The Resurrection of Christ
The Resurrection of Christ
15 Now I would remind you, brothers,1 of the
gospel gI preached to you, which you
received, hin which you stand, 2 and by which iyou are being saved, if you jhold fast to the word I preached
to you—kunless you believed in vain.
3 For lI delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died mfor our sins nin
accordance with the Scriptures, 4 that he was buried, that he was raised oon the third day pin accordance with the Scriptures, 5 and that qhe appeared to Cephas, then rto the twelve. 6 Then he appeared to more than five hundred brothers at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have fallen asleep. 7 Then he
appeared to sJames, then tto all the apostles. 8 Last of all, as to one untimely born, uhe appeared also to me. 9 For vI am the least of the apostles, unworthy to be called an apostle, because wI persecuted the
church of God. 10 But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not in vain. On the contrary, xI worked harder than any of them, ythough it was not I, but the grace of God that is with me. 11
Whether then it was I or they, so we preach and so you believed.
The Resurrection of the Dead
12 Now if Christ is proclaimed as raised from the
dead, zhow can some of you say that there is no
resurrection of the dead? 13 But if there is no
resurrection of the dead, athen not even Christ has been raised. 14 And if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain and your faith is in vain. 15 We are even found to be misrepresenting God, because
we testified about God that bhe raised Christ,
whom he did not raise if it is true that the dead are not raised. 16 For if the dead are not raised, not even
Christ has been raised. 17 And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile and cyou are still in your
sins. 18 Then those also who dhave fallen asleep in
Christ have perished. 19 If in Christ we have hope2
in this life only, ewe are of all people most to be
pitied.
20 But in fact fChrist has been raised from the dead, gthe firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. 21 For
as hby a man came death, iby a man has come also the resurrection of the dead. 22 For jas in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive. 23 But each in his own order: Christ the firstfruits, then kat his
coming lthose who belong to Christ. 24 Then comes the end, when he delivers mthe kingdom to God the
Father after destroying nevery rule and every
authority and power. 25 For he must reign ountil he has put all his enemies under his feet. 26 The last
enemy to be pdestroyed is death. 27 For q“God3 has put all things in subjection under his feet.” But when
it says, “all things are put in subjection,” it is plain
that he is excepted who put all things in subjection under him. 28 When rall things are subjected to him,
then the Son himself will also be subjected to him
who put all things in subjection under him, that s
God may be all in all.
29 Otherwise, what do people mean by being
baptized on behalf of the dead? If the dead are not
raised at all, why are people baptized on their
behalf? 30 Why are we tin danger every hour? 31 I
protest, brothers, by umy pride in you, which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, vI die every day! 32 What do I gain if, humanly speaking, wI fought with beasts at
Ephesus? If the dead are not raised, x“Let us eat
and drink, for tomorrow we die.” 33 yDo not be
deceived: z“Bad company ruins good morals.”4 34 aWake up from your drunken stupor, as is right, and do not go on sinning. For bsome have no knowledge of
God. cI say this to your shame.
The Resurrection Body
35 But someone will ask, d“How are the dead raised? With what kind of body do they come?” 36 You foolish person! eWhat you sow does not come to life unless it dies. 37 And what you sow is not the body that is to be, but a bare kernel, perhaps of wheat or of some other
grain. 38 But God gives it a body as he has chosen,
and to each kind of seed its own body. 39 For not all flesh is the same, but there is one kind for humans, another for animals, another for birds, and another for
fish. 40 There are heavenly bodies and earthly bodies but the glory of the heavenly is of one kind, and the
glory of the earthly is of another. 41 There is one
glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon,
and another glory of the stars; for star differs from star in glory.
42 fSo is it with the resurrection of the dead. What is sown is perishable; what is raised is imperishable. 43
It is sown in dishonor; git 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. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body. 45 Thus it is written, h“The first man Adam became a living
being”;5 ithe last Adam became a jlife-giving spirit. 46 But it is not the spiritual that is first
but the natural, and then the spiritual. 47 kThe first man was from the earth, la man of dust; mthe second man is from heaven. 48 As was the man of dust, so also are those who are of the dust, and as is the man of
heaven, nso also are those who are of heaven. 49
Just oas we have borne the image of the man of
dust, pwe shall6 also bear the image of the man of heaven.
Mystery and Victory
50 I tell you this, brothers: qflesh and blood rcannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable
inherit the imperishable. 51 Behold! I tell you a
mystery. sWe shall not all sleep, tbut we shall all be changed, 52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For uthe trumpet will sound, and v
the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall
be changed. 53 For this perishable body must put on the imperishable, and wthis mortal body must put on
immortality. 54 When the perishable puts on the
imperishable, and the mortal puts on immortality,
then shall come to pass the saying that is written:
x“Death is swallowed up in victory.”
55 y“O death, where is your victory?
O death, where is your sting?”
56 The sting of death is sin, and zthe power of sin is the law. 57 But thanks be to God, awho gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
58 bTherefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast,
immovable, always abounding in cthe work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord dyour labor is not in
vain.
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