{"book":"1 Corinthians","slug":"1-corinthians","ch":15,"genre":"letter","sub":"1 Corinthians","prev":"1-corinthians/14","next":"1-corinthians/16","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"Now, brothers, I want to remind you [of] the gospel I preached to you, which you received, and in which you stand firm.","f":[],"h":"The Resurrection of Christ","style":"reg"},{"v":2,"t":"By [this gospel] you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain.","f":[]},{"v":3,"t":"For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":4,"t":"that He was buried, that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,","f":[]},{"v":5,"t":"and that He appeared to Cephas [and] then to the Twelve.","f":["That is, Peter"]},{"v":6,"t":"After that, He appeared to more than five hundred brothers at once, most of whom are still living, though some have fallen asleep.","f":[]},{"v":7,"t":"Then He appeared to James, then to all the apostles.","f":[]},{"v":8,"t":"And last of all He appeared to me also, as to [one] of untimely birth.","f":[]},{"v":9,"t":"For I am the least of the apostles [and] am unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":10,"t":"But [by the] grace of God I am what I am, and His grace to me was not in vain. No, I worked harder than all of them — yet not I, but the grace of God that [was] with me.","f":[]},{"v":11,"t":"Whether, then, [it was] I or they, this is what we preach, and this is what you believed.","f":[]},{"v":12,"t":"But if it is preached that Christ has been raised from [the] dead, how {can} some of you say that there is no resurrection of [the] dead?","f":[],"h":"The Resurrection of the Dead","style":"reg"},{"v":13,"t":"If there is no resurrection of [the] dead, [then] not even Christ has been raised.","f":[]},{"v":14,"t":"And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching [is] worthless, and [so is] your faith.","f":[]},{"v":15,"t":"In that case, we are also exposed as false witnesses about God. For we have testified about God that He raised Christ {from the dead}, [but] He did not raise [Him] if in fact [the] dead are not raised.","f":[]},{"v":16,"t":"For if [the] dead are not raised, then not even Christ has been raised.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":17,"t":"And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins.","f":[]},{"v":18,"t":"Then those also {who} have fallen asleep in Christ have perished.","f":[]},{"v":19,"t":"If our hope in Christ [is] for this life alone, we are to be pitied more than all men.","f":[]},{"v":20,"t":"But Christ {has} indeed been raised from [the] dead, [the] firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.","f":[],"h":"The Order of Resurrection","style":"reg"},{"v":21,"t":"For since death [came] through a man, [the] resurrection of [the] dead [comes] also through a man.","f":[]},{"v":22,"t":"For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive.","f":[]},{"v":23,"t":"But each in [his] own turn: Christ [the] firstfruits; then at His coming, those who belong to [Him].","f":[]},{"v":24,"t":"Then the end [will come], when He hands over the kingdom to God [the] Father after He has destroyed all dominion, authority, and power.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":25,"t":"For He must reign until He has put all [His] enemies under His feet.","f":[]},{"v":26,"t":"[The] last enemy to be destroyed [is] death.","f":[]},{"v":27,"t":"For “ [God] has put everything under His feet.” Now when it says that everything has been put under Him, this clearly [does] not include the [One who] put everything under Him.","f":["Psalm 8:6"]},{"v":28,"t":"And when all things have been subjected to Him, then the Son Himself will be made subject to Him who put all things {under} Him, so that God may be all in all.","f":[]},{"v":29,"t":"If [these things are] not so, what will those do who are baptized for the dead? If [the] dead are not raised at all, why are [people] baptized for them?","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":30,"t":"And why {do} we endanger ourselves every hour?","f":[]},{"v":31,"t":"I face death every day, brothers, as surely as I boast about you in Christ Jesus our Lord.","f":[]},{"v":32,"t":"If I fought wild beasts in Ephesus for human [motives], what did I gain? If [the] dead are not raised,“ Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.”","f":["Isaiah 22:13"],"lines":[{"style":"","t":"If I fought wild beasts in Ephesus for human [motives], what did I gain? If [the] dead are not raised,"},{"style":"indent1stline","t":"“ Let us eat and drink,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"for tomorrow we die.”"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":33,"t":"{Do} not be deceived:“ Bad company corrupts good character.”","f":["Probably a quote from the Greek comedy Thais by Menander"],"style":"reg"},{"v":34,"t":"Sober up as you ought, and stop sinning; for some [ of you ] are ignorant of God. I say this to your shame.","f":[]},{"v":35,"t":"But someone will ask,“ How {are} the dead raised? With what kind of body will they come?”","f":[],"h":"The Resurrection Body","style":"reg"},{"v":36,"t":"You fool! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies.","f":[]},{"v":37,"t":"And what you sow [is] not the body that will be, but [just] a seed, perhaps of wheat or something else.","f":[]},{"v":38,"t":"But God gives it a body as He has designed, and to each [kind] of seed [He gives] its own body.","f":[]},{"v":39,"t":"Not all flesh [is] the same: Men [have] one [kind of] flesh, animals [have] another, birds another, and fish another.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":40,"t":"[There are] also heavenly bodies and earthly bodies. But the splendor of the heavenly [bodies] [is of] one [degree], and [the splendor] of the earthly [bodies] [is of] another.","f":[]},{"v":41,"t":"[The] sun [has] one [degree of] splendor, [the] moon another, and [the] stars another; and star differs from star in splendor.","f":[]},{"v":42,"t":"So [will it be] with the resurrection of the dead: What is sown [is] perishable; it is raised imperishable.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":43,"t":"It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power.","f":[]},{"v":44,"t":"It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual [body].","f":[]},{"v":45,"t":"So it is written:“ The first man Adam became a living being ”; the last Adam a life-giving spirit.","f":["Genesis 2:7"]},{"v":46,"t":"The spiritual, however, [was] not first, but the natural, and then the spiritual.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":47,"t":"The first man [was] of the dust of [the] earth, the second man from heaven.","f":[]},{"v":48,"t":"As [was] the earthly [man], so also [are] those who are of the earth; and as [is] the heavenly [man], so also [are] those who are of heaven.","f":[]},{"v":49,"t":"And just as we have borne the likeness of the earthly [man], so also shall we bear the likeness of the heavenly [man].","f":[]},{"v":50,"t":"Now I declare [to you], brothers, that flesh and blood cannot inherit [the] kingdom of God, nor {does} the perishable inherit the imperishable.","f":[],"h":"Where, O Death, Is Your Victory?","style":"reg"},{"v":51,"t":"Listen, I tell you a mystery: {We will} not all sleep, but we will all be changed —","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":52,"t":"in an instant, in [the] twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.","f":[]},{"v":53,"t":"For the perishable must be clothed with [the] imperishable, and the mortal [with] immortality.","f":["Or clothe itself"]},{"v":54,"t":"When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable and the mortal [with] immortality, then the saying that is written will come to pass:“ Death has been swallowed up in victory.”","f":["WH does not include and the mortal with immortality.","Isaiah 25:8"],"style":"reg"},{"v":55,"t":"“ Where, O Death, [is] your victory? Where, O Death, [is] your sting?”","f":["Hosea 13:14 (see also LXX); BYZ and TR “Where, O Death, is your sting? Where, O Hades, is your victory?”"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"“ Where, O Death, [is] your victory?"},{"style":"indent2","t":"Where, O Death, [is] your sting?”"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":56,"t":"The sting of death [is] sin, and the power of sin [is] the law.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":57,"t":"But thanks [be] to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ!","f":[]},{"v":58,"t":"Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast [and] immovable. Always excel in the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in [the] Lord is not in vain.","f":[],"style":"reg"}]}