1 Corinthians 15
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Resurrection Essential to the Gospel
15 Now brothers, I want to clarify[a] for you the gospel I proclaimed to you; you received it and have taken your stand(A) on it. 2 You are also saved by it, if you hold to the message I proclaimed to you—unless you believed for no purpose.[b](B) 3 For I passed on to you(C) as most important what I also received:
that Christ died(D) for our sins
according to the Scriptures,(E)
4 that He was buried,(F)
that He was raised on the third day(G)
according to the Scriptures,(H)
5 and that He appeared to Cephas,(I)
then to the Twelve.(J)
6 Then He appeared to over 500 brothers at one time;(K)
most of them are still alive,
but some have fallen asleep.
7 Then He appeared to James,(L)
then to all the apostles.(M)
8 Last of all, as to one abnormally born,[c](N)
He also appeared to me.(O)
9 For I am the least of the apostles,(P) unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted(Q) the church of God. 10 But by God’s grace I am what I am, and His grace toward me was not ineffective. However, I worked more than any of them, yet not I, but God’s grace that was with me.(R) 11 Therefore, whether it is I or they, so we proclaim and so you have believed.
Resurrection Essential to the Faith
12 Now if Christ is proclaimed as raised from the dead,(S) how can some of you say, “There is no resurrection of the dead”?(T) 13 But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ has not been raised; 14 and if Christ has not been raised, then our proclamation is without foundation, and so is your faith.[d] 15 In addition, we are found to be false witnesses(U) about God, because we have testified(V) about God that He raised up Christ—whom He did not raise up if in fact the dead are not raised. 16 For if the dead are not raised, Christ has not been raised. 17 And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is worthless; you are still in your sins. 18 Therefore, those who have fallen asleep in Christ(W) have also perished. 19 If we have put our hope in Christ for this life only, we should be pitied more than anyone.
Christ’s Resurrection Guarantees Ours
20 But now Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits(X) of those who have fallen asleep. 21 For since death(Y) came through a man,(Z) the resurrection of the dead also comes through a man.(AA) 22 For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive.(AB) 23 But each in his own order:(AC) Christ, the firstfruits; afterward, at His coming, those who belong to Christ. 24 Then comes the end,(AD) when He hands over the kingdom to God the Father,(AE) when He abolishes all rule and all authority and power.(AF) 25 For He must reign(AG) until He puts all His enemies under His feet.(AH) 26 The last enemy to be abolished is death.(AI) 27 For God has put everything under His feet.(AJ)[e] But when it says “everything” is put under Him, it is obvious that He who puts everything under Him is the exception. 28 And when everything is subject to Christ, then the Son(AK) Himself will also be subject to the One who subjected everything to Him, so that God may be all in all.(AL)
Resurrection Supported by Christian Experience
29 Otherwise what will they do who are being baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, then why are people baptized for them?[f] 30 Why are we in danger every hour? 31 I affirm by the pride in you that I have in Christ Jesus our Lord: I die every day!(AM) 32 If I fought wild animals in Ephesus(AN) with only human hope,[g] what good did that do me?[h](AO) If the dead are not raised, Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.(AP)[i] 33 Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good morals.”[j] 34 Come to your senses[k](AQ) and stop sinning, for some people are ignorant about God. I say this to your shame.(AR)
The Nature of the Resurrection Body
35 But someone will say, “How are the dead raised? What kind of body will they have when they come?” 36 Foolish one! What you sow does not come to life(AS) unless it dies. 37 And as for what you sow—you are not sowing the future body, but only a seed,[l] perhaps of wheat or another grain. 38 But God gives it a body as He wants,(AT) and to each of the seeds its own body. 39 Not all flesh(AU) is the same flesh; there is one flesh for humans, another for animals, another for birds, and another for fish. 40 There are heavenly bodies and earthly bodies, but the splendor(AV) of the heavenly bodies is different from that of the earthly ones. 41 There is a splendor of the sun, another of the moon, and another of the stars; for one star differs from another star in splendor. 42 So it is with the resurrection of the dead:
Sown in corruption, raised in incorruption;(AW)
43 sown in dishonor,(AX) raised in glory;(AY)
sown in weakness, raised in power;(AZ)
44 sown a natural body, raised a spiritual body.
If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body. 45 So it is written: The first man Adam became a living being;(BA)[m] the last Adam(BB) became a life-giving Spirit. 46 However, the spiritual is not first, but the natural, then the spiritual.
47 The first man was from the earth
and made of dust;(BC)
the second man is[n] from heaven.
