1 Corinthians 15 Moreover,
brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which
I preached unto you, which also ye have
received, and wherein ye stand;
2 By which also ye are saved, if
ye keep in memory what I preached unto you,
unless ye have believed in vain.
3 For I delivered unto you first
of all that which I also received, how that
Christ died for our sins according to the
scriptures;
4 And that he was buried, and
that he rose again the third day according to
the scriptures:
5 And that he was seen of Cephas,
then of the twelve:
6 After that, he was seen of
above five hundred brethren at once; of whom
the greater part remain unto this present, but
some are fallen asleep.
7 After that, he was seen of
James; then of all the apostles.
8 And last of all he was seen of
me also, as of one born out of due time.
9 For I am the least of the
apostles, that am not meet to be called an
apostle, because I persecuted the church of
God.
10 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 laboured more
abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the
grace of God which was with me.
11 Therefore whether it were I or
they, so we preach, and so ye believed.
12 Now if Christ be preached that
he rose from the dead, how say some among you
that there is no resurrection of the dead?
13 But if there be no
resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not
risen:
14 And if Christ be not risen,
then is our preaching vain, and your faith is
also vain.
15 Yea, and we are found false
witnesses of God; because we have testified of
God that he raised up Christ: whom he raised
not up, if so be that the dead rise not.
16 For if the dead rise not, then
is not Christ raised:
17 And if Christ be not raised,
your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins.
18 Then they also which are
fallen asleep in Christ are perished.
19 If in this life only we have
hope in Christ, we are of all men most
miserable
20 But
now is Christ risen from the dead, and become
the firstfruits of them that slept.
21 For since by man came death,
by man came also the resurrection of the dead.
22 For as in Adam all die, even
so in Christ shall all be made alive.
23 But every man in his own
order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they
that are Christ's at his coming.
24 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 reign, till he
hath put all enemies under his feet.
26 The last enemy that shall be
destroyed is death.
27 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, which did put all things under him.
28 And when all things shall be
subdued unto him, then shall the Son also
himself be subject unto him that put all
things under him, that God may be all in all.
29 Else what shall they do which
are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise
not at all? why are they then baptized for the
dead?
30 And why stand we in jeopardy
every hour?
31 I protest by your rejoicing
which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die
daily.
32 If after the manner of men I
have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what
advantageth it me, if the dead rise not? let
us eat and drink; for to morrow we die.
33 Be not deceived: evil
communications corrupt good manners.
34 Awake to righteousness, and
sin not; for some have not the knowledge of
God: I speak this to your shame.
35 But some man will say, How are
the dead raised up? and with what body do they
come?
36 Thou fool, that which thou
sowest is not quickened, except it die:
37 And that which thou sowest,
thou sowest not that body that shall be, but
bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some
other grain:
38 But God giveth it a body as it
hath pleased him, and to every seed his own
body.
39 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 birds.
40 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,
and another glory of the moon, and another
glory of the stars: for one star differeth
from another star in glory.
42 So also is the resurrection of
the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is
raised in incorruption:
43 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 natural body; it
is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural
body, and there is a spiritual body.
45 And so it is written, The
first man Adam was made a living soul; the
last Adam was made a quickening spirit.
46 Howbeit that was not first
which is spiritual, but that which is natural;
and afterward that which is spiritual.
47 The first man is of the earth,
earthy; the second man is the Lord from
heaven.
48 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 the image
of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of
the heavenly.
50 Now this I say, brethren, that
flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of
God; neither doth corruption inherit
incorruption.
51 Behold, I shew 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 last trump: for the trumpet
shall sound, and the dead shall be raised
incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
53 For this corruptible must put
on incorruption, and this mortal must put on
immortality.
54 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.
55 O death, where is thy sting? O
grave, where is thy victory?
56 The sting of death is sin; and
the strength of sin is the law.
57 But thanks be to God, which
giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus
Christ.
58 Therefore, my beloved
brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always
abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch
as ye know that your labour is not in vain in
the Lord.