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1 Corinthians 15:1 (show verse)

Now I'm making known to you, brothers, the gospel that I proclaimed to you, which you accepted, on which you have taken your stand,

1 Corinthians 15:2 (show verse)

and by which you are also being saved if you hold firmly to the message I proclaimed to you unless, of course, your faith was worthless.

1 Corinthians 15:3 (show verse)

For I passed on to you the most important points that I received: The Messiah died for our sins according to the Scriptures,

1 Corinthians 15:4 (show verse)

he was buried, he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures and is still alive!

1 Corinthians 15:5 (show verse)

and he was seen by Cephas, and then by the Twelve.

1 Corinthians 15:6 (show verse)

After that, he was seen by more than 500 brothers at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have died.

1 Corinthians 15:7 (show verse)

Next he was seen by James, then by all the apostles,

1 Corinthians 15:8 (show verse)

and finally he was seen by me, as though I were born abnormally late.

1 Corinthians 15:9 (show verse)

For I am the least of the apostles and not even fit to be called an apostle because I persecuted God's church.

1 Corinthians 15:10 (show verse)

But by God's grace I am what I am, and his grace shown to me was not wasted. Instead, I worked harder than all the others not I, of course, but God's grace that was with me.

1 Corinthians 15:11 (show verse)

So, whether it was I or the others, this is what we preach, and this is what you believed.

1 Corinthians 15:12 (show verse)

Now if we preach that the Messiah has been raised from the dead, how can some of you keep claiming there is no resurrection of the dead?

1 Corinthians 15:13 (show verse)

If there is no resurrection of the dead, then the Messiah has not been raised,

1 Corinthians 15:14 (show verse)

and if the Messiah has not been raised, then our message means nothing and your faith means nothing.

1 Corinthians 15:15 (show verse)

In addition, we are found to be false witnesses about God because we testified on God's behalf that he raised the Messiah whom he did not raise if in fact it is true that the dead are not raised.

1 Corinthians 15:16 (show verse)

For if the dead are not raised, then the Messiah has not been raised,

1 Corinthians 15:17 (show verse)

and if the Messiah has not been raised, your faith is worthless and you are still imprisoned by your sins.

1 Corinthians 15:18 (show verse)

Yes, even those who have died believing in the Messiah are lost.

1 Corinthians 15:19 (show verse)

If we have set our hopes on the Messiah in this life only, we deserve more pity than any other people.

1 Corinthians 15:20 (show verse)

But at this moment the Messiah stands risen from the dead, the first one offered in the harvest of those who have died.

1 Corinthians 15:21 (show verse)

For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead also came through a man.

1 Corinthians 15:22 (show verse)

For as in Adam all die, so also in the Messiah will all be made alive.

1 Corinthians 15:23 (show verse)

However, this will happen to each person in the proper order: first the Messiah, then those who belong to the Messiah when he comes.

1 Corinthians 15:24 (show verse)

Then the end will come, when after he has done away with every ruler and every authority and power, the Messiah hands over the kingdom to God the Father.

1 Corinthians 15:25 (show verse)

For he must rule until God puts all the Messiah's enemies under his feet.

1 Corinthians 15:26 (show verse)

The last enemy to be done away with is death,

1 Corinthians 15:27 (show verse)

for "God has put everything under his feet." Now when he says, "Everything has been put under him," this clearly excludes the one who put everything under him.

1 Corinthians 15:28 (show verse)

But when everything has been put under him, then the Son himself will also become subject to the one who put everything under him, so that God may be all in all.

1 Corinthians 15:29 (show verse)

Otherwise, what will those people do who are being baptized because of those who have died? If the dead are not raised at all, why are they being baptized because of them?

1 Corinthians 15:30 (show verse)

And why in fact are we being endangered every hour?

1 Corinthians 15:31 (show verse)

I face death every day! That is as certain, brothers, as it is that I am proud of you in the Messiah, Jesus our Lord.

1 Corinthians 15:32 (show verse)

If I have fought with wild animals in Ephesus from merely human motives, what do I get out of it? If the dead are not raised, "Let's eat and drink, for tomorrow we die."

1 Corinthians 15:33 (show verse)

Stop being deceived: "Wicked friends lead to evil ends."

1 Corinthians 15:34 (show verse)

Come back to your senses as you should, and stop sinning! For some of you I say this to your shame don't fully know God.

1 Corinthians 15:35 (show verse)

But someone will ask, "How are the dead raised? What kind of body will they have when they come back?"

1 Corinthians 15:36 (show verse)

You fool! The seed you plant does not come to life unless it dies,

1 Corinthians 15:37 (show verse)

and what you plant is not the form that it will be, but a bare kernel, whether it is wheat or something else.

1 Corinthians 15:38 (show verse)

But God gives the plant the form he wants it to have, and to each kind of seed its own form.

1 Corinthians 15:39 (show verse)

Not all flesh is the same. Humans have one kind of flesh, animals in general have another, birds have another, and fish have still another.

1 Corinthians 15:40 (show verse)

There are heavenly bodies and earthly bodies, but the splendor of those in heaven is of one kind, and that of those on earth is of another.

1 Corinthians 15:41 (show verse)

One kind of splendor belongs to the sun, another to the moon, and still another to the stars. In fact, one star differs from another star in splendor.

1 Corinthians 15:42 (show verse)

This is how it will be at the resurrection of the dead. What is planted is decaying, what is raised cannot decay.

1 Corinthians 15:43 (show verse)

The body is planted in a state of dishonor but is raised in a state of splendor. It is planted in weakness but is raised in power.

1 Corinthians 15:44 (show verse)

It is planted a physical body but is raised a spiritual body. If there is a physical body, there is also a spiritual body.

1 Corinthians 15:45 (show verse)

This, indeed, is what is written: "The first man, Adam, became a living being." The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.

1 Corinthians 15:46 (show verse)

The spiritual does not come first, but the physical does, and then comes the spiritual.

1 Corinthians 15:47 (show verse)

The first man came from the dust of the earth; the second man came from heaven.

1 Corinthians 15:48 (show verse)

Those who are made of the dust are like the man from the dust; those who are heavenly are like the man who is from heaven.

1 Corinthians 15:49 (show verse)

Just as we have borne the likeness of the man who was made from dust, we will also bear the likeness of the man from heaven.

1 Corinthians 15:50 (show verse)

Brothers, this is what I mean: Mortal bodies cannot inherit the kingdom of God, and what decays cannot inherit what does not decay.

1 Corinthians 15:51 (show verse)

Let me tell you a secret. Not all of us will die, but all of us will be changed

1 Corinthians 15:52 (show verse)

in a moment, faster than an eye can blink, at the sound of the last trumpet. Indeed, that trumpet will sound, and then the dead will be raised never to decay, and we will be changed.

1 Corinthians 15:53 (show verse)

For what is decaying must be clothed with what cannot decay, and what is dying must be clothed with what cannot die.

1 Corinthians 15:54 (show verse)

Now, when what is decaying is clothed with what cannot decay, and what is dying is clothed with what cannot die, then the written word will be fulfilled: "Death has been swallowed up by victory!"

1 Corinthians 15:55 (show verse)

"Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?"

1 Corinthians 15:56 (show verse)

Now death's stinger is sin, and sin's power is the Law.

1 Corinthians 15:57 (show verse)

But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus the Messiah!

1 Corinthians 15:58 (show verse)

Therefore, my dear brothers, be steadfast, unmovable, always excelling in the work of the Lord, because you know that the work that you do for the Lord isn't wasted.