48 Like the man made of dust,
so are those who are made of dust;
like the heavenly man,
so are those who are heavenly.(BD)
49 And just as we have borne
the image(BE) of the man made of dust,
we will also bear
the image of the heavenly man.(BF)
Victorious Resurrection
50 Brothers, I tell you this: Flesh(BG) and blood(BH) cannot inherit the kingdom of God, and corruption cannot inherit incorruption. 51 Listen! I am telling you a mystery:
We will not all fall asleep,
but we will all be changed,
52 in a moment, in the blink of an eye,
at the last trumpet.(BI)
For the trumpet will sound,
and the dead will be raised incorruptible,
and we will be changed.
53 For this corruptible must be clothed(BJ)
with incorruptibility,(BK)
and this mortal must be clothed
with immortality.
54 When this corruptible is clothed
with incorruptibility,
and this mortal is clothed
with immortality,
then the saying that is written will take place:
Death has been swallowed up(BL) in victory.(BM)[o]
55 Death, where is your victory?
Death, where is your sting?(BN)[p]
56 Now the sting of death is sin,
and the power of sin(BO) is the law.(BP)
57 But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory(BQ)
through our Lord Jesus Christ!
58 Therefore, my dear brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always excelling in the Lord’s work,(BR) knowing that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.
Footnotes
- 1 Corinthians 15:1 Or I make known
- 1 Corinthians 15:2 Or believed without careful thought, or believed in vain
- 1 Corinthians 15:8 Or one whose birth was unusual, He
- 1 Corinthians 15:14 Or proclamation is useless, and your faith also is useless, or proclamation is empty, and your faith also is empty
- 1 Corinthians 15:27 Ps 8:6
- 1 Corinthians 15:29 Other mss read for the dead
- 1 Corinthians 15:32 Lit Ephesus according to man
- 1 Corinthians 15:32 Lit what to me the profit?
- 1 Corinthians 15:32 Is 22:13
- 1 Corinthians 15:33 A quotation from the poet Menander, Thais, 218
- 1 Corinthians 15:34 Lit Sober up righteously
- 1 Corinthians 15:37 Lit but a naked seed
- 1 Corinthians 15:45 Gn 2:7
- 1 Corinthians 15:47 Other mss add the Lord
- 1 Corinthians 15:54 Is 25:8
- 1 Corinthians 15:55 Hs 13:14
1 Corinthians 15
Mounce Reverse Interlinear New Testament
15 Now de I make known gnōrizō to you hymeis, brothers adelphos, the ho gospel euangelion that hos I preached euangelizō to you hymeis, which hos also kai you received paralambanō, in en which hos also kai you stand histēmi, 2 through dia which hos also kai you are being saved sōzō, if ei you hold firmly katechō to the tis message logos I preached euangelizō to you hymeis— unless ektos ei you have believed pisteuō in vain eikē.
3 For gar I passed on paradidōmi to you hymeis as en of first prōtos importance what hos I also kai received paralambanō: that hoti Christ Christos died apothnēskō for hyper · ho our hēmeis sins hamartia according kata to the ho Scriptures graphē, 4 and kai that hoti he was buried thaptō, and kai that hoti he has been raised egeirō on the ho third tritos day hēmera · ho according kata to the ho Scriptures graphē, 5 and kai that hoti he appeared horaō to Cephas Kēphas, then eita to the ho twelve dōdeka. 6 Then epeita he appeared horaō to more than epanō five hundred pentakosioi brothers adelphos at the same time ephapax, most polys of ek whom hos · ho are still heōs living menō, although de some tis have fallen asleep koimaō. 7 Then epeita he appeared horaō to James Iakōbos, then eita to all pas the ho apostles apostolos. 8 Last eschatos · de of all pas, as hōsperei to one ho abnormally born ektrōma, he appeared horaō even to me kagō. 9 For gar I egō am eimi the ho least elachistos of the ho apostles apostolos, and I hos am eimi not ou worthy hikanos to be called kaleō an apostle apostolos, because dioti I persecuted diōkō the ho church ekklēsia of ho God theos. 10 But de by the grace charis of God theos I am eimi what hos I am eimi, and kai · ho his autos grace charis · ho toward eis me egō was ginomai not ou in vain kenos. No alla, I worked kopiaō harder perissoteros than any pas of them autos— yet de not ou I egō, but alla the ho grace charis of ho God theos that ho is with syn me egō. 11 Whether eite then oun it was I egō or eite they ekeinos, so houtōs we preach kēryssō and kai so houtōs you came to believe pisteuō.
