1 Corinthians 15:1-22

New American Standard Bible 1995

The Fact of Christ’s Resurrection

15 Now ^(A)I make known to you, brethren, the ^(B)gospel which I preached to you, which also you received, ^(C)in which also you stand, ² by which also you are saved, ^(D)if you hold fast ^[a]the word which I preached to you, ^(E)unless you believed in vain.

³ For ^(F)I delivered to you ^[b]as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died ^(G)for our sins ^(H)according to the Scriptures, ⁴ and that He was buried, and that He was ^(I)raised on the third day ^(J)according to the Scriptures, ⁵ and that ^(K)He appeared to ^(L)Cephas, then ^(M)to the twelve. ⁶ After that He appeared to more than five hundred brethren at one time, most of whom remain until now, but some ^(N)have fallen asleep; ⁷ then He appeared to ^[c](O)James, then to ^(P)all the apostles; ⁸ and last of all, as ^[d]to one untimely born, ^(Q)He appeared to me also. ⁹ For I am ^(R)the least of the apostles, ^[e]and not fit to be called an apostle, because I ^(S)persecuted the church of God. ¹⁰ But by ^(T)the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me did not prove vain; but I ^(U)labored even more than all of them, yet ^(V)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 ^(W)is no resurrection of the dead? ¹³ But if there is no resurrection of the dead, not even Christ has been raised; ¹⁴ and ^(X)if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is vain, your faith also is vain. ¹⁵ Moreover we are even found to be false witnesses of God, because we testified ^[f]against God that He ^(Y)raised ^[g]Christ, whom He did not raise, if in fact 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 worthless; ^(Z)you are still in your sins. ¹⁸ Then those also who ^(AA)have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. ¹⁹ If we have hoped in Christ in this life only, we are ^(AB)of all men most to be pitied.

The Order of Resurrection

²⁰ But now Christ ^(AC)has been raised from the dead, the ^(AD)first fruits of those who ^(AE)are asleep. ²¹ For since ^(AF)by a man came death, by a man also came the resurrection of the dead. ²² For ^(AG)as in Adam all die, so also in ^[h]Christ all will be made alive.