1 Cô-rinh-tô 15
New Vietnamese Bible
Sự Phục Sinh
15 Thưa anh chị em, nay tôi muốn nhắc nhở anh chị em Phúc Âm mà tôi đã truyền giảng, và anh chị em đã nhận cũng như đứng vững trong Phúc Âm ấy. 2 Nhờ Phúc Âm ấy anh chị em được cứu rỗi nếu anh chị em giữ vững đạo mà tôi đã truyền cho, nếu không anh chị em dù đã tin cũng vô ích.
3 Vì trước hết, tôi truyền lại cho anh chị em điều chính tôi đã nhận lãnh, ấy là Chúa Cứu Thế đã chết vì tội lỗi chúng ta như lời Kinh Thánh. 4 Ngài được chôn và đến ngày thứ ba Ngài sống lại đúng như lời Kinh Thánh. 5 Ngài đã hiện ra cho Phê-rơ, rồi cũng hiện ra cho nhóm mười hai sứ đồ. 6 Sau đó Ngài hiện ra cùng một lúc cho hơn năm trăm anh chị em mà phần lớn vẫn còn sống cho đến ngày nay, nhưng vài người đã chết. 7 Ngài cũng hiện ra cho Gia-cơ và tất cả các sứ đồ. 8 Sau cùng, Ngài cũng hiện ra với tôi, như một hài nhi sanh non.
9 Vì tôi vốn thấp kém nhất trong vòng các sứ đồ; không xứng đáng được gọi là sứ đồ vì tôi đã bắt bớ Hội Thánh của Đức Chúa Trời. 10 Nhưng nhờ ân sủng Đức Chúa Trời tôi được như ngày nay và ơn Ngài ban cho tôi không phải vô ích đâu, trái lại tôi đã làm việc khó nhọc hơn tất cả những người khác. Thật ra không phải chính tôi mà là ân sủng Đức Chúa Trời đã hành động trong tôi. 11 Thế thì, dù tôi hay các sứ đồ, đây là điều chúng tôi đã giảng dạy và điều anh chị em đã tin.
Sự Phục Sinh Của Kẻ Chết
12 Và nếu anh chị em được truyền giảng rằng Đức Chúa Trời đã khiến Chúa Cứu Thế sống lại từ kẻ chết thì sao trong anh chị em có người nói rằng những người chết không sống lại? 13 Nếu những người chết không sống lại thì Chúa Cứu Thế cũng đã không sống lại được. 14 Nếu Chúa Cứu Thế đã không sống lại, thì sứ điệp Phúc Âm mà chúng tôi truyền giảng thành vô ích và đức tin anh chị em cũng vô ích. 15 Hơn nữa, chúng tôi bị coi như những nhân chứng gian dối về Đức Chúa Trời vì chúng tôi đã làm chứng về Đức Chúa Trời rằng: Đức Chúa Trời đã khiến Chúa Cứu Thế sống lại. Nhưng Ngài đã không khiến Chúa Cứu Thế sống lại nếu thật ra người chết không sống lại. 16 Vì nếu người chết không được sống lại thì Chúa Cứu Thế không sống lại được. 17 Nếu Chúa Cứu Thế không sống lại thì đức tin anh chị em là vô ích, anh chị em vẫn còn ở trong tội lỗi mình. 18 Và như thế những tín hữu đã qua đời trong Chúa Cứu Thế đều bị hư mất. 19 Nếu hy vọng của chúng ta trong Chúa Cứu Thế chỉ về đời này mà thôi thì chúng ta là những kẻ đáng thương hại hơn hết trong tất cả mọi người.
20 Nhưng giờ đây Chúa Cứu Thế đã sống lại từ kẻ chết, là trái đầu mùa của những người đã chết. 21 Vì bởi tại một người mà có sự chết thì cũng bởi một người mà có sự sống lại từ kẻ chết. 22 Vì như trong A-đam tất cả đều phải chết thì trong Chúa Cứu Thế tất cả đều sẽ được sống lại. 23 Nhưng mỗi người theo thứ tự riêng; Chúa Cứu Thế là trái đầu mùa, rồi đến những người thuộc về Chúa Cứu Thế khi Ngài quang lâm. 24 Kế đến là tận thế, sau khi tiêu diệt tất cả các giới cai trị, mọi uy quyền và thế lực, Ngài sẽ giao Nước Đức Chúa Trời cho Đức Chúa Trời là Đức Chúa Cha. 25 Vì Ngài phải cai trị cho đến khi đặt mọi kẻ thù dưới chân mình, 26 kẻ thù cuối cùng sẽ bị hủy diệt là sự chết. 27 Vì Kinh Thánh chép: “Đức Chúa Trời đã đặt mọi sự dưới chân Ngài.” Khi nói rằng mọi sự quy phục thì rõ ràng là phải trừ ra Đấng đã bắt mọi sự quy phục Ngài. 28 Khi mọi sự đã quy phục Ngài, bấy giờ chính Đức Con cũng sẽ quy phục Đấng đã bắt mọi sự quy phục mình để Đức Chúa Trời là mọi sự cho mọi người.
