1 Corinzi 15
La Nuova Diodati
15 Ora, fratelli, vi dichiaro l'evangelo che vi ho annunziato, e che voi avete ricevuto e nel quale state saldi,
2 e mediante il quale siete salvati, se ritenete fermamente quella parola che vi ho annunziato, a meno che non abbiate creduto invano.
3 Infatti vi ho prima di tutto trasmesso ciò che ho anch'io ricevuto, e cioè che Cristo è morto per i nostri peccati secondo le Scritture,
4 che fu sepolto e risuscitò a il terzo giorno secondo le Scritture,
5 e che apparve a Cefa e poi ai dodici.
6 In seguito apparve in una sola volta a piú di cinquecento fratelli, la maggior parte dei quali è ancora in vita, mentre alcuni dormono già.
7 Successivamente apparve a Giacomo e poi a tutti gli apostoli insieme.
8 Infine, ultimo di tutti, apparve anche a me come all'aborto.
9 Io infatti sono il minimo degli apostoli e non sono neppure degno di essere chiamato apostolo, perché ho perseguitato la chiesa di Dio.
10 Ma per la grazia di Dio sono quello che sono; e la sua grazia verso di me non è stata vana, anzi ho faticato piú di tutti loro non io però, ma la grazia di Dio che è con me.
11 Or dunque, sia io che loro, cosí predichiamo, e cosí voi avete creduto.
12 Ora, se si predica che Cristo è risuscitato dai morti, come mai alcuni di voi dicono che non c'è la risurrezione dei morti?
13 Se dunque non c'è la risurrezione dei morti, neppure Cristo è risuscitato.
14 Ma se Cristo non è risuscitato, è dunque vana la nostra predicazione ed è vana anche la vostra fede.
15 Inoltre noi ci troveremo ad essere falsi testimoni di Dio, poiché abbiamo testimoniato di Dio, che egli ha risuscitato Cristo, mentre non l'avrebbe risuscitato, se veramente i morti non risuscitano.
16 Se infatti i morti non risuscitano, neppure Cristo è stato risuscitato;
17 ma se Cristo non è stato risuscitato, vana è la vostra fede, voi siete ancora nei vostri peccati,
18 e anche quelli che dormono in Cristo sono perduti.
19 Se noi speriamo in Cristo solo in questa vita, noi siamo i piú miserabili di tutti gli uomini.
20 Ma ora Cristo è stato risuscitato dai morti, ed è la primizia di coloro che dormono.
21 Infatti, siccome per mezzo di un uomo è venuta la morte, cosí anche per mezzo di un uomo è venuta la risurrezione dei morti.
22 Perché, come tutti muoiono in Adamo, cosí tutti saranno vivificati in Cristo.
23 ma ciascuno nel proprio ordine: Cristo la primizia, poi coloro che sono di Cristo alla sua venuta.
24 Poi verrà la fine, quando rimetterà il regno nelle mani di Dio Padre, dopo aver annientato ogni dominio, ogni potestà e potenza.
25 Bisogna infatti che egli regni, finché non abbia messo tutti i nemici sotto i suoi piedi.
26 L'ultimo nemico che sarà distrutto è la morte.
27 Dio infatti ha posto ogni cosa sotto i suoi piedi. Quando però dice che ogni cosa gli è sottoposta, è chiaro che ne è eccettuato colui che gli ha sottoposto ogni cosa.
28 E quando ogni cosa gli sarà sottoposta, allora il Figlio sarà anch'egli sottoposto a colui che gli ha sottoposto ogni cosa, affinché Dio sia tutto in tutti.
29 Altrimenti che faranno quelli che sono battezzati per i morti? Se i morti non risuscitano affatto, perché dunque sono essi battezzati per i morti?
30 Perché siamo anche noi in pericolo ad ogni ora?
31 Io muoio ogni giorno per il vanto di voi, che ho in Cristo Gesú nostro Signore.
32 Se ho combattuto in Efeso con le fiere per motivi umani, che utile ne ho io? Se i morti non risuscitano, mangiamo e beviamo, perché domani morremo.
33 Non vi ingannate; le cattive compagnie corrompono i buoni costumi.
34 Ritornate ad essere sobri e retti e non peccate, perché alcuni non hanno conoscenza di Dio; lo dico a vostra vergogna.
35 Ma dirà qualcuno: «Come risuscitano i morti, e con quale corpo verranno?».
36 Stolto! Quello che tu semini non è vivificato, se prima non muore.
37 E quanto a quello che semini, tu non semini il corpo che ha da nascere, ma un granello ignudo, che può essere di frumento o di qualche altro seme.
