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The Risen Christ, Faith’s Reality
Moreover, brethren, I declare to you the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received and in which you stand,
Moreover, brethren, I declare to you the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received and in which you stand,
by which also you are saved, if you hold fast that word which I preached to you — unless you believed in vain.
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.
For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,
He was buried, and he was raised from the dead on the third day, just as the Scriptures said.
and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures,
Then he was seen by James and later by all the apostles.
After that He was seen by James, then by all the apostles.
Last of all, as though I had been born at the wrong time, I also saw him.
Then last of all He was seen by me also, as by one born out of due time.
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.
For I am the least of the apostles, who am not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
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.
But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me was not in vain; but I labored more abundantly than they all, yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
So it makes no difference whether I preach or they preach, for we all preach the same message you have already believed.
Therefore, whether it was I or they, so we preach and so you believed.
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?
The Risen Christ, Our Hope
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?
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?
For if there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ has not been raised either.
But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ is not risen.
And if Christ has not been raised, then all our preaching is useless, and your faith is useless.
And if Christ is not risen, then our preaching is empty and your faith is also empty.
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.
Yes, and we are found false witnesses of God, because we have testified of God that He raised up Christ, whom He did not raise up — if in fact the dead do not rise.
And if there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ has not been raised.
For if the dead do not rise, then Christ is not risen.
And if Christ has not been raised, then your faith is useless and you are still guilty of your sins.
And if Christ is not risen, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins!
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.
If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men the most pitiable.
But in fact, Christ has been raised from the dead. He is the first of a great harvest of all who have died.
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 since by man came death, by Man also came the resurrection of the dead.
Just as everyone dies because we all belong to Adam, everyone who belongs to Christ will be given new life.
For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ all shall be made alive.
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.
But each one in his own order: Christ the firstfruits, afterward those who are Christ’s at His coming.
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.
Then comes the end, when He delivers the kingdom to God the Father, when He puts an end to all rule and all authority and power.
For Christ must reign until he humbles all his enemies beneath his feet.
For He must reign till He has put all enemies under His feet.
For “He has put all things under His feet.” But when He says “all things are put under Him,” it is evident that He who put all things under Him is excepted.
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.
Now when all things are made subject to Him, then the Son Himself will also be subject to Him who put all things under Him, that God may be all in all.
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?
Effects of Denying the Resurrection
Otherwise, what will they do who are baptized for the dead, if the dead do not rise at all? Why then are they baptized for the dead?
Otherwise, what will they do who are baptized for the dead, if the dead do not rise at all? Why then are they baptized for the dead?
And why should we ourselves risk our lives hour by hour?
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.
I affirm, by the boasting in you which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily.
If, in the manner of men, I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantage is it to me? If the dead do not rise, “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.”
Do not be deceived: “Evil company corrupts good habits.”
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.
Awake to righteousness, and do not sin; for some do not have the knowledge of God. I speak this to your shame.
The Resurrection Body
But someone may ask, “How will the dead be raised? What kind of bodies will they have?”
A Glorious Body
But someone will say, “How are the dead raised up? And with what body do they come?”
But someone will say, “How are the dead raised up? And with what body do they come?”
What a foolish question! When you put a seed into the ground, it doesn’t grow into a plant unless it dies first.
Foolish one, what you sow is not made alive unless it dies.
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.
And what you sow, you do not sow that body that shall be, but mere grain — perhaps wheat or some other grain.
Then God gives it the new body he wants it to have. A different plant grows from each kind of seed.
But God gives it a body as He pleases, and to each seed its own body.
Similarly there are different kinds of flesh — one kind for humans, another for animals, another for birds, and another for fish.
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.
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.
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.
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.
So also is the resurrection of the dead. The body is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruption.
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 in dishonor, it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness, it is raised in power.
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.
It is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.
And so it is written, “The first man Adam became a living being.” The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.
What comes first is the natural body, then the spiritual body comes later.
However, the spiritual is not first, but the natural, and afterward the spiritual.
Adam, the first man, was made from the dust of the earth, while Christ, the second man, came from heaven.
Earthly people are like the earthly man, and heavenly people are like the heavenly man.
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.
Our Final Victory
Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; nor does corruption inherit incorruption.
Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; nor does corruption inherit incorruption.
But let me reveal to you a wonderful secret. We will not all die, but we will all be transformed!
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.
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 shall be changed.
For our dying bodies must be transformed into bodies that will never die; our mortal bodies must be transformed into immortal bodies.
For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
So when this corruptible has put on incorruption, and this mortal has put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written: “Death is swallowed up in victory.”
For sin is the sting that results in death, and the law gives sin its power.
The sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law.
But thank God! He gives us victory over sin and death through our Lord Jesus Christ.
But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
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.
Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.