1 Corinthians 15

Wycliffe Bible

15 Soothly, brethren, I make the gospel known to you, which I have preached to you, which also ye have taken, in which [and] ye stand,

² by which also ye shall be saved [by which and ye be saved]; by which reason I have preached to you, if ye hold, if ye have not believed idly.

³ For I betook to you at the beginning that thing which also I have received; that Christ was dead for our sins, by the scriptures;^[a]

⁴ and that he was buried, and that he rose again in the third day, after [the] scriptures;

⁵ and that he was seen to Cephas, and after these things to eleven;

⁶ afterward he was seen to more than five hundred brethren together, of which many live yet, but some be dead^[b];

⁷ afterward he was seen to James, and afterward to all the apostles.

⁸ And last of all he was seen also to me, as to a dead born child [as to a mis-born child].

⁹ For I am the least of the apostles, that am not worthy to be called apostle, for I pursued the church of God.

¹⁰ But by the grace of God I am that thing that I am; and his grace was not void in me [and his grace was not void, or idle, in me]. For I travailed more plenteously than all they [But I travailed more plenteously than all they]; but not I, but the grace of God with me.

¹¹ But whether I, or they, so we have preached, and so ye have believed.

¹² And if Christ is preached, that he rose again from death [from dead], how say some men among you [how say some in you], that the again-rising of dead men is not?

¹³ And if the again-rising of dead men is not, neither Christ rose again from death [neither Christ rose again].

¹⁴ And if Christ rose not, our preaching is vain, our faith is vain.

¹⁵ [Forsooth] And we be found false witnesses of God, for we have said witnessing against God, that he raised Christ, whom he raised not, if dead men rise not again.

¹⁶ For why if dead men rise not again, neither Christ rose again;

¹⁷ and if Christ rose not again, our faith is vain; and yet ye be in your sins.

¹⁸ And then they that have died in Christ, have perished. [Therefore and they that slept, or died, in Christ, have perished.]

¹⁹ If in this life only we be hoping in Christ, we be more wretches than all men.

²⁰ But now Christ hath risen again from death, the first fruit of dead men; [Now forsooth Christ rose again, from dead, the first fruits of sleeping men;]

²¹ for death was by a man, and by a man is again-rising from death. [for soothly by a man death, and by a man again-rising of dead.]

²² And as in Adam all men die, so [and] in Christ all men shall be quickened.

²³ But each man in his order; the first fruit, Christ [first fruits, Christ], afterward they that be of Christ, that believed in the coming of Christ;

²⁴ afterward an end, when he shall betake the kingdom to God and to the Father, when he shall void all princehood, and power, and virtue.

²⁵ But it behooveth him to reign, till he put all his enemies under his feet.

²⁶ And at the last, death the enemy shall be destroyed; [Forsooth at the last, the enemy death shall be destroyed;]

²⁷ for he hath made subject all things under his feet. And when he saith, all things be subject to him, without doubt except him that subjected all things to him.

²⁸ And when all things [shall] be subjected to him, then the Son himself shall be subject to him, that made all things subject to him [that subjected all things to him], that God be all things in all things.

²⁹ Else what shall they do, that be baptized for dead men, if in no wise dead men rise again [if in all manner dead men rise not again]? whereto [also] be they baptized for them?

³⁰ And whereto be we in peril every hour?

³¹ Each day I die for your glory, brethren, which glory I have in Christ Jesus our Lord.

³² If after man I have fought to beasts at Ephesus [If after man I have fought to beasts, or against beasts, at Ephesus], what profiteth it to me, if dead men rise not again? Eat we, and drink we, for we shall die to morrow [Eat we, and drink we, to morrow forsooth we shall die].

³³ Do not ye be deceived; for evil speeches destroy good conduct. [Do not ye be deceived; forsooth evil speeches corrupt, or destroy, good conduct, or virtues.]

³⁴ Awake ye, just men, and do not ye do sin; for some men have ignorance of God, but to reverence I speak to you. [Wake ye, just, and do not ye sin; forsooth some have ignorance of God, to reverence I speak to you.]

³⁵ But some man saith, How shall dead men rise again, or in what manner body shall they come?

³⁶ [O!] unwise man, that thing that thou sowest, is not quickened, but it die first;

³⁷ and that thing that thou sowest, thou sowest not the body that is to come, but a naked corn, as of wheat, or of some other seeds;

³⁸ and God giveth to it a body, as he will, and to each of seeds a proper body.

³⁹ Not each flesh is the same flesh, but one is of men, another is of beasts, another is of birds, another is of fishes.

⁴⁰ And there be heavenly bodies, and there be earthly bodies [and earthly bodies]; but one glory is of heavenly bodies, and another is of earthly [bodies].

⁴¹ Another clearness is of the sun, another clearness is of the moon, and another clearness is of the stars; and a star diverseth from a star in clearness [forsooth a star diverseth from a star in clearness].

⁴² And so the again-rising of dead men. It is sown in corruption, it shall rise in uncorruption;

⁴³ it is sown in unnobleness [it is sown in unnobility], it shall rise in glory; it is sown in infirmity, it shall rise in virtue;

⁴⁴ it is sown a beastly body, it shall rise a spiritual body. If there is a beastly body, there is also a spiritual body;

⁴⁵ as it is written, The first man Adam was made into a soul living, the last Adam into a spirit quickening.

⁴⁶ But the first is not that that is spiritual [But not first was that body that is spiritual], but that that is beast-like, afterward that that is spiritual.

⁴⁷ The first man of earth is earthly; the second man of heaven is heavenly [the second man of heaven is heaven-like].

⁴⁸ Such as the earthly man is, such be [and] the earthly men; and such as the heavenly man is, such be also the heavenly men.

⁴⁹ Therefore as we have borne the image of the earthly man, bear we also the image of the heavenly man [bear we and the image of the heavenly].

⁵⁰ Brethren, I say this thing, that flesh and blood be not able to wield the kingdom of God, neither corruption shall wield uncorruption. [Brethren, I say this thing, that flesh and blood may not wield the kingdom of God, neither corruption shall wield incorruption.]

⁵¹ Lo! I say to you private of holy things [Lo! I say to you mystery, or private, of holy things]. And all we shall rise again, but not all we shall be changed;

⁵² in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, in the last trump; for the trumpet shall sound, and dead men shall rise again, without corruption [forsooth the trump shall sing, and dead men shall rise again, incorrupt], and we shall be changed.

⁵³ For it behooveth this corruptible thing to clothe uncorruption, and this deadly thing to put away undeadliness. [For it behooveth this corruptible thing for to clothe incorruption, and this deadly thing for to cloth undeadliness.]

⁵⁴ But when this deadly thing shall clothe undeadliness, then shall the word be done, that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory^[c].

⁵⁵ Death, where is thy victory? Death, where is thy prick?

⁵⁶ But the prick of death is sin; and the virtue of sin is the law.

⁵⁷ But do we thankings to God [Forsooth thankings to God], that gave to us victory by our Lord Jesus Christ.

⁵⁸ Therefore, my dear-worthy brethren, be ye steadfast, and unmoveable, being plenteous in work of the Lord, evermore witting that your travail is not idle in the Lord.