38 E Dio gli dà un corpo come ha stabilito, e a ciascun seme dà il suo proprio corpo.
39 Non ogni carne è la stessa carne; ma altra è la carne degli uomini, altra la carne delle bestie, altra la carne dei pesci, altra la carne degli uccelli.
40 Vi sono anche dei corpi celesti, e dei corpi terrestri, ma altra è la gloria dei celesti, altra quella dei terrestri.
41 Altro è lo splendore del sole, altro lo splendore della luna ed altro lo splendore delle stelle, perché una stella differisce da un'altra stella in splendore.
42 Cosí sarà pure la risurrezione dei morti; il corpo è seminato corruttibile e risuscita incorruttibile.
43 E' seminato ignobile e risuscita glorioso; è seminato debole e risuscita pieno di forza.
44 E' seminato corpo naturale, e risuscita corpo spirituale. Vi è corpo naturale, e vi è corpo spirituale.
45 Cosí sta anche scritto: «Il primo uomo, Adamo, divenne anima vivente» ma l'ultimo Adamo è Spirito che dà la vita.
46 Ma lo spirituale non è prima bensí prima è il naturale, poi lo spirituale.
47 Il primo uomo, tratto dalla terra, è terrestre; il secondo uomo, che è il Signore, è dal cielo.
48 Qual è il terrestre tali sono anche i terrestri; e qual è il celeste, tali saranno anche i celesti.
49 E come abbiamo portato l'immagine del terrestre, porteremo anche l'immagine del celeste.
50 Or questo dico, fratelli, che la carne e il sangue non possono ereditare il regno di Dio; similmente la corruzione non eredita l'incorruttibilità.
51 Ecco, io vi dico un mistero: non tutti morremo, ma tutti saremo mutati in un momento,
52 in un batter d'occhio, al suono dell'ultima tromba; la tromba infatti suonerà, i morti risusciteranno incorruttibili e noi saremo mutati,
53 poiché bisogna che questo corruttibile rivesta l'incorruttibilità e questo mortale rivesta l'immortalità.
54 Cosí quando questo corruttibile avrà rivestito l'incorruttibilità e questo mortale avrà rivestito l'immortalità, allora sarà adempiuta la parola che fu scritta: «La morte è stata inghiottita nella vittoria».
55 O morte, dov'è il tuo dardo? O inferno, dov'è la tua vittoria?
56 Ora il dardo della morte è il peccato, e la forza del peccato è la legge.
57 Ma ringraziato sia Dio che ci dà la vittoria per mezzo del Signor nostro Gesú Cristo.
58 Perciò, fratelli miei carissimi, state saldi, irremovibili, abbondando del continuo nell'opera del Signore, sapendo che la vostra fatica non è vana nel Signore.
1 Corinthians 15
New King James Version
The Risen Christ, Faith’s Reality(A)
15 Moreover, brethren, I declare to you the gospel (B)which I preached to you, which also you received and (C)in which you stand, 2 (D)by which also you are saved, if you hold fast that word which I preached to you—unless (E)you believed in vain.
3 For (F)I delivered to you first of all that (G)which I also received: that Christ died for our sins (H)according to the Scriptures, 4 and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day (I)according to the Scriptures, 5 (J)and that He was seen by [a]Cephas, then (K)by the twelve. 6 After that He was seen by over five hundred brethren at once, of whom the greater part remain to the present, but some have [b]fallen asleep. 7 After that He was seen by James, then (L)by all the apostles. 8 (M)Then last of all He was seen by me also, as by one born out of due time.
9 For I am (N)the least of the apostles, who am not worthy to be called an apostle, because (O)I persecuted the church of God. 10 But (P)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, (Q)yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me. 11 Therefore, whether it was I or they, so we preach and so you believed.
The Risen Christ, Our Hope(R)
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? 13 But if there is no resurrection of the dead, (S)then Christ is not risen. 14 And if Christ is not risen, then our preaching is empty and your faith is also empty. 15 Yes, and we are found false witnesses of God, because (T)we have testified of God that He raised up Christ, whom He did not raise up—if in fact the dead do not rise. 16 For if the dead do not rise, then Christ is not risen. 17 And if Christ is not risen, your faith is futile; (U)you are still in your sins! 18 Then also those who have [c]fallen (V)asleep in Christ have perished. 19 (W)If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men the most pitiable.