29 Mặt khác, những người chịu phép báp-tem vì người chết thì sao? Nếu quả thật người chết không sống lại thì tại sao người ta chịu phép báp-tem vì họ? 30 Còn chính chúng tôi đây, tại sao cũng chịu nguy hiểm từng giây phút? 31 Thưa anh chị em, tôi chết từng ngày một. Thật vậy, điều này cũng chắc chắn như điều tôi vẫn hãnh diện về anh chị em trong Chúa Cứu Thế Giê-su, Chúa chúng ta. 32 Nếu nói theo người phàm, tôi chiến đấu với thú dữ tại Ê-phê-sô có ích lợi gì? Nếu người chết không sống lại, thì:
“Chúng ta hãy ăn, uống,
Vì ngày mai chúng ta sẽ chết.”
33 Chớ để bị lừa dối.
“Bạn bè xấu làm hư tính nết tốt.”
34 Hãy bình tâm sáng trí trở lại và đừng phạm tội nữa. Vì cớ một số người không hiểu biết Đức Chúa Trời, tôi nói thế để anh chị em hổ thẹn.
Thân Thể Phục Sinh
35 Có người hỏi: Người chết sống lại bằng cách nào? Họ lấy xác nào mà trở lại? 36 Này người khờ dại. Khi anh chị em gieo hạt, hạt ấy không thể sống nếu không chết đi trước đã. 37 Vật anh gieo xuống, chỉ là hạt lúa mì hay một loại hạt nào khác chứ không phải cả cái cây từ hạt giống mọc lên. 38 Nhưng Đức Chúa Trời ban cho hạt ấy một loại thân như ý Ngài muốn. Mỗi hạt giống có một loại thân riêng. 39 Không phải mọi cơ thể đều giống nhau nhưng cơ thể loài người khác, cơ thể loài súc vật khác, cơ thể loài chim khác, cơ thể loài cá khác. 40 Và có những vật thể thiên thượng cũng như vật thể địa giới, nhưng vinh quang của vật thể thiên thượng khác với vinh quang của vật thể địa giới. 41 Vinh quang của mặt trời khác, vinh quang của mặt trăng khác, vinh quang của tinh tú khác; vinh quang của ngôi sao này với vinh quang của ngôi sao kia cũng khác nhau.
42 Sự sống lại của những kẻ chết cũng như thế. Vật gì khi gieo ra thì hư nát, lúc sống lại không hư nát. 43 Vật gì khi gieo ra thì chịu ô nhục, nhưng sống lại trong vinh quang. Vật gì gieo ra trong yếu đuối, nhưng sống lại trong quyền năng. 44 Khi gieo ra là thân thể phàm tục, lúc sống lại là thân thể thiêng liêng. Nếu có một thân thể phàm tục thì cũng có một thân thể thiêng liêng. 45 Vì Kinh Thánh chép: “Người đầu tiên, A-đam, trở nên một linh hồn sống, còn A-đam cuối cùng trở nên một thần linh ban sự sống.” 46 Nhưng không phải thân thể thiêng liêng có trước mà là thân thể phàm tục, rồi đến thân thể thiêng liêng. 47 Người đầu tiên đến từ đất, là bụi đất. Người thứ hai đến từ trời. 48 Người ra từ đất thể nào, thì những người thuộc về đất cũng thể ấy, còn người đến từ trời thể nào thì những người thuộc về trời cũng thể ấy. 49 Cũng thế, như chúng ta đã mang hình ảnh của người thuộc về bụi đất, chúng ta cũng sẽ mang hình ảnh của người thuộc về trời.
50 Thưa anh chị em, tôi muốn nói thế này: Thể xác và máu không thể thừa hưởng Nước Đức Chúa Trời được. Sự hư nát cũng không thể thừa hưởng sự không hư nát.
