1st Corinthians 15
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CHAPTER 15
1Soothly, brethren, I make the gospel known to you, which I have preached to you, which also ye have taken, in which ye stand,
2by which also ye shall be saved; by which reason I have preached to you, if ye hold, if ye have not believed idly.
3For I betook to you at the beginning [or in the first] that thing which also I have received; that Christ was dead for our sins, by the scriptures;
4and that he was buried, and that he rose again in the third day, after [the] scriptures;
5and that he was seen to Cephas, and after these things to eleven;
6afterward he was seen to more than five hundred brethren together, of which many live yet, but some be dead;
7afterward he was seen to James, and afterward to all the apostles.
8And last of all he was seen also to me, as to a dead-born child.
9For I am the least of the apostles, that am not worthy to be called apostle, for I pursued the church of God.
10But by the grace of God I am that thing that I am; and his grace was not void in me. For I travailed more plenteously than all they; but not I, but the grace of God with me.
11But whether I, or they, so we have preached, and so ye have believed.
12And if Christ is preached, that he rose again from death, how say some men among you, that the again-rising of dead men is not?
13And if the again-rising of dead men is not, neither Christ rose again from death.
14And if Christ rose not, our preaching is vain, our faith is vain.
15And we be found false witnesses of God, for we have said witnessing against God, that he raised Christ, whom he raised not, if dead men rise not again.
16For why if dead men rise not again, neither Christ rose again;
17and if Christ rose not again, our faith is vain; and yet ye be in your sins.
18And then they that have died [or slept] in Christ, have perished.
19If in this life only we be hoping in Christ, we be more wretches than all men.
20But now Christ hath risen [or rose] again from death, the first fruit of dead men;
21for death was by a man, and by a man is again-rising from death.
22And as in Adam all men die, so in Christ all men shall be quickened.
23But each man in his order; the first fruit [or first fruits], Christ, afterward they that be of Christ, that believed in the coming of Christ;
24afterward an end, when he shall betake the kingdom to God and to the Father, when he shall void all princehood, and power, and virtue.
25But it behooveth him to reign, till he put all his enemies under his feet.
26And at the last, death the enemy shall be destroyed;
27for he hath made subject all things under his feet. And when he saith, all things be subject to him, without doubt except him that subjected all things to him.
28And when all things be subjected to him, then the Son himself shall be subject to him, that made all things subject to him, that God be all things in all things.
29Else what shall they do, that be baptized for dead men, if in no wise dead men rise again? whereto be they baptized for them?
30And whereto be we in peril every hour?
31Each day I die for your glory, brethren, which glory I have in Christ Jesus our Lord.
32If after man I have fought to beasts, [or against beasts], at Ephesus, what profiteth it to me, if dead men rise not again? Eat we, and drink we, for we shall die tomorrow [or tomorrow forsooth we shall die].
33Do not ye be deceived; for evil speeches, [or false doctrine], destroy good conduct [or corrupt good virtues].
34Awake ye, just men, and do not ye do sin [or do not ye sin]; for some men have ignorance of God, but to reverence, that is, to your shame, I speak to you.
35But some man saith, How shall dead men rise again, or in what manner body shall they come?
36 [O!] Unwise man, that thing that thou sowest, is not quickened, but it die first;
37and that thing that thou sowest, thou sowest not the body that is to come, but a naked corn, as of wheat, or of some other seeds;
38and God giveth to it a body, as he will, and to each of seeds a proper body.
39Not each flesh is the same flesh, but one is of men, another is of beasts, another is of birds, another is of fishes.
40And there be heavenly bodies, and there be earthly bodies; but one glory is of heavenly bodies, and another is of earthly [bodies].
41Another clearness is of the sun, another clearness is of the moon, and another clearness is of the stars; and a star diverseth from a star in clearness.