The Last Enemy Destroyed
20 But now (X)Christ is risen from the dead, and has become (Y)the firstfruits of those who have [d]fallen asleep. 21 For (Z)since by man came death, (AA)by Man also came the resurrection of the dead. 22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ all shall (AB)be made alive. 23 But (AC)each one in his own order: Christ the firstfruits, afterward those who are Christ’s at His coming. 24 Then comes the end, when He delivers (AD)the kingdom to God the Father, when He puts an end to all rule and all authority and power. 25 For He must reign (AE)till He has put all enemies under His feet. 26 (AF)The last enemy that will be destroyed is death. 27 For (AG)“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. 28 (AH)Now when all things are made subject to Him, then (AI)the Son Himself will also be subject to Him who put all things under Him, that God may be all in all.
Effects of Denying the Resurrection
29 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? 30 And (AJ)why do we stand in [e]jeopardy every hour? 31 I affirm, by (AK)the boasting in you which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, (AL)I die daily. 32 If, in the manner of men, (AM)I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantage is it to me? If the dead do not rise, (AN)“Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!”
33 Do not be deceived: (AO)“Evil company corrupts good habits.” 34 (AP)Awake to righteousness, and do not sin; (AQ)for some do not have the knowledge of God. (AR)I speak this to your shame.
A Glorious Body
35 But someone will say, (AS)“How are the dead raised up? And with what body do they come?” 36 Foolish one, (AT)what you sow is not made alive unless it dies. 37 And what you sow, you do not sow that body that shall be, but mere grain—perhaps wheat or some other grain. 38 But God gives it a body as He pleases, and to each seed its own body.
39 All flesh is not the same flesh, but there is one kind [f]of flesh of men, another flesh of animals, another of fish, and another of birds.
40 There are also [g]celestial bodies and [h]terrestrial bodies; but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another. 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.
42 (AU)So also is the resurrection of the dead. The body is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruption. 43 (AV)It is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness, it is raised in power. 44 It is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body. 45 And so it is written, (AW)“The first man Adam became a living being.” (AX)The last Adam became (AY)a life-giving spirit.
46 However, the spiritual is not first, but the natural, and afterward the spiritual. 47 (AZ)The first man was of the earth, (BA)made[i] of dust; the second Man is [j]the Lord (BB)from heaven. 48 As was the [k]man of dust, so also are those who are made of dust; (BC)and as is the heavenly Man, so also are those who are heavenly. 49 And (BD)as we have borne the image of the man of dust, (BE)we[l] shall also bear the image of the heavenly Man.
Our Final Victory
50 Now this I say, brethren, that (BF)flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; nor does corruption inherit incorruption. 51 Behold, I tell you a [m]mystery: (BG)We shall not all sleep, (BH)but we shall all be changed— 52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. (BI)For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. 53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and (BJ)this mortal must put on immortality. 54 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: (BK)“Death is swallowed up in victory.”
56 The sting of death is sin, and (BM)the strength of sin is the law. 57 (BN)But thanks be to God, who gives us (BO)the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
58 (BP)Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing (BQ)that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.
Footnotes
- 1 Corinthians 15:5 Peter
- 1 Corinthians 15:6 Died
- 1 Corinthians 15:18 Died
- 1 Corinthians 15:20 Died
- 1 Corinthians 15:30 danger
- 1 Corinthians 15:39 NU, M omit of flesh
- 1 Corinthians 15:40 heavenly
- 1 Corinthians 15:40 earthly
- 1 Corinthians 15:47 earthy
- 1 Corinthians 15:47 NU omits the Lord
- 1 Corinthians 15:48 earthy
- 1 Corinthians 15:49 M let us also bear
- 1 Corinthians 15:51 hidden truth
- 1 Corinthians 15:55 NU O Death, where is your victory? O Death, where is your sting?
1 Corinthians 15
English Standard Version
The Resurrection of Christ
15 Now I would remind you, brothers,[a] of the gospel (A)I preached to you, which you received, (B)in which you stand, 2 and by which (C)you are being saved, if you (D)hold fast to the word I preached to you—(E)unless you believed in vain.
3 For (F)I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died (G)for our sins (H)in accordance with the Scriptures, 4 that he was buried, that he was raised (I)on the third day (J)in accordance with the Scriptures, 5 and that (K)he appeared to Cephas, then (L)to the twelve. 6 Then he appeared to more than five hundred brothers at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have fallen asleep. 7 Then he appeared to (M)James, then (N)to all the apostles. 8 Last of all, as to one untimely born, (O)he appeared also to me. 9 For (P)I am the least of the apostles, unworthy to be called an apostle, because (Q)I persecuted the church of God. 10 But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not in vain. On the contrary, (R)I worked harder than any of them, (S)though it was not I, but the grace of God that is with me. 11 Whether then it was I or they, so we preach and so you believed.
