Paul's LettersNew Testament
Chapter 15· Book VII of 27
1Verse 1. Open verse actions.Now I declare to you, brothers, the Good News which I preached to you, which also you received, in which you also stand, 2Verse 2. Open verse actions.by which also you are saved, if you hold firmly the word which I preached to you — unless you believed in vain. 3Verse 3. Open verse actions.For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, 4Verse 4. Open verse actions.that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, 5Verse 5. Open verse actions.and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve. 6Verse 6. Open verse actions.Then he appeared to over five hundred brothers at once, most of whom remain until now, but some have also fallen asleep. 7Verse 7. Open verse actions.Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles, 8Verse 8. Open verse actions.and last of all, as to the child born at the wrong time, he appeared to me also. 9Verse 9. Open verse actions.For I am the least of the apostles, who is not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the assembly of God. 10Verse 10. Open verse actions.But by the grace of God I am what I am. His grace which was given to me was not futile, but I worked more than all of them; yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me. 11Verse 11. Open verse actions.Whether then it is I or they, so we preach, and so you believed. 12Verse 12. Open verse actions.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? 13Verse 13. Open verse actions.But if there is no resurrection of the dead, neither has Christ been raised. 14Verse 14. Open verse actions.If Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain, and your faith also is in vain. 15Verse 15. Open verse actions.Yes, we are also 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. 16Verse 16. Open verse actions.For if the dead aren’t raised, neither has Christ been raised. 17Verse 17. Open verse actions.If Christ has not been raised, your faith is vain; you are still in your sins. 18Verse 18. Open verse actions.Then they also who are fallen asleep in Christ have perished. 19Verse 19. Open verse actions.If we have only hoped in Christ in this life, we are of all men most pitiable. 20Verse 20. Open verse actions.But now Christ has been raised from the dead. He became the first fruits of those who are asleep. 21Verse 21. Open verse actions.For since death came by man, the resurrection of the dead also came by man. 22Verse 22. Open verse actions.For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive. 23Verse 23. Open verse actions.But each in his own order: Christ the first fruits, then those who are Christ’s, at his coming. 24Verse 24. Open verse actions.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. 25Verse 25. Open verse actions.For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet. 26Verse 26. Open verse actions.The last enemy that will be abolished is death. 27Verse 27. Open verse actions.For, “He put all things in subjection under his feet.” But when he says, “All things are put in subjection”, it is evident that he is excepted who subjected all things to him. 28Verse 28. Open verse actions.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. 29Verse 29. Open verse actions.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? 30Verse 30. Open verse actions.Why do we also stand in jeopardy every hour? 31Verse 31. Open verse actions.I affirm, by the boasting in you which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily. 32Verse 32. Open verse actions.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.” 33Verse 33. Open verse actions.Don’t be deceived! “Evil companionships corrupt good morals.” 34Verse 34. Open verse actions.Wake up righteously, and don’t sin, for some have no knowledge of God. I say this to your shame. 35Verse 35. Open verse actions.But someone will say, “How are the dead raised?” and, “With what kind of body do they come?” 36Verse 36. Open verse actions.You foolish one, that which you yourself sow is not made alive unless it dies. 37Verse 37. Open verse actions.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. 38Verse 38. Open verse actions.But God gives it a body even as it pleased him, and to each seed a body of its own. 39Verse 39. Open verse actions.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. 40Verse 40. Open verse actions.There are also celestial bodies, and terrestrial bodies; but the glory of the celestial differs from that of the terrestrial. 41Verse 41. Open verse actions.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. 42Verse 42. Open verse actions.So also is the resurrection of the dead. The body is sown perishable; it is raised imperishable. 43Verse 43. Open verse actions.It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power. 44Verse 44. Open verse actions.It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body and there is also a spiritual body. 45Verse 45. Open verse actions.So also it is written, “The first man, Adam, became a living soul.” The last Adam became a life-giving spirit. 46Verse 46. Open verse actions.However that which is spiritual isn’t first, but that which is natural, then that which is spiritual. 47Verse 47. Open verse actions.The first man is of the earth, made of dust. The second man is the Lord from heaven. 48Verse 48. Open verse actions.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. 49Verse 49. Open verse actions.As we have borne the image of those made of dust, let’s also bear the image of the heavenly. 50Verse 50. Open verse actions.Now I say this, brothers, that flesh and blood can’t inherit God’s Kingdom; neither does the perishable inherit imperishable. 51Verse 51. Open verse actions.Behold, I tell you a mystery. We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed, 52Verse 52. Open verse actions.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. 53Verse 53. Open verse actions.For this perishable body must become imperishable, and this mortal must put on immortality. 54Verse 54. Open verse actions.But when this perishable body will have become imperishable, and this mortal will have put on immortality, then what is written will happen: “Death is swallowed up in victory.” 55Verse 55. Open verse actions.“Death, where is your sting? Hades, where is your victory?” 56Verse 56. Open verse actions.The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. 57Verse 57. Open verse actions.But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. 58Verse 58. Open verse actions.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.