1 Corinthians 14:25-15:24

English Standard Version

^25 (A)the secrets of his heart are disclosed, and so, ^(B)falling on his face, he will worship God and ^(C)declare that God is really among you.

Orderly Worship

²⁶ What then, brothers? When you come together, each one has ^(D)a hymn, ^(E)a lesson, ^(F)a revelation, ^(G)a tongue, or ^(H)an interpretation. ^(I)Let all things be done for building up. ²⁷ If any speak in ^(J)a tongue, let there be only two or at most three, and each in turn, and let someone interpret. ²⁸ But if there is no one to interpret, let each of them keep silent in church and speak to himself and to God. ²⁹ Let two or three prophets speak, and let the others ^(K)weigh what is said. ³⁰ If a revelation is made to another sitting there, ^(L)let the first be silent. ³¹ For you can all prophesy one by one, so that all may learn and all be encouraged, ³² and the spirits of prophets are subject to prophets. ³³ For God is not a God of ^(M)confusion but of peace.

As in ^(N)all the churches of the saints, ^34 (O)the women should keep silent in the churches. For they are not permitted to speak, but ^(P)should be in submission, as ^(Q)the Law also says. ³⁵ If there is anything they desire to learn, let them ask their husbands at home. For it is shameful for a woman to speak in church.

³⁶ Or was it from you that the word of God came? Or are you the only ones it has reached? ^37 (R)If anyone thinks that he is a prophet, or spiritual, he should acknowledge that the things I am writing to you are a command of the Lord. ³⁸ If anyone does not recognize this, he is not recognized. ³⁹ So, my brothers, ^(S)earnestly desire to prophesy, and do not forbid speaking in tongues. ^40 (T)But all things should be done decently and ^(U)in order.

The Resurrection of Christ

15 Now I would remind you, brothers,^[a] of the gospel ^(V)I preached to you, which you received, ^(W)in which you stand, ² and by which ^(X)you are being saved, if you ^(Y)hold fast to the word I preached to you—^(Z)unless you believed in vain.

³ For ^(AA)I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died ^(AB)for our sins ^(AC)in accordance with the Scriptures, ⁴ that he was buried, that he was raised ^(AD)on the third day ^(AE)in accordance with the Scriptures, ⁵ and that ^(AF)he appeared to Cephas, then ^(AG)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 ^(AH)James, then ^(AI)to all the apostles. ⁸ Last of all, as to one untimely born, ^(AJ)he appeared also to me. ⁹ For ^(AK)I am the least of the apostles, unworthy to be called an apostle, because ^(AL)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, ^(AM)I worked harder than any of them, ^(AN)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, ^(AO)how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? ¹³ But if there is no resurrection of the dead, ^(AP)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 ^(AQ)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 ^(AR)you are still in your sins. ¹⁸ Then those also who ^(AS)have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. ¹⁹ If in Christ we have hope^[b] in this life only, ^(AT)we are of all people most to be pitied.

²⁰ But in fact ^(AU)Christ has been raised from the dead, ^(AV)the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. ²¹ For as ^(AW)by a man came death, ^(AX)by a man has come also the resurrection of the dead. ²² For ^(AY)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 ^(AZ)at his coming ^(BA)those who belong to Christ. ²⁴ Then comes the end, when he delivers ^(BB)the kingdom to God the Father after destroying ^(BC)every rule and every authority and power.