1 Corinthians 15:1-11

New International Version

The Resurrection of Christ

15 Now, 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.

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Footnotes

1 Corinthians 15:3 Or you at the first
1 Corinthians 15:5 That is, Peter

Isaiah 52:13-53:12

New International Version

The Suffering and Glory of the Servant

¹³See, my servant^(A) will act wisely^[a];
    he will be raised and lifted up and highly exalted.^(B)
¹⁴Just as there were many who were appalled^(C) at him^[b]—
    his appearance was so disfigured^(D) beyond that of any human being
    and his form marred beyond human likeness^(E)—
¹⁵so he will sprinkle^(F) many nations,^[c]
    and kings^(G) will shut their mouths^(H) because of him.
For what they were not told, they will see,
    and what they have not heard, they will understand.^(I)

53 Who has believed our message^(J)
    and to whom has the arm^(K) of the Lord been revealed?^(L)
²He grew up before him like a tender shoot,^(M)
    and like a root^(N) out of dry ground.
He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him,
    nothing in his appearance^(O) that we should desire him.
³He was despised and rejected by mankind,
    a man of suffering,^(P) and familiar with pain.^(Q)
Like one from whom people hide^(R) their faces
    he was despised,^(S) and we held him in low esteem.

⁴Surely he took up our pain
    and bore our suffering,^(T)
yet we considered him punished by God,^(U)
    stricken by him, and afflicted.^(V)
⁵But he was pierced^(W) for our transgressions,^(X)
    he was crushed^(Y) for our iniquities;
the punishment^(Z) that brought us peace^(AA) was on him,
    and by his wounds^(AB) we are healed.^(AC)
⁶We all, like sheep, have gone astray,^(AD)
    each of us has turned to our own way;^(AE)
and the Lord has laid on him
    the iniquity^(AF) of us all.

⁷He was oppressed^(AG) and afflicted,
    yet he did not open his mouth;^(AH)
he was led like a lamb^(AI) to the slaughter,^(AJ)
    and as a sheep before its shearers is silent,
    so he did not open his mouth.
⁸By oppression^[d] and judgment^(AK) he was taken away.
    Yet who of his generation protested?
For he was cut off from the land of the living;^(AL)
    for the transgression^(AM) of my people he was punished.^[e]
⁹He was assigned a grave with the wicked,^(AN)
    and with the rich^(AO) in his death,
though he had done no violence,^(AP)
    nor was any deceit in his mouth.^(AQ)

¹⁰Yet it was the Lord’s will^(AR) to crush^(AS) him and cause him to suffer,^(AT)
    and though the Lord makes^[f] his life an offering for sin,^(AU)
he will see his offspring^(AV) and prolong his days,
    and the will of the Lord will prosper^(AW) in his hand.
¹¹After he has suffered,^(AX)
    he will see the light^(AY) of life^[g] and be satisfied^[h];
by his knowledge^[i] my righteous servant^(AZ) will justify^(BA) many,
    and he will bear their iniquities.^(BB)
¹²Therefore I will give him a portion among the great,^[j]^(BC)
    and he will divide the spoils^(BD) with the strong,^[k]
because he poured out his life unto death,^(BE)
    and was numbered with the transgressors.^(BF)
For he bore^(BG) the sin of many,^(BH)
    and made intercession^(BI) for the transgressors.

Footnotes

Isaiah 52:13 Or will prosper
Isaiah 52:14 Hebrew you
Isaiah 52:15 Or so will many nations be amazed at him (see also Septuagint)
Isaiah 53:8 Or From arrest
Isaiah 53:8 Or generation considered / that he was cut off from the land of the living, / that he was punished for the transgression of my people?
Isaiah 53:10 Hebrew though you make
Isaiah 53:11 Dead Sea Scrolls (see also Septuagint); Masoretic Text does not have the light of life.
Isaiah 53:11 Or (with Masoretic Text) ¹¹He will see the fruit of his suffering / and will be satisfied
Isaiah 53:11 Or by knowledge of him
Isaiah 53:12 Or many
Isaiah 53:12 Or numerous