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Listen to 1 Corinthians 15:1-28
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) 4that he was buried,(I) that he was raised(J) on the third day(K) according to the Scriptures,(L) 5and that he appeared to Cephas,[b](M) and then to the Twelve.(N) 6After 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) 7Then he appeared to James,(P) then to all the apostles,(Q) 8and 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) 10But 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) 11Whether, 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) 13If 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) 18Then 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) 21For 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) 23But each in turn: Christ, the firstfruits;(AO) then, when he comes,(AP) those who belong to him.(AQ) 24Then 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) 25For he must reign(AT) until he has put all his enemies under his feet.(AU) 26The last enemy to be destroyed is death.(AV) 27For 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) 28When 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)
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Footnotes
- 1 Corinthians 15:3 Or you at the first
- 1 Corinthians 15:5 That is, Peter
- 1 Corinthians 15:27 Psalm 8:6
Cross references
- 1 Corinthians 15:1 : Isa 40:9; Ro 2:16
- 1 Corinthians 15:1 : S 1Co 3:6; S Gal 1:8
- 1 Corinthians 15:2 : Ro 1:16
- 1 Corinthians 15:2 : S Ro 11:22
- 1 Corinthians 15:3 : Gal 1:12
- 1 Corinthians 15:3 : S 1Co 11:2
- 1 Corinthians 15:3 : Isa 53:5; Jn 1:29; S Gal 1:4; 1Pe 2:24
- 1 Corinthians 15:3 : S Mt 26:24; S Lk 24:27; S 24:44; Ac 17:2; 26:22, 23
- 1 Corinthians 15:4 : Mt 27:59, 60
- 1 Corinthians 15:4 : S Ac 2:24
- 1 Corinthians 15:4 : S Mt 16:21
- 1 Corinthians 15:4 : Jn 2:21, 22; Ac 2:25, 30, 31
- 1 Corinthians 15:5 : Lk 24:34
- 1 Corinthians 15:5 : Mk 16:14; Lk 24:36-43
- 1 Corinthians 15:6 : ver 18, 20; S Mt 9:24
- 1 Corinthians 15:7 : S Ac 15:13
- 1 Corinthians 15:7 : Lk 24:33, 36, 37; Ac 1:3, 4
- 1 Corinthians 15:8 : Ac 9:3-6, 17; 1Co 9:1; Gal 1:16
- 1 Corinthians 15:9 : 2Co 12:11; Eph 3:8; 1Ti 1:15
- 1 Corinthians 15:9 : S Ac 8:3
- 1 Corinthians 15:9 : S 1Co 10:32
- 1 Corinthians 15:10 : S Ro 3:24
- 1 Corinthians 15:10 : S Ro 12:3
- 1 Corinthians 15:10 : 2Co 11:23; Col 1:29
- 1 Corinthians 15:10 : S Php 2:13
- 1 Corinthians 15:11 : Gal 2:6
- 1 Corinthians 15:12 : ver 4
- 1 Corinthians 15:12 : S Jn 11:24
- 1 Corinthians 15:12 : Ac 17:32; 23:8; 2Ti 2:18
- 1 Corinthians 15:14 : 1Th 4:14
- 1 Corinthians 15:15 : S Ac 2:24
- 1 Corinthians 15:17 : S Ro 4:25
- 1 Corinthians 15:18 : ver 6, 20; S Mt 9:24
- 1 Corinthians 15:19 : S 1Co 4:9
- 1 Corinthians 15:20 : 1Pe 1:3
- 1 Corinthians 15:20 : ver 23; S Ac 26:23
- 1 Corinthians 15:20 : ver 6, 18; S Mt 9:24
- 1 Corinthians 15:21 : S Ro 5:12
- 1 Corinthians 15:21 : ver 12
- 1 Corinthians 15:22 : Ro 5:14-18; S 1Co 6:14
- 1 Corinthians 15:23 : ver 20
- 1 Corinthians 15:23 : ver 52; S 1Th 2:19
- 1 Corinthians 15:23 : S 1Co 3:23
- 1 Corinthians 15:24 : Da 2:44; 7:14, 27; 2Pe 1:11
- 1 Corinthians 15:24 : Ro 8:38
- 1 Corinthians 15:25 : Isa 9:7; 52:7
- 1 Corinthians 15:25 : ver 27; S Mt 22:44
- 1 Corinthians 15:26 : 2Ti 1:10; Rev 20:14; 21:4
- 1 Corinthians 15:27 : ver 25; Ps 8:6; S Mt 22:44
- 1 Corinthians 15:27 : S Mt 28:18
- 1 Corinthians 15:28 : Php 3:21
- 1 Corinthians 15:28 : 1Co 3:23
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