The Resurrection of the Dead
12 Now if Christ is proclaimed as raised from the dead, (T)how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? 13 But if there is no resurrection of the dead, (U)then not even Christ has been raised. 14 And if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain and your faith is in vain. 15 We are even found to be misrepresenting God, because we testified about God that (V)he raised Christ, whom he did not raise if it is true that the dead are not raised. 16 For if the dead are not raised, not even Christ has been raised. 17 And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile and (W)you are still in your sins. 18 Then those also who (X)have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. 19 If in Christ we have hope[b] in this life only, (Y)we are of all people most to be pitied.
20 But in fact (Z)Christ has been raised from the dead, (AA)the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. 21 For as (AB)by a man came death, (AC)by a man has come also the resurrection of the dead. 22 For (AD)as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive. 23 But each in his own order: Christ the firstfruits, then (AE)at his coming (AF)those who belong to Christ. 24 Then comes the end, when he delivers (AG)the kingdom to God the Father after destroying (AH)every rule and every authority and power. 25 For he must reign (AI)until he has put all his enemies under his feet. 26 The last enemy to be (AJ)destroyed is death. 27 For (AK)“God[c] has put all things in subjection under his feet.” But when it says, “all things are put in subjection,” it is plain that he is excepted who put all things in subjection under him. 28 When (AL)all things are subjected to him, then the Son himself will also be subjected to him who put all things in subjection under him, that (AM)God may be all in all.
29 Otherwise, what do people mean by being baptized on behalf of the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why are people baptized on their behalf? 30 Why are we (AN)in danger every hour? 31 I protest, brothers, by (AO)my pride in you, which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, (AP)I die every day! 32 What do I gain if, humanly speaking, (AQ)I fought with beasts at Ephesus? If the dead are not raised, (AR)“Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.” 33 (AS)Do not be deceived: (AT)“Bad company ruins good morals.”[d] 34 (AU)Wake up from your drunken stupor, as is right, and do not go on sinning. For (AV)some have no knowledge of God. (AW)I say this to your shame.
The Resurrection Body
35 But someone will ask, (AX)“How are the dead raised? With what kind of body do they come?” 36 You foolish person! (AY)What you sow does not come to life unless it dies. 37 And what you sow is not the body that is to be, but a bare kernel, perhaps of wheat or of some other grain. 38 But God gives it a body as he has chosen, and to each kind of seed its own body. 39 For not all flesh is the same, but there is one kind for humans, another for animals, another for birds, and another for fish. 40 There are heavenly bodies and earthly bodies, but the glory of the heavenly is of one kind, and the glory of the earthly is of another. 41 There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for star differs from star in glory.
42 (AZ)So is it with the resurrection of the dead. What is sown is perishable; what is raised is imperishable. 43 It is sown in dishonor; (BA)it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power. 44 It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body. 45 Thus it is written, (BB)“The first man Adam became a living being”;[e] (BC)the last Adam became a (BD)life-giving spirit. 46 But it is not the spiritual that is first but the natural, and then the spiritual. 47 (BE)The first man was from the earth, (BF)a man of dust; (BG)the second man is from heaven. 48 As was the man of dust, so also are those who are of the dust, and as is the man of heaven, (BH)so also are those who are of heaven. 49 Just (BI)as we have borne the image of the man of dust, (BJ)we shall[f] also bear the image of the man of heaven.
Mystery and Victory
50 I tell you this, brothers: (BK)flesh and blood (BL)cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. 51 Behold! I tell you a mystery. (BM)We shall not all sleep, (BN)but we shall all be changed, 52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For (BO)the trumpet will sound, and (BP)the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed. 53 For this perishable body must put on the imperishable, and (BQ)this mortal body must put on immortality. 54 When the perishable puts on the imperishable, and the mortal puts on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written:
(BR)“Death is swallowed up in victory.”
55 (BS)“O death, where is your victory?
O death, where is your sting?”
56 The sting of death is sin, and (BT)the power of sin is the law. 57 But thanks be to God, (BU)who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
58 (BV)Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in (BW)the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord (BX)your labor is not in vain.
Footnotes
- 1 Corinthians 15:1 Or brothers and sisters; also verses 6, 31, 50, 58
- 1 Corinthians 15:19 Or we have hoped
- 1 Corinthians 15:27 Greek he
- 1 Corinthians 15:33 Probably from Menander's comedy Thais
- 1 Corinthians 15:45 Greek a living soul
- 1 Corinthians 15:49 Some manuscripts let us
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