Sept.
19
1
Corinthians 15
1Co 15:1 Now I declare to you, brothers, the Good
News which I preached to you, which also you received, in which you
also stand,
1Co 15:2 by which also you are saved, if you hold
firmly the word which I preached to you--unless you believed in vain.
1Co 15:3 For I delivered to you first of all that
which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the
Scriptures,
1Co 15:4 that he was buried, that he was raised on
the third day according to the Scriptures,
1Co 15:5 and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the
twelve.
1Co 15:6 Then he appeared to over five hundred
brothers at once, most of whom remain until now, but some have also
fallen asleep.
1Co 15:7 Then he appeared to James, then to all the
apostles,
1Co 15:8 and last of all, as to the child born at
the wrong time, he appeared to me also.
1Co 15:9 For I am the least of the apostles, who is
not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the assembly
of God.
1Co 15:10 But by the grace of God I am what I am.
His grace which was bestowed on me was not futile, but I worked more
than all of them; yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
1Co 15:11 Whether then it is I or they, so we
preach, and so you believed.
1Co 15:12 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?
1Co 15:13 But if there is no resurrection of the
dead, neither has Christ been raised.
1Co 15:14 If Christ has not been raised, then our
preaching is in vain, and your faith also is in vain.
1Co 15:15 Yes, we are found false witnesses of God,
because we testified about God that he raised up Christ, whom he
didn't raise up, if it is so that the dead are not raised.
1Co 15:16 For if the dead aren't raised, neither has
Christ been raised.
1Co 15:17 If Christ has not been raised, your faith
is vain; you are still in your sins.
1Co 15:18 Then they also who are fallen asleep in
Christ have perished.
1Co 15:19 If we have only hoped in Christ in this
life, we are of all men most pitiable.
1Co 15:20 But now Christ has been raised from the
dead. He became the first fruits of those who are asleep.
1Co 15:21 For since death came by man, the
resurrection of the dead also came by man.
1Co 15:22 For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ
all will be made alive.
1Co 15:23 But each in his own order: Christ the
first fruits, then those who are Christ's, at his coming.
1Co 15:24 Then the end comes, when he will deliver
up the Kingdom to God, even the Father; when he will have abolished
all rule and all authority and power.
1Co 15:25 For he must reign until he has put all his
enemies under his feet.
1Co 15:26 The last enemy that will be abolished is
death.
1Co 15:27 For, "He put all things in subjection
under his feet." But when he says, "All things are put in
subjection," it is evident that he is excepted who subjected all
things to him.
1Co 15:28 When all things have been subjected to
him, then the Son will also himself be subjected to him who subjected
all things to him, that God may be all in all.
1Co 15:29 Or else what will they do who are baptized
for the dead? If the dead aren't raised at all, why then are they
baptized for the dead?
1Co 15:30 Why do we also stand in jeopardy every
hour?
1Co 15:31 I affirm, by the boasting in you which I
have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily.
1Co 15:32 If I fought with animals at Ephesus for
human purposes, what does it profit me? If the dead are not raised,
then "let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die."
1Co 15:33 Don't be deceived! "Evil
companionships corrupt good morals."
1Co 15:34 Wake up righteously, and don't sin, for
some have no knowledge of God. I say this to your shame.
1Co 15:35 But someone will say, "How are the
dead raised?" and, "With what kind of body do they come?"
1Co 15:36 You foolish one, that which you yourself
sow is not made alive unless it dies.
1Co 15:37 That which you sow, you don't sow the body
that will be, but a bare grain, maybe of wheat, or of some other
kind.
1Co 15:38 But God gives it a body even as it pleased
him, and to each seed a body of its own.
1Co 15:39 All flesh is not the same flesh, but there
is one flesh of men, another flesh of animals, another of fish, and
another of birds.
1Co 15:40 There are also celestial bodies, and
terrestrial bodies; but the glory of the celestial differs from that
of the terrestrial.
1Co 15:41 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.
1Co 15:42 So also is the resurrection of the dead.
It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption.
1Co 15:43 It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in
glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power.
1Co 15:44 It is sown a natural body; it is raised a
spiritual body. There is a natural body and there is also a spiritual
body.
1Co 15:45 So also it is written, "The first
man, Adam, became a living soul." The last Adam became a
life-giving spirit.
1Co 15:46 However that which is spiritual isn't
first, but that which is natural, then that which is spiritual.
1Co 15:47 The first man is of the earth, made of
dust. The second man is the Lord from heaven.
1Co 15:48 As is the one made of dust, such are those
who are also made of dust; and as is the heavenly, such are they also
that are heavenly.
1Co 15:49 As we have borne the image of those made
of dust, let's also bear the image of the heavenly.
1Co 15:50 Now I say this, brothers, that flesh and
blood can't inherit the Kingdom of God; neither does corruption
inherit incorruption.
1Co 15:51 Behold, I tell you a mystery. We will not
all sleep, but we will all be changed,
1Co 15:52 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 will be changed.
1Co 15:53 For this corruptible must put on
incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
1Co 15:54 But when this corruptible will have put on
incorruption, and this mortal will have put on immortality, then what
is written will happen: "Death is swallowed up in victory."
1Co 15:55 "Death, where is your sting? Hades,
where is your victory?"
1Co 15:56 The sting of death is sin, and the power
of sin is the law.
1Co 15:57 But thanks be to God, who gives us the
victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
1Co 15:58 Therefore, my beloved brothers, be
steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the Lord's work, because
you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.