51 Này, tôi cho anh chị em biết một sự huyền nhiệm: Không phải tất cả chúng ta đều sẽ ngủ, nhưng tất cả đều sẽ được biến hóa. 52 Trong tích tắc, trong nháy mắt, khi tiếng kèn chót thổi. Vì kèn sẽ thổi lên, những người chết sẽ sống lại không hư nát và chúng ta sẽ được biến hóa. 53 Vì sự hư nát này phải mặc lấy sự không hư nát và sự hay chết sẽ mặc lấy sự bất tử. 54 Vì khi thân hư nát này đã mặc lấy sự không hư nát và thân hay chết này trở nên bất tử, lúc ấy Kinh Thánh sẽ được ứng nghiệm: “Sự chết đã bị tiêu diệt[a] trong chiến thắng!”
55 Hỡi sự chết, chiến thắng của mày ở đâu?
Hỡi sự chết, nọc độc của mày ở đâu?
56 Nọc của sự chết là tội lỗi, sức mạnh của tội lỗi là Kinh Luật. 57 Nhưng tạ ơn Đức Chúa Trời đã ban cho chúng ta chiến thắng nhờ Chúa Cứu Thế Giê-su, Chúa chúng ta.
58 Thế thì, anh chị em yêu dấu của tôi, hãy vững lòng, chớ lay chuyển, hãy luôn luôn hết sức phụng sự Chúa, hãy nhớ rằng công lao của anh chị em vì Chúa không phải là vô ích đâu.
Footnotes
- 15:54 Nt: nuốt
1 Corinthians 15
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. 2 By this gospel you are saved,(C) if you hold firmly(D) to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain.
3 For 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) 4 that he was buried,(I) that he was raised(J) on the third day(K) according to the Scriptures,(L) 5 and that he appeared to Cephas,[b](M) and then to the Twelve.(N) 6 After 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) 7 Then he appeared to James,(P) then to all the apostles,(Q) 8 and last of all he appeared to me also,(R) as to one abnormally born.
9 For 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) 10 But 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) 11 Whether, then, it is I or they,(Z) this is what we preach, and this is what you believed.
The Resurrection of the Dead
12 But if it is preached that Christ has been raised from the dead,(AA) how can some of you say that there is no resurrection(AB) of the dead?(AC) 13 If there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised. 14 And if Christ has not been raised,(AD) our preaching is useless and so is your faith. 15 More than that, we are then found to be false witnesses about God, for we have testified about God that he raised Christ from the dead.(AE) But he did not raise him if in fact the dead are not raised. 16 For if the dead are not raised, then Christ has not been raised either. 17 And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins.(AF) 18 Then those also who have fallen asleep(AG) in Christ are lost. 19 If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied.(AH)
20 But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead,(AI) the firstfruits(AJ) of those who have fallen asleep.(AK) 21 For since death came through a man,(AL) the resurrection of the dead(AM) comes also through a man. 22 For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive.(AN) 23 But each in turn: Christ, the firstfruits;(AO) then, when he comes,(AP) those who belong to him.(AQ) 24 Then the end will come, when he hands over the kingdom(AR) to God the Father after he has destroyed all dominion, authority and power.(AS) 25 For he must reign(AT) until he has put all his enemies under his feet.(AU) 26 The last enemy to be destroyed is death.(AV) 27 For he “has put everything under his feet.”[c](AW) Now when it says that “everything” has been put under him, it is clear that this does not include God himself, who put everything under Christ.(AX) 28 When he has done this, then the Son himself will be made subject to him who put everything under him,(AY) so that God may be all in all.(AZ)
29 Now if there is no resurrection, what will those do who are baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why are people baptized for them? 30 And as for us, why do we endanger ourselves every hour?(BA) 31 I face death every day(BB)—yes, just as surely as I boast about you in Christ Jesus our Lord. 32 If I fought wild beasts(BC) in Ephesus(BD) with no more than human hopes, what have I gained? If the dead are not raised,
33 Do not be misled:(BF) “Bad company corrupts good character.”[e](BG) 34 Come back to your senses as you ought, and stop sinning; for there are some who are ignorant of God(BH)—I say this to your shame.(BI)
The Resurrection Body
35 But someone will ask,(BJ) “How are the dead raised? With what kind of body will they come?”(BK) 36 How foolish!(BL) What you sow does not come to life unless it dies.(BM) 37 When you sow, you do not plant the body that will be, but just a seed, perhaps of wheat or of something else. 38 But God gives it a body as he has determined, and to each kind of seed he gives its own body.(BN) 39 Not all flesh is the same: People have one kind of flesh, animals have another, birds another and fish another. 40 There are also heavenly bodies and there are earthly bodies; but the splendor of the heavenly bodies is one kind, and the splendor of the earthly bodies is another. 41 The sun has one kind of splendor,(BO) the moon another and the stars another;(BP) and star differs from star in splendor.
