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and by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you — unless you believed in vain.
For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures,
I passed on to you what was most important and what had also been passed on to me. Christ died for our sins, just as the Scriptures said.
that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures,
He was buried, and he was raised from the dead on the third day, just as the Scriptures said.
and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve.
Then he appeared to more than five hundred brothers at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have fallen asleep.
Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles.
Then he was seen by James and later by all the apostles.
Last of all, as to one untimely born, he appeared also to me.
Last of all, as though I had been born at the wrong time, I also saw him.
For I am the least of the apostles, unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
For I am the least of all the apostles. In fact, I’m not even worthy to be called an apostle after the way I persecuted God’s church.
But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them, though it was not I, but the grace of God that is with me.
But whatever I am now, it is all because God poured out his special favor on me — and not without results. For I have worked harder than any of the other apostles; yet it was not I but God who was working through me by his grace.
Whether then it was I or they, so we preach and so you believed.
So it makes no difference whether I preach or they preach, for we all preach the same message you have already believed.
The Resurrection of the Dead
Now if Christ is proclaimed as raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?
Now if Christ is proclaimed as raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?
The Resurrection of the Dead
But tell me this — since we preach that Christ rose from the dead, why are some of you saying there will be no resurrection of the dead?
But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised.
For if there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ has not been raised either.
And if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain and your faith is in vain.
And if Christ has not been raised, then all our preaching is useless, and your faith is useless.
We are even found to be misrepresenting God, because we testified about God that he raised Christ, whom he did not raise if it is true that the dead are not raised.
And we apostles would all be lying about God — for we have said that God raised Christ from the grave. But that can’t be true if there is no resurrection of the dead.
For if the dead are not raised, not even Christ has been raised.
And if there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ has not been raised.
And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile and you are still in your sins.
And if Christ has not been raised, then your faith is useless and you are still guilty of your sins.
Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished.
In that case, all who have died believing in Christ are lost!
And if our hope in Christ is only for this life, we are more to be pitied than anyone in the world.
But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.
But in fact, Christ has been raised from the dead. He is the first of a great harvest of all who have died.
For as by a man came death, by a man has come also the resurrection of the dead.
So you see, just as death came into the world through a man, now the resurrection from the dead has begun through another man.
For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive.
Just as everyone dies because we all belong to Adam, everyone who belongs to Christ will be given new life.
But each in his own order: Christ the firstfruits, then at his coming those who belong to Christ.
But there is an order to this resurrection: Christ was raised as the first of the harvest; then all who belong to Christ will be raised when he comes back.
Then comes the end, when he delivers the kingdom to God the Father after destroying every rule and every authority and power.
After that the end will come, when he will turn the Kingdom over to God the Father, having destroyed every ruler and authority and power.
For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet.
For Christ must reign until he humbles all his enemies beneath his feet.
When all things are subjected to him, then the Son himself will also be subjected to him who put all things in subjection under him, that God may be all in all.
Then, when all things are under his authority, the Son will put himself under God’s authority, so that God, who gave his Son authority over all things, will be utterly supreme over everything everywhere.
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?
If the dead will not be raised, what point is there in people being baptized for those who are dead? Why do it unless the dead will someday rise again?
I protest, brothers, by my pride in you, which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die every day!
For I swear, dear brothers and sisters, that I face death daily. This is as certain as my pride in what Christ Jesus our Lord has done in you.
What do I gain if, humanly speaking, I fought with beasts at Ephesus? If the dead are not raised, “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.”
Don’t be fooled by those who say such things, for “bad company corrupts good character.”
Wake up from your drunken stupor, as is right, and do not go on sinning. For some have no knowledge of God. I say this to your shame.
Think carefully about what is right, and stop sinning. For to your shame I say that some of you don’t know God at all.
The Resurrection Body
But someone will ask, “How are the dead raised? With what kind of body do they come?”
But someone will ask, “How are the dead raised? With what kind of body do they come?”
The Resurrection Body
But someone may ask, “How will the dead be raised? What kind of bodies will they have?”
You foolish person! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies.
What a foolish question! When you put a seed into the ground, it doesn’t grow into a plant unless it dies first.
And what you sow is not the body that is to be, but a bare kernel, perhaps of wheat or of some other grain.
And what you put in the ground is not the plant that will grow, but only a bare seed of wheat or whatever you are planting.
But God gives it a body as he has chosen, and to each kind of seed its own body.
Then God gives it the new body he wants it to have. A different plant grows from each kind of seed.
For not all flesh is the same, but there is one kind for humans, another for animals, another for birds, and another for fish.
Similarly there are different kinds of flesh — one kind for humans, another for animals, another for birds, and another for fish.
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.
There are also bodies in the heavens and bodies on the earth. The glory of the heavenly bodies is different from the glory of the earthly bodies.
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.
The sun has one kind of glory, while the moon and stars each have another kind. And even the stars differ from each other in their glory.
So is it with the resurrection of the dead. What is sown is perishable; what is raised is imperishable.
It is the same way with the resurrection of the dead. Our earthly bodies are planted in the ground when we die, but they will be raised to live forever.
It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power.
Our bodies are buried in brokenness, but they will be raised in glory. They are buried in weakness, but they will be raised in strength.
It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body.
They are buried as natural human bodies, but they will be raised as spiritual bodies. For just as there are natural bodies, there are also spiritual bodies.
But it is not the spiritual that is first but the natural, and then the spiritual.
What comes first is the natural body, then the spiritual body comes later.
The first man was from the earth, a man of dust; the second man is from heaven.
Adam, the first man, was made from the dust of the earth, while Christ, the second man, came from heaven.
As was the man of dust, so also are those who are of the dust, and as is the man of heaven, so also are those who are of heaven.
Earthly people are like the earthly man, and heavenly people are like the heavenly man.
Mystery and Victory
I tell you this, brothers: flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.
I tell you this, brothers: flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.
What I am saying, dear brothers and sisters, is that our physical bodies cannot inherit the Kingdom of God. These dying bodies cannot inherit what will last forever.
Behold! I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
But let me reveal to you a wonderful secret. We will not all die, but we will all be transformed!
in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed.
It will happen in a moment, in the blink of an eye, when the last trumpet is blown. For when the trumpet sounds, those who have died will be raised to live forever. And we who are living will also be transformed.
For this perishable body must put on the imperishable, and this mortal body must put on immortality.
For our dying bodies must be transformed into bodies that will never die; our mortal bodies must be transformed into immortal bodies.
When the perishable puts on the imperishable, and the mortal puts on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written:
“Death is swallowed up in victory.”
“Death is swallowed up in victory.”
“O death, where is your victory?
O death, where is your sting?”
O death, where is your sting?”
The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.
For sin is the sting that results in death, and the law gives sin its power.
But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
But thank God! He gives us victory over sin and death through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.
So, my dear brothers and sisters, be strong and immovable. Always work enthusiastically for the Lord, for you know that nothing you do for the Lord is ever useless.