Bible Gateway passage: 1 Corinthians 15:1-28 - New International Version (2025)

The Resurrection of Christ

15Now, brothers and sisters, I want to remind you of the gospel^(A) I preached to you,^(B) which you received and on which you have taken your stand. ²By this gospel you are saved,^(C) if you hold firmly^(D) to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain.

³For what I received^(E) I passed on to you^(F) as of first importance^[a]: that Christ died for our sins^(G) according to the Scriptures,^{(H) 4}that he was buried,^(I) that he was raised^(J) on the third day^(K) according to the Scriptures,^{(L) 5}and that he appeared to Cephas,^[b](M) and then to the Twelve.^{(N) 6}After that, he appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers and sisters at the same time, most of whom are still living, though some have fallen asleep.^{(O) 7}Then he appeared to James,^(P) then to all the apostles,^{(Q) 8}and last of all he appeared to me also,^(R) as to one abnormally born.

⁹For I am the least of the apostles^(S) and do not even deserve to be called an apostle, because I persecuted^(T) the church of God.^{(U) 10}But by the grace^(V) of God I am what I am, and his grace to me^(W) was not without effect. No, I worked harder than all of them^(X)—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.^{(Y) 11}Whether, then, it is I or they,^(Z) this is what we preach, and this is what you believed.

The Resurrection of the Dead

¹²But if it is preached that Christ has been raised from the dead,^(AA) how can some of you say that there is no resurrection^(AB) of the dead?^{(AC) 13}If there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised. ¹⁴And if Christ has not been raised,^(AD) our preaching is useless and so is your faith. ¹⁵More than that, we are then found to be false witnesses about God, for we have testified about God that he raised Christ from the dead.^(AE) But he did not raise him if in fact the dead are not raised. ¹⁶For if the dead are not raised, then Christ has not been raised either. ¹⁷And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins.^{(AF) 18}Then those also who have fallen asleep^(AG) in Christ are lost. ¹⁹If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied.^(AH)

²⁰But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead,^(AI) the firstfruits^(AJ) of those who have fallen asleep.^{(AK) 21}For since death came through a man,^(AL) the resurrection of the dead^(AM) comes also through a man. ²²For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive.^{(AN) 23}But each in turn: Christ, the firstfruits;^(AO) then, when he comes,^(AP) those who belong to him.^{(AQ) 24}Then the end will come, when he hands over the kingdom^(AR) to God the Father after he has destroyed all dominion, authority and power.^{(AS) 25}For he must reign^(AT) until he has put all his enemies under his feet.^{(AU) 26}The last enemy to be destroyed is death.^{(AV) 27}For he “has put everything under his feet.”^[c](AW) Now when it says that “everything” has been put under him, it is clear that this does not include God himself, who put everything under Christ.^{(AX) 28}When he has done this, then the Son himself will be made subject to him who put everything under him,^(AY) so that God may be all in all.^(AZ)

Footnotes

1. 1 Corinthians 15:3 Or you at the first
2. 1 Corinthians 15:5 That is, Peter
3. 1 Corinthians 15:27 Psalm 8:6

Cross references

1. 1 Corinthians 15:1 : Isa 40:9; Ro 2:16
2. 1 Corinthians 15:1 : S 1Co 3:6; S Gal 1:8
3. 1 Corinthians 15:2 : Ro 1:16
4. 1 Corinthians 15:2 : S Ro 11:22
5. 1 Corinthians 15:3 : Gal 1:12
6. 1 Corinthians 15:3 : S 1Co 11:2
7. 1 Corinthians 15:3 : Isa 53:5; Jn 1:29; S Gal 1:4; 1Pe 2:24
8. 1 Corinthians 15:3 : S Mt 26:24; S Lk 24:27; S 24:44; Ac 17:2; 26:22, 23
9. 1 Corinthians 15:4 : Mt 27:59, 60
10. 1 Corinthians 15:4 : S Ac 2:24
11. 1 Corinthians 15:4 : S Mt 16:21
12. 1 Corinthians 15:4 : Jn 2:21, 22; Ac 2:25, 30, 31
13. 1 Corinthians 15:5 : Lk 24:34
14. 1 Corinthians 15:5 : Mk 16:14; Lk 24:36-43
15. 1 Corinthians 15:6 : ver 18, 20; S Mt 9:24
16. 1 Corinthians 15:7 : S Ac 15:13
17. 1 Corinthians 15:7 : Lk 24:33, 36, 37; Ac 1:3, 4
18. 1 Corinthians 15:8 : Ac 9:3-6, 17; 1Co 9:1; Gal 1:16
19. 1 Corinthians 15:9 : 2Co 12:11; Eph 3:8; 1Ti 1:15
20. 1 Corinthians 15:9 : S Ac 8:3
21. 1 Corinthians 15:9 : S 1Co 10:32
22. 1 Corinthians 15:10 : S Ro 3:24
23. 1 Corinthians 15:10 : S Ro 12:3
24. 1 Corinthians 15:10 : 2Co 11:23; Col 1:29
25. 1 Corinthians 15:10 : S Php 2:13
26. 1 Corinthians 15:11 : Gal 2:6
27. 1 Corinthians 15:12 : ver 4
28. 1 Corinthians 15:12 : S Jn 11:24
29. 1 Corinthians 15:12 : Ac 17:32; 23:8; 2Ti 2:18
30. 1 Corinthians 15:14 : 1Th 4:14
31. 1 Corinthians 15:15 : S Ac 2:24
32. 1 Corinthians 15:17 : S Ro 4:25
33. 1 Corinthians 15:18 : ver 6, 20; S Mt 9:24
34. 1 Corinthians 15:19 : S 1Co 4:9
35. 1 Corinthians 15:20 : 1Pe 1:3
36. 1 Corinthians 15:20 : ver 23; S Ac 26:23
37. 1 Corinthians 15:20 : ver 6, 18; S Mt 9:24
38. 1 Corinthians 15:21 : S Ro 5:12
39. 1 Corinthians 15:21 : ver 12
40. 1 Corinthians 15:22 : Ro 5:14-18; S 1Co 6:14
41. 1 Corinthians 15:23 : ver 20
42. 1 Corinthians 15:23 : ver 52; S 1Th 2:19
43. 1 Corinthians 15:23 : S 1Co 3:23
44. 1 Corinthians 15:24 : Da 2:44; 7:14, 27; 2Pe 1:11
45. 1 Corinthians 15:24 : Ro 8:38
46. 1 Corinthians 15:25 : Isa 9:7; 52:7
47. 1 Corinthians 15:25 : ver 27; S Mt 22:44
48. 1 Corinthians 15:26 : 2Ti 1:10; Rev 20:14; 21:4
49. 1 Corinthians 15:27 : ver 25; Ps 8:6; S Mt 22:44
50. 1 Corinthians 15:27 : S Mt 28:18
51. 1 Corinthians 15:28 : Php 3:21
52. 1 Corinthians 15:28 : 1Co 3:23