42 So will it be(BQ) with the resurrection of the dead.(BR) The body that is sown is perishable, it is raised imperishable;(BS) 43 it is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory;(BT) it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power; 44 it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body.(BU)
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”[f];(BV) the last Adam,(BW) a life-giving spirit.(BX) 46 The spiritual did not come first, but the natural, and after that the spiritual.(BY) 47 The first man was of the dust of the earth;(BZ) the second man is of heaven.(CA) 48 As was the earthly man, so are those who are of the earth; and as is the heavenly man, so also are those who are of heaven.(CB) 49 And just as we have borne the image of the earthly man,(CC) so shall we[g] bear the image of the heavenly man.(CD)
50 I declare to you, brothers and sisters, that flesh and blood(CE) cannot inherit the kingdom of God,(CF) nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.(CG) 51 Listen, I tell you a mystery:(CH) We will not all sleep,(CI) but we will all be changed(CJ)— 52 in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound,(CK) the dead(CL) will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. 53 For the perishable(CM) must clothe itself with the imperishable,(CN) and the mortal with immortality. 54 When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come true: “Death has been swallowed up in victory.”[h](CO)
56 The sting of death is sin,(CQ) and the power of sin is the law.(CR) 57 But thanks be to God!(CS) He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.(CT)
58 Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord,(CU) because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.(CV)
Footnotes
- 1 Corinthians 15:3 Or you at the first
- 1 Corinthians 15:5 That is, Peter
- 1 Corinthians 15:27 Psalm 8:6
- 1 Corinthians 15:32 Isaiah 22:13
- 1 Corinthians 15:33 From the Greek poet Menander
- 1 Corinthians 15:45 Gen. 2:7
- 1 Corinthians 15:49 Some early manuscripts so let us
- 1 Corinthians 15:54 Isaiah 25:8
- 1 Corinthians 15:55 Hosea 13:14
1 Corinthians 15
New King James Version
The Risen Christ, Faith’s Reality(A)
15 Moreover, brethren, I declare to you the gospel (B)which I preached to you, which also you received and (C)in which you stand, 2 (D)by which also you are saved, if you hold fast that word which I preached to you—unless (E)you believed in vain.
3 For (F)I delivered to you first of all that (G)which I also received: that Christ died for our sins (H)according to the Scriptures, 4 and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day (I)according to the Scriptures, 5 (J)and that He was seen by [a]Cephas, then (K)by the twelve. 6 After that He was seen by over five hundred brethren at once, of whom the greater part remain to the present, but some have [b]fallen asleep. 7 After that He was seen by James, then (L)by all the apostles. 8 (M)Then last of all He was seen by me also, as by one born out of due time.
9 For I am (N)the least of the apostles, who am not worthy to be called an apostle, because (O)I persecuted the church of God. 10 But (P)by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me was not in vain; but I labored more abundantly than they all, (Q)yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me. 11 Therefore, whether it was I or they, so we preach and so you believed.
The Risen Christ, Our Hope(R)
12 Now if Christ is preached that He has been raised from the dead, how do some among you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? 13 But if there is no resurrection of the dead, (S)then Christ is not risen. 14 And if Christ is not risen, then our preaching is empty and your faith is also empty. 15 Yes, and we are found false witnesses of God, because (T)we have testified of God that He raised up Christ, whom He did not raise up—if in fact the dead do not rise. 16 For if the dead do not rise, then Christ is not risen. 17 And if Christ is not risen, your faith is futile; (U)you are still in your sins! 18 Then also those who have [c]fallen (V)asleep in Christ have perished. 19 (W)If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men the most pitiable.
The Last Enemy Destroyed
20 But now (X)Christ is risen from the dead, and has become (Y)the firstfruits of those who have [d]fallen asleep. 21 For (Z)since by man came death, (AA)by Man also came the resurrection of the dead. 22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ all shall (AB)be made alive. 23 But (AC)each one in his own order: Christ the firstfruits, afterward those who are Christ’s at His coming. 24 Then comes the end, when He delivers (AD)the kingdom to God the Father, when He puts an end to all rule and all authority and power. 25 For He must reign (AE)till He has put all enemies under His feet. 26 (AF)The last enemy that will be destroyed is death. 27 For (AG)“He has put all things under His feet.” But when He says “all things are put under Him,” it is evident that He who put all things under Him is excepted. 28 (AH)Now when all things are made subject to Him, then (AI)the Son Himself will also be subject to Him who put all things under Him, that God may be all in all.
