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1 Corinthians Chapter 15 015:001 Now I declare to you, brothers, the Good News which I preached to you, which also you received, in which you also stand, 015:002 by which also you are saved, if you hold firmly the word which I preached to you--unless you believed in vain.
015:003 For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, 015:004 that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, 015:005 and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve. 015:006 Then he appeared to over five hundred brothers at once, most of whom remain until now, but some have also fallen asleep.
015:007 Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles, 015:008 and last of all, as to the child born at the wrong time, he appeared to me also. 015:009 For I am the least of the apostles, who is not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the assembly of God. 015:010 But by the grace of God I am what I am. His grace which was bestowed on me was not futile, but I worked more than all of them; yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
015:011 Whether then it is I or they, so we preach, and so you believed. 015:012 Now if Christ is preached, that he has been raised from the dead, how do some among you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? 015:013 But if there is no resurrection of the dead, neither has Christ been raised. 015:014 If Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain, and your faith also is in vain.
015:015 Yes, we are found false witnesses of God, because we testified about God that he raised up Christ, whom he didn't raise up, if it is so that the dead are not raised. 015:016 For if the dead aren't raised, neither has Christ been raised. 015:017 If Christ has not been raised, your faith is vain; you are still in your sins. 015:018 Then they also who are fallen asleep in Christ have perished. 015:019 If we have only hoped in Christ in this life, we are of all men most pitiable.
015:020 But now Christ has been raised from the dead. He became the first fruits of those who are asleep. 015:021 For since death came by man, the resurrection of the dead also came by man. 015:022 For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive. 015:023 But each in his own order: Christ the first fruits, then those who are Christ's, at his coming.
015:024 Then the end comes, when he will deliver up the Kingdom to God, even the Father; when he will have abolished all rule and all authority and power. 015:025 For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet. 015:026 The last enemy that will be abolished is death. 015:027 For, "He put all things in subjection under his feet."{Psalm 8:6} But when he says, "All things are put in subjection," it is evident that he is excepted who subjected all things to him.
015:028 When all things have been subjected to him, then the Son will also himself be subjected to him who subjected all things to him, that God may be all in all. 015:029 Or else what will they do who are baptized for the dead? If the dead aren't raised at all, why then are they baptized for the dead? 015:030 Why do we also stand in jeopardy every hour? 015:031 I affirm, by the boasting in you which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily.
015:032 If I fought with animals at Ephesus for human purposes, what does it profit me? If the dead are not raised, then "let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die."{Isaiah 22:13} 015:033 Don't be deceived! "Evil companionships corrupt good morals." 015:034 Wake up righteously, and don't sin, for some have no knowledge of God. I say this to your shame.
015:035 But someone will say, "How are the dead raised?" and, "With what kind of body do they come?" 015:036 You foolish one, that which you yourself sow is not made alive unless it dies. 015:037 That which you sow, you don't sow the body that will be, but a bare grain, maybe of wheat, or of some other kind. 015:038 But God gives it a body even as it pleased him, and to each seed a body of its own.
015:039 All flesh is not the same flesh, but there is one flesh of men, another flesh of animals, another of fish, and another of birds. 015:040 There are also celestial bodies, and terrestrial bodies; but the glory of the celestial differs from that of the terrestrial. 015:041 There is one glory of the sun, another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for one star differs from another star in glory. 015:042 So also is the resurrection of the dead.
It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption. 015:043 It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power. 015:044 It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body and there is also a spiritual body. 015:045 So also it is written, "The first man, Adam, became a living soul."{Genesis 2:7} The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.
015:046 However that which is spiritual isn't first, but that which is natural, then that which is spiritual. 015:047 The first man is of the earth, made of dust. The second man is the Lord from heaven. 015:048 As is the one made of dust, such are those who are also made of dust; and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly. 015:049 As we have borne the image of those made of dust, let's{NU, TR read "we will" instead of "let's"} also bear the image of the heavenly.
015:050 Now I say this, brothers,{The word for "brothers" here and where context allows may also be correctly translated "brothers and sisters" or "siblings."} that flesh and blood can't inherit the Kingdom of God; neither does corruption inherit incorruption. 015:051 Behold, I tell you a mystery. We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed, 015:052 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we will be changed.
015:053 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. 015:054 But when this corruptible will have put on incorruption, and this mortal will have put on immortality, then what is written will happen: "Death is swallowed up in victory."{Isaiah 25:8} 015:055 "Death, where is your sting? Hades{or, Hell}, where is your victory?"{Hosea 13:14} 015:056 The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.
015:057 But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. 015:058 Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the Lord's work, because you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.