New Testament in a Year

The Resurrection of Christ

15 Now ^(A)I make known to you, brothers, the ^(B)gospel which I proclaimed as good news 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 proclaimed to you as good news, ^(E)unless you believed for nothing.

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 brothers at one time, most of whom remain until now, but some ^(N)have fallen asleep. ⁷ After that, 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 worthy 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.

The Resurrection of the Dead

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 bore witness ^[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.

²⁰ But now Christ ^(AC)has been raised from the dead, the ^(AD)first fruits of those who have ^(AE)fallen 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. ²³ But each in his own order: Christ ^(AH)the first fruits, after that ^(AI)those who are Christ’s at ^(AJ)His coming. ²⁴ Then comes the end, when He hands over ^(AK)the kingdom to the ^(AL)God and Father, when He has abolished ^(AM)all rule and all authority and power. ²⁵ For He must reign ^(AN)until He has put all His enemies under His feet. ²⁶ The last enemy to be ^(AO)abolished is death. ²⁷ For ^(AP)He has put all things in subjection under His feet. But when He says, “^(AQ)All things are put in subjection,” it is evident that He is excepted who put all things in subjection to Him. ²⁸ And when ^(AR)all things are subjected to Him, then the Son Himself also will be subjected to the One who subjected all things to Him, so that ^(AS)God may be all in all.