42And so the again-rising of dead men. It is sown in corruption, it shall rise in uncorruption;
43it is sown in unnobleness, it shall rise in glory; it is sown in infirmity, it shall rise in virtue;
44it is sown a beastly body, it shall rise a spiritual body. If there is a beastly body, there is also a spiritual body;
45as it is written, The first man Adam was made into a soul living, the last Adam into a spirit quickening.
46But the first is not that [body] that is spiritual, but that that is beast-like, afterward that that is spiritual.
47The first man of earth is earthly; the second man of heaven is heavenly.
48Such as the earthly man is, such be the earthly men; and such as the heavenly man is, such be also the heavenly men.
49Therefore as we have borne the image of the earthly man, bear we also the image of the heavenly man.
50Brethren, I say this thing, that flesh and blood may not wield the king-dom of God, neither corruption shall wield uncorruption [or incorruption].
51Lo! I say to you private [or a mystery] of holy things. And all we shall rise again, but not all we shall be changed to the state of glory;
52in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, in the last trump; for the trump shall sound, and dead men shall rise again, without corruption, and we shall be changed.
53For it behooveth this corruptible thing to clothe uncorruption [or incorruption], and this deadly thing to put away [or to clothe] undeadliness.
54But when this deadly thing shall clothe undeadliness, then shall the word be done [or fulfilled], that is written, Death is sopped up in victory.
55Death, where is thy victory? Death, where is thy prick?
56But the prick of death is sin; and the virtue of sin is the law.
57But do we thankings to God, that gave to us victory by our Lord Jesus Christ.
58Therefore, my dearworthy brethren, be ye steadfast, and unmoveable, being plenteous in work of the Lord, evermore witting that your travail is not idle in the Lord.
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1 Corinthians 15
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The Resurrection of Christ
1Let me now remind you, dear brothers and sisters,#15:1 Greek brothers; also in 15:31, 50, 58. of the Good News I preached to you before. You welcomed it then, and you still stand firm in it. 2It is this Good News that saves you if you continue to believe the message I told you—unless, of course, you believed something that was never true in the first place.#15:2 Or unless you never believed it in the first place.
3I passed on to you what was most important and what had also been passed on to me. Christ died for our sins, just as the Scriptures said. 4He was buried, and he was raised from the dead on the third day, just as the Scriptures said. 5He was seen by Peter#15:5 Greek Cephas. and then by the Twelve. 6After that, he was seen by more than 500 of his followers#15:6 Greek the brothers. at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have died. 7Then he was seen by James and later by all the apostles. 8Last of all, as though I had been born at the wrong time, I also saw him. 9For I am the least of all the apostles. In fact, I’m not even worthy to be called an apostle after the way I persecuted God’s church.
10But whatever I am now, it is all because God poured out his special favor on me—and not without results. For I have worked harder than any of the other apostles; yet it was not I but God who was working through me by his grace. 11So it makes no difference whether I preach or they preach, for we all preach the same message you have already believed.
The Resurrection of the Dead
12But tell me this—since we preach that Christ rose from the dead, why are some of you saying there will be no resurrection of the dead? 13For if there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ has not been raised either. 14And if Christ has not been raised, then all our preaching is useless, and your faith is useless. 15And we apostles would all be lying about God—for we have said that God raised Christ from the grave. But that can’t be true if there is no resurrection of the dead. 16And if there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ has not been raised. 17And if Christ has not been raised, then your faith is useless and you are still guilty of your sins. 18In that case, all who have died believing in Christ are lost! 19And if our hope in Christ is only for this life, we are more to be pitied than anyone in the world.
20But in fact, Christ has been raised from the dead. He is the first of a great harvest of all who have died.
21So you see, just as death came into the world through a man, now the resurrection from the dead has begun through another man. 22Just as everyone dies because we all belong to Adam, everyone who belongs to Christ will be given new life. 23But there is an order to this resurrection: Christ was raised as the first of the harvest; then all who belong to Christ will be raised when he comes back.