12 Now de if ei Christ Christos is proclaimed kēryssō as hoti raised egeirō from ek the dead nekros, how pōs can some tis of en you hymeis say legō that hoti there is eimi no ou resurrection anastasis of the dead nekros? 13 But de if ei there is eimi no ou resurrection anastasis of the dead nekros, not even oude Christ Christos has been raised egeirō. 14 And de if ei Christ Christos has not ou been raised egeirō, then ara our hēmeis proclamation kērygma is groundless kenos, · kai · ho and kai your hymeis faith pistis is to no purpose kenos. · ho 15 Beyond that de, we are even kai found heuriskō to be false witnesses pseudomartys about ho God theos, because hoti we have borne witness martyreō about kata · ho God theos that hoti he raised egeirō · ho Christ Christos, whom hos he did not ou raise egeirō if eiper it is true that the dead nekros are not ou raised egeirō. 16 For gar if ei the dead nekros are not ou raised egeirō, not even oude Christ Christos has been raised egeirō. 17 And de if ei Christ Christos has not ou been raised egeirō, your hymeis faith pistis is useless mataios; · ho you are eimi still eti in en · ho your hymeis sins hamartia. 18 Then ara those ho also kai who have fallen asleep koimaō in en Christ Christos have perished apollymi. 19 If ei our eimi hope elpizō in en Christ Christos is eimi for en · ho this houtos life zōē only monon, we are eimi of all pas men anthrōpos most to be pitied eleeinos.
20 But de in fact nyni Christ Christos has been raised egeirō from ek the dead nekros, the firstfruits aparchē of those ho who have fallen asleep koimaō. 21 For gar since epeidē death thanatos came through dia a man anthrōpos, the resurrection anastasis of the dead nekros also kai comes through dia a man anthrōpos. 22 For gar just as hōsper in en · ho Adam Adam all pas die apothnēskō, so houtōs also kai in en · ho Christ Christos all pas will be made alive zōiopoieō. 23 But de each hekastos in en · ho his own idios order tagma: Christ Christos, the firstfruits aparchē; then epeita, those ho who belong ho to Christ Christos, when en · ho he autos comes parousia. 24 Then eita comes the ho end telos, when hotan he hands paradidōmi over the ho kingdom basileia to ho God theos · kai the Father patēr, when hotan he has destroyed katargeō every pas dominion archē, · kai every pas authority exousia and kai power dynamis. 25 For gar he autos must dei reign basileuō until achri hos he has put tithēmi all pas his ho enemies echthros under hypo · ho his autos feet pous. 26 The last eschatos enemy echthros to be destroyed katargeō is · ho death thanatos. 27 For gar “ he has put everything pas in subjection hypotassō under hypo · ho his autos feet pous.” Now de when hotan it says legō that hoti “ everything pas has been put in subjection hypotassō,” it is clear dēlos that hoti this does not include ektos the ho one who put everything pas in subjection hypotassō to him autos. · ho 28 And de when hotan everything pas is subjected hypotassō to him autos, · ho then tote the ho Son hyios himself autos will also kai be subjected hypotassō to the ho one who subjected hypotassō everything pas to him autos, · ho so that hina God theos may be eimi · ho · ho all pas in en all pas.
29 Otherwise epei, what tis will they accomplish poieō, those ho who are being baptized baptizō for hyper the ho dead nekros? If ei the dead nekros are not ou actually holōs raised egeirō, why tis then kai are they being baptized baptizō for hyper them autos?
30 And kai why tis are we hēmeis putting ourselves in danger kindyneuō every pas hour hōra? 31 Every kata day hēmera I am in danger of dying apothnēskō! I swear by nē my ho boasting kauchēsis in you hymeteros, which hos I have echō in en Christ Christos Jesus Iēsous · ho our hēmeis Lord kyrios. 32 If ei as kata a mere man anthrōpos I fought with wild beasts thēriomacheō at en Ephesus Ephesos, what tis have I egō · ho gained ophelos? If ei the dead nekros are not ou raised egeirō, let us eat esthiō and kai drink pinō, for gar tomorrow aurion we die apothnēskō. 33 Do not mē be deceived planaō: “ Bad kakos company homilia corrupts phtheirō good chrēstos morals ēthos.” 34 Sober up eknēphō as you ought dikaiōs, and kai stop mē sinning hamartanō; for gar some tis have echō no knowledge agnōsia of God theos. I say laleō this to pros your hymeis shame entropē.
