.
20 But, in reality, Christ has risen from among the dead, being the first to do so of those who are asleep.
But now is Christ raised from the dead, [and] become the first-fruits of them that slept.
21 For seeing that death came through man, through man comes also the resurrection of the dead.
For since by man [came] death, by man [came] also the resurrection of the dead.
22 For just as through Adam all die, so also through Christ all will be made alive again.
For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.
23 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.
But every man in his own order: Christ the first-fruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming.
24 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.
Then [cometh] the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule, and all authority, and power.
25 For He must continue King until He shall have put all His enemies under His feet.
For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet.
26 The last enemy that is to be overthrown is Death;
The last enemy [that] shall be destroyed [is] death.
27 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.
For he hath put all things under his feet. But when he saith, all things are put under [him], [it is] manifest that he is excepted who did put all things under him.
28 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.
And when all things shall be subdued to him, then shall the Son also himself be subject to him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all.
29 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?
Else what will they do, who are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? why are they then baptized for the dead?
30 Why also do we Apostles expose ourselves to danger every hour?
And why stand we in jeopardy every hour?
31 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.
I protest by your rejoicing which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily.
32 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.
If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantage is it to me, if the dead rise not? let us eat and drink; for to-morrow we die.
33 Do not deceive yourselves: "Evil companionships corrupt good morals."
Be not deceived: Evil communications corrupt good manners.
34 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.
Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God. I speak [this] to your shame.
35 But some one will say, "How can the dead rise? And with what kind of body do they come back?"
But some [man] will say, How are the dead raised? and with what body do they come?
36 Foolish man! the seed you yourself sow has no life given to it unless it first dies;
[Thou] fool, that which thou sowest is not vivified except it die:
37 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,
And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain; it may be of wheat, or of some other [grain]:
38 and to each kind of seed a body of its own.
But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed its own body.
39 All flesh is not the same: there is human flesh, and flesh of cattle, of birds, and of fishes.
All flesh [is] not the same flesh; but [there is] one [kind of] flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, [and] another of fowls.
40 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.
[There are] also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial [is] one, and the [glory] of the terrestrial [is] another.
41 There is one glory of the sun, another of the moon, and another of the stars; for star differs from star in glory.
[There is] one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for [one] star differeth from [another] star in glory.
42 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;
So also [is] 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 dishonor, it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power:
44 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.
It is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.
45 In the same way also it is written, "The first man Adam became a living animal"; the last Adam is a life-giving Spirit.
And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul, the last Adam [was made] a vivifying spirit.
46 Nevertheless, it is not what is spiritual that came first, but what is animal; what is spiritual came afterwards.
However, that [was] not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual.
47 The first man is a man of earth, earthy; the second man is from Heaven.
The first man [is] from the earth, earthy: the second man [is] the Lord from heaven.
48 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.
As [is] the earthy, such [are] they also that are earthy: and as [is] the heavenly, such [are] they also that are heavenly.
49 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.
And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.
50 But this I tell you, brethren: our mortal bodies cannot inherit the Kingdom of God, nor will what is perishable inherit what is imperishable.
Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.
51 I tell you a truth hitherto kept secret: we shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
Behold, I show you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
52 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.
In a moment, 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 so it must be: this perishable nature must clothe itself with what is imperishable, and this mortality must clothe itself with immortality.
For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal [must] put on immortality.
54 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."
So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.
O death, where [is] thy sting? O grave, where [is] thy victory? (Hadēs g86)
56 Now sin is the sting of death, and sin derives its power from the Law;
The sting of death [is] sin; and the strength of sin [is] the law.
57 but God be thanked who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ!
But thanks [be] to God, who giveth us the victory, through our Lord Jesus Christ.
58 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.
Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.