24After that the end will come, when he will turn the Kingdom over to God the Father, having destroyed every ruler and authority and power. 25For Christ must reign until he humbles all his enemies beneath his feet. 26And the last enemy to be destroyed is death. 27For the Scriptures say, “God has put all things under his authority.”#15:27 Ps 8:6. (Of course, when it says “all things are under his authority,” that does not include God himself, who gave Christ his authority.) 28Then, when all things are under his authority, the Son will put himself under God’s authority, so that God, who gave his Son authority over all things, will be utterly supreme over everything everywhere.
29If the dead will not be raised, what point is there in people being baptized for those who are dead? Why do it unless the dead will someday rise again?
30And why should we ourselves risk our lives hour by hour? 31For I swear, dear brothers and sisters, that I face death daily. This is as certain as my pride in what Christ Jesus our Lord has done in you. 32And what value was there in fighting wild beasts—those people of Ephesus#15:32a Greek fighting wild beasts in Ephesus.—if there will be no resurrection from the dead? And if there is no resurrection, “Let’s feast and drink, for tomorrow we die!”#15:32b Isa 22:13. 33Don’t be fooled by those who say such things, for “bad company corrupts good character.” 34Think carefully about what is right, and stop sinning. For to your shame I say that some of you don’t know God at all.
The Resurrection Body
35But someone may ask, “How will the dead be raised? What kind of bodies will they have?” 36What a foolish question! When you put a seed into the ground, it doesn’t grow into a plant unless it dies first. 37And what you put in the ground is not the plant that will grow, but only a bare seed of wheat or whatever you are planting. 38Then God gives it the new body he wants it to have. A different plant grows from each kind of seed. 39Similarly there are different kinds of flesh—one kind for humans, another for animals, another for birds, and another for fish.
40There are also bodies in the heavens and bodies on the earth. The glory of the heavenly bodies is different from the glory of the earthly bodies. 41The sun has one kind of glory, while the moon and stars each have another kind. And even the stars differ from each other in their glory.
42It is the same way with the resurrection of the dead. Our earthly bodies are planted in the ground when we die, but they will be raised to live forever. 43Our bodies are buried in brokenness, but they will be raised in glory. They are buried in weakness, but they will be raised in strength. 44They are buried as natural human bodies, but they will be raised as spiritual bodies. For just as there are natural bodies, there are also spiritual bodies.
45The Scriptures tell us, “The first man, Adam, became a living person.”#15:45 Gen 2:7. But the last Adam—that is, Christ—is a life-giving Spirit. 46What comes first is the natural body, then the spiritual body comes later. 47Adam, the first man, was made from the dust of the earth, while Christ, the second man, came from heaven. 48Earthly people are like the earthly man, and heavenly people are like the heavenly man. 49Just as we are now like the earthly man, we will someday be like#15:49 Some manuscripts read let us be like. the heavenly man.
50What I am saying, dear brothers and sisters, is that our physical bodies cannot inherit the Kingdom of God. These dying bodies cannot inherit what will last forever.
51But let me reveal to you a wonderful secret. We will not all die, but we will all be transformed! 52It will happen in a moment, in the blink of an eye, when the last trumpet is blown. For when the trumpet sounds, those who have died will be raised to live forever. And we who are living will also be transformed. 53For our dying bodies must be transformed into bodies that will never die; our mortal bodies must be transformed into immortal bodies.
54Then, when our dying bodies have been transformed into bodies that will never die,#15:54a Some manuscripts add and our mortal bodies have been transformed into immortal bodies. this Scripture will be fulfilled:
“Death is swallowed up in victory.#15:54b Isa 25:8.
55O death, where is your victory?
O death, where is your sting?#15:55 Hos 13:14 (Greek version).”
56For sin is the sting that results in death, and the law gives sin its power. 57But thank God! He gives us victory over sin and death through our Lord Jesus Christ.
58So, my dear brothers and sisters, be strong and immovable. Always work enthusiastically for the Lord, for you know that nothing you do for the Lord is ever useless.
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