1 Corinthians 15:3-28

New American Standard Bible

³ For ^(A)I handed down to you ^[a]as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died ^(B)for our sins ^(C)according to the Scriptures, ⁴ and that He was buried, and that He was ^(D)raised on the third day ^(E)according to the Scriptures, ⁵ and that ^(F)He appeared to ^[b](G)Cephas, then ^(H)to the twelve. ⁶ After that He appeared to more than five hundred brothers and sisters at one time, most of whom remain until now, but some ^(I)have fallen asleep; ⁷ then He appeared to ^[c](J)James, then to ^(K)all the apostles; ⁸ and last of all, as ^[d]to one untimely born, ^(L)He appeared to me also. ⁹ For I am ^(M)the least of the apostles, ^[e]and not fit to be called an apostle, because I ^(N)persecuted the church of God. ¹⁰ But by ^(O)the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me did not prove vain; but I ^(P)labored even more than all of them, yet ^(Q)not I, but the grace of God with me. ¹¹ Whether then it was I or they, so we preach and so you believed.

¹² Now if Christ is preached, that He has been raised from the dead, how do some among you say that there ^(R)is no resurrection of the dead? ¹³ But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised; ¹⁴ and ^(S)if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain, your faith also is in vain. ¹⁵ Moreover, we are even found to be false witnesses of God, because we testified ^[f]against God that He ^(T)raised ^[g]Christ, whom He did not raise, if in fact the dead are not raised. ¹⁶ For if the dead are not raised, then not even Christ has been raised; ¹⁷ and if Christ has not been raised, your faith is worthless; ^(U)you are still in your sins. ¹⁸ Then also those who ^(V)have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. ¹⁹ If we have hoped in Christ only in this life, we are ^(W)of all people most to be pitied.

The Order of Resurrection

²⁰ But the fact is, Christ ^(X)has been raised from the dead, the ^(Y)first fruits of those who ^(Z)are asleep. ²¹ For since ^(AA)by a man death came, by a man also came the resurrection of the dead. ²² For ^(AB)as in Adam all die, so also in ^[h]Christ all will be made alive. ²³ But each in his own order: Christ ^(AC)the first fruits, after that ^(AD)those who are Christ’s at ^(AE)His coming, ²⁴ then comes the end, when He hands over ^(AF)the kingdom to our ^(AG)God and Father, when He has abolished ^(AH)all rule and all authority and power. ²⁵ For He must reign ^(AI)until He has put all His enemies under His feet. ²⁶ The last enemy that will be ^(AJ)abolished is death. ²⁷ For ^(AK)He has put all things in subjection under His feet. But when He says, “^(AL)All things are put in subjection,” it is clear that ^[i]this excludes the Father who put all things in subjection to Him. ²⁸ When ^(AM)all things are subjected to Him, then the Son Himself will also be subjected to the One who subjected all things to Him, so that ^(AN)God may be all in all.