Corinthians 15
The Resurrection of Christ
1Now, brothers, I want to remind you of the GOSPEL I preached to you,
which you received and on which you have taken your stand. 2By this
GOSPEL you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to
you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain.
3For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance[a]:
that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, 4that he
was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the
Scriptures, 5and that he appeared to Peter,[b] and then to the Twelve.
6After that, he appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers at
the same time, most of whom are still living, though some have fallen
asleep. 7Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles, 8and
last of all he appeared to me also, as to one abnormally born.

9For I am the least of the apostles and do not even deserve to be
called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. 10But by
the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me was not without
effect. No, I worked harder than all of them-yet not I, but the grace
of God that was with me. 11Whether, then, it was I or they, this is
what we preach, and this is what you believed.

The Resurrection of the Dead
12But if it is preached that Christ has been raised from the dead,
how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?
13If there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has
been raised. 14And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is
useless and so is your faith. 15More than that, we are then found to
be false witnesses about God, for we have testified about God that he
raised Christ from the dead. But he did not raise him if in fact the
dead are not raised. 16For if the dead are not raised, then Christ has
not been raised either. 17And if Christ has not been raised, your
faith is futile; you are still in your sins. 18Then those also who
have fallen asleep in Christ are lost. 19If only for this life we have
hope in Christ, we are to be pitied more than all men.
20But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of
those who have fallen asleep. 21For since death came through a man,
the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man. 22For as in
Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive. 23But each in his
own turn: Christ, the firstfruits; then, when he comes, those who
belong to him. 24Then the end will come, when he hands over the
kingdom to God the Father after he has destroyed all dominion,
authority and power. 25For he must reign until he has put all his
enemies under his feet. 26The last enemy to be destroyed is death.
27For he "has put everything under his feet."[c] Now when it says that
"everything" has been put under him, it is clear that this does not
include God himself, who put everything under Christ. 28When he has
done this, then the Son himself will be made subject to him who put
everything under him, so that God may be all in all.

29Now if there is no resurrection, what will those do who are
baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why are
people baptized for them? 30And as for us, why do we endanger
ourselves every hour? 31I die every day-I mean that, brothers-just as
surely as I glory over you in Christ Jesus our Lord. 32If I fought
wild beasts in Ephesus for merely human reasons, what have I gained?
If the dead are not raised,
"Let us eat and drink,
for tomorrow we die."[d] 33Do not be misled: "Bad company
corrupts good character." 34Come back to your senses as you ought, and
stop sinning; for there are some who are ignorant of God-I say this to
your shame.

The Resurrection Body
35But someone may ask, "How are the dead raised? With what kind of
body will they come?" 36How foolish! What you sow does not come to
life unless it dies. 37When you sow, you do not plant the body that
will be, but just a seed, perhaps of wheat or of something else. 38But
God gives it a body as he has determined, and to each kind of seed he
gives its own body. 39All flesh is not the same: Men have one kind of
flesh, animals have another, birds another and fish another. 40There
are also heavenly bodies and there are earthly bodies; but the
splendor of the heavenly bodies is one kind, and the splendor of the
earthly bodies is another. 41The sun has one kind of splendor, the
moon another and the stars another; and star differs from star in
splendor.
42So will it be with the resurrection of the dead. The body that is
sown is perishable, it is raised imperishable; 43it is sown in
dishonor, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised
in power; 44it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body.
If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body. 45So
it is written: "The first man Adam became a living being"[e]; the last
Adam, a life-giving spirit. 46The spiritual did not come first, but
the natural, and after that the spiritual. 47The first man was of the
dust of the earth, the second man from heaven. 48As was the earthly
man, so are those who are of the earth; and as is the man from heaven,
so also are those who are of heaven. 49And just as we have borne the
likeness of the earthly man, so shall we[f] bear the likeness of the
man from heaven.

50I declare to you, brothers, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the
kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.
51Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all
be changed- 52in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last
trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised
imperishable, and we will be changed. 53For the perishable must clothe
itself with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality. 54When
the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal
with immortality, then the saying that is written will come true:
"Death has been swallowed up in victory."[g]
55"Where, O death, is your victory?
Where, O death, is your sting?"[h] 56The sting of death is sin,
and the power of sin is the law. 57But thanks be to God! He gives us
the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

58Therefore, my dear brothers, stand firm. Let nothing move you.
Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know
that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.

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Corinthians 15
The Resurrection of Christ...

Corinthians 15
The Resurrection of Christ