35 But alla someone tis will ask legō, “ How pōs are the ho dead nekros raised egeirō? And de with what kind poios of body sōma will they come erchomai?” 36 You sy fool aphrōn! What hos you sow speirō does not ou come to life zōiopoieō unless ean mē it dies apothnēskō. 37 And kai what hos you sow speirō is not ou the ho body sōma that ho is to be ginomai, but alla a bare gymnos seed kokkos, perhaps ei tynchanō of wheat sitos or ē something tis · ho else loipos. 38 · ho But de God theos gives didōmi it autos a body sōma as kathōs he has determined thelō, and kai to each hekastos kind of ho seed sperma its own idios body sōma. 39 Not ou all pas flesh sarx is the ho same autos; people anthrōpos have one kind allos, animals ktēnos another allos, · de birds ptēnos another allos, · de fish ichthus another allos. · de 40 And kai there are heavenly epouranios bodies sōma and kai earthly epigeios bodies sōma; but alla the ho glory doxa of ho heavenly epouranios bodies is of one heteros kind and de the ho glory of ho earthly epigeios bodies is of another heteros. 41 The sun hēlios has one allos kind of glory doxa, · kai the moon selēnē another allos kind of glory doxa, · kai the stars astēr another allos kind of glory doxa; and gar star astēr differs from diapherō star astēr in en glory doxa.
42 So houtōs also kai is the ho resurrection anastasis of the ho dead nekros. The body is sown speirō in en a perishable phthora state , it is raised egeirō imperishable aphtharsia. 43 It is sown speirō in en humiliation atimia, it is raised egeirō in en glory doxa; it is sown speirō in en weakness astheneia, it is raised egeirō in en power dynamis; 44 it is sown speirō a natural psychikos body sōma, it is raised egeirō a spiritual pneumatikos body sōma. If ei there is eimi a natural psychikos body sōma, there is eimi also kai a spiritual pneumatikos body. 45 So houtōs also kai it is written graphō, “ The ho first prōtos man anthrōpos, Adam Adam, became ginomai a living zaō soul psychē.” The ho last eschatos Adam Adam became a life-giving zōiopoieō spirit pneuma. 46 However alla, the ho spiritual pneumatikos did not ou come first prōton, but alla the ho natural psychikos, then epeita the ho spiritual pneumatikos. 47 The ho first prōtos man anthrōpos was of ek the earth gē, made of dust choikos; the ho second deuteros man anthrōpos is of ek heaven ouranos. 48 As was hoios the ho man of dust choikos, so toioutos also kai are those ho who are of dust choikos; and kai as hoios is the ho man of heaven epouranios, so toioutos also kai are those ho who are of heaven epouranios. 49 And kai even as kathōs we have borne phoreō the ho image eikōn of the ho man of dust choikos, let us also kai bear phoreō the ho likeness eikōn of the ho man of heaven epouranios
50 Now de this houtos I declare phēmi, brothers adelphos, that hoti flesh sarx and kai blood haima cannot ou inherit klēronomeō the kingdom basileia of God theos, nor oude does klēronomeō the ho perishable phthora inherit klēronomeō the ho imperishable aphtharsia. 51 Listen idou, I tell legō you hymeis a mystery mystērion: we will not ou all pas die koimaō, but de we will all pas be changed allassō— 52 in en an instant atomos, in en the twinkling rhipē of an eye ophthalmos, at en the ho last eschatos trumpet salpinx. For gar the trumpet will sound salpizō, and kai the ho dead nekros will be raised egeirō imperishable aphthartos, and kai we hēmeis will be changed allassō. 53 For gar this houtos perishable phthartos body must dei · ho put on endyō imperishability aphtharsia, and kai · ho this houtos mortal thnētos body must put on endyō immortality athanasia. 54 So de when hotan · ho this houtos perishable phthartos body puts on endyō imperishability aphtharsia, and kai · ho this houtos mortal thnētos body puts on endyō immortality athanasia, then tote the ho saying logos that ho is written graphō will be fulfilled ginomai: “ Death thanatos has been swallowed katapinō up · ho in eis victory nikos.” 55 “ Where pou, O death thanatos, is your sy · ho victory nikos? Where pou, O death thanatos, is your sy · ho sting kentron?” 56 The ho · de sting kentron of ho death thanatos is · ho sin hamartia, and de the ho power dynamis of ho sin hamartia is the ho law nomos. 57 But de thanks charis be to ho God theos, who ho gives didōmi us hēmeis the ho victory nikos through dia · ho our hēmeis Lord kyrios Jesus Iēsous Christ Christos!
58 So then hōste, my egō dear agapētos brothers adelphos, be ginomai steadfast hedraios, immovable ametakinētos, always pantote abounding perisseuō in en the ho work ergon of the ho Lord kyrios, since you know oida that hoti · ho your hymeis labor kopos is eimi not ou in vain kenos in en the Lord kyrios.
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