Effects of Denying the Resurrection
29 Otherwise, what will they do who are baptized for the dead, if the dead do not rise at all? Why then are they baptized for the dead? 30 And (AJ)why do we stand in [e]jeopardy every hour? 31 I affirm, by (AK)the boasting in you which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, (AL)I die daily. 32 If, in the manner of men, (AM)I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantage is it to me? If the dead do not rise, (AN)“Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!”
33 Do not be deceived: (AO)“Evil company corrupts good habits.” 34 (AP)Awake to righteousness, and do not sin; (AQ)for some do not have the knowledge of God. (AR)I speak this to your shame.
A Glorious Body
35 But someone will say, (AS)“How are the dead raised up? And with what body do they come?” 36 Foolish one, (AT)what you sow is not made alive unless it dies. 37 And what you sow, you do not sow that body that shall be, but mere grain—perhaps wheat or some other grain. 38 But God gives it a body as He pleases, and to each seed its own body.
39 All flesh is not the same flesh, but there is one kind [f]of flesh of men, another flesh of animals, another of fish, and another of birds.
40 There are also [g]celestial bodies and [h]terrestrial bodies; but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another. 41 There is one glory of the sun, another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for one star differs from another star in glory.
42 (AU)So also is the resurrection of the dead. The body is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruption. 43 (AV)It is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness, it is raised in power. 44 It is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body. 45 And so it is written, (AW)“The first man Adam became a living being.” (AX)The last Adam became (AY)a life-giving spirit.
46 However, the spiritual is not first, but the natural, and afterward the spiritual. 47 (AZ)The first man was of the earth, (BA)made[i] of dust; the second Man is [j]the Lord (BB)from heaven. 48 As was the [k]man of dust, so also are those who are made of dust; (BC)and as is the heavenly Man, so also are those who are heavenly. 49 And (BD)as we have borne the image of the man of dust, (BE)we[l] shall also bear the image of the heavenly Man.
Our Final Victory
50 Now this I say, brethren, that (BF)flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; nor does corruption inherit incorruption. 51 Behold, I tell you a [m]mystery: (BG)We shall not all sleep, (BH)but we shall all be changed— 52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. (BI)For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. 53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and (BJ)this mortal must put on immortality. 54 So when this corruptible has put on incorruption, and this mortal has put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written: (BK)“Death is swallowed up in victory.”
56 The sting of death is sin, and (BM)the strength of sin is the law. 57 (BN)But thanks be to God, who gives us (BO)the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
58 (BP)Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing (BQ)that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.
Footnotes
- 1 Corinthians 15:5 Peter
- 1 Corinthians 15:6 Died
- 1 Corinthians 15:18 Died
- 1 Corinthians 15:20 Died
- 1 Corinthians 15:30 danger
- 1 Corinthians 15:39 NU, M omit of flesh
- 1 Corinthians 15:40 heavenly
- 1 Corinthians 15:40 earthly
- 1 Corinthians 15:47 earthy
- 1 Corinthians 15:47 NU omits the Lord
- 1 Corinthians 15:48 earthy
- 1 Corinthians 15:49 M let us also bear
- 1 Corinthians 15:51 hidden truth
- 1 Corinthians 15:55 NU O Death, where is your victory? O Death, where is your sting?
1 Corinthians 15
King James Version
15 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;
2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.
3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:
5 And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve:
6 After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep.
7 After that, he was seen of James; then of all the apostles.
8 And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time.
9 For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
10 But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
11 Therefore whether it were I or they, so we preach, and so ye believed.
12 Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead?
13 But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen:
14 And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain.
15 Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God; because we have testified of God that he raised up Christ: whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not.
16 For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised:
17 And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins.
18 Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished.
19 If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.
20 But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept.
21 For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead.
22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.
23 But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming.
24 Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power.
25 For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet.
26 The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.
27 For he hath put all things under his feet. But when he saith all things are put under him, it is manifest that he is excepted, which did put all things under him.
28 And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all.
29 Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? why are they then baptized for the dead?
30 And why stand we in jeopardy every hour?
31 I protest by your rejoicing which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily.
32 If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if the dead rise not? let us eat and drink; for to morrow we die.
33 Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
34 Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame.
35 But some man will say, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come?
36 Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die:
37 And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain:
38 But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body.
39 All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and another of birds.
40 There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another.
41 There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars: for one star differeth from another star in glory.
42 So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption:
43 It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power:
44 It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.
45 And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.
46 Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual.
47 The first man is of the earth, earthy; the second man is the Lord from heaven.
48 As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly.
49 And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.
50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.
51 Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
54 So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.
55 O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?
56 The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.
57 But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
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