ULT 1COR Chapter 15

15 Now I make known to you, brothers, the gospel that I proclaimed to you, which also you received, on which also you stand, 2 by which also you are being saved, if you hold firmly to what word I proclaimed to you, unless you believed in vain. 3 For I delivered to you among the first what I also received—that Christ died for our sins, according to the Scriptures, 4 and that he was buried, and that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, 5 and that he was seen by Cephas, then by the Twelve. 6 Then he was seen by more than 500 brothers at once, most of whom remain until now, but some have fallen asleep. 7 Then he was seen by James, then by all the apostles. 8 Now last of all, he was seen by me also, as if to a child born at the wrong time. 9 For I am the least of the apostles, who am not worthy 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 that was in me was not in vain. Instead, I labored harder than all of them, yet not I, but the grace of God with me. 11 Therefore, whether I or they, in this way we preach, and in this way you believed.

12 Now if Christ is proclaimed, that he was 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, not even Christ has been raised; 14 but if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain, and your faith is in vain. 15 But also, we are found to be false witnesses of God, because we testified concerning God that he raised Christ, whom he has not raised, if then the dead are not raised. 16 For if the dead are not raised, not even Christ has been raised; 17 but if Christ has not been raised, your faith is in vain; you are still in your sins. 18 Then also the ones having fallen asleep in Christ perished. 19 If only in this life we have hope in Christ, of all people we are most pitiful.

20 But now Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of the ones having fallen asleep. 21 For since death is by a man, by a man also resurrection of the dead. 22 For even as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive. 23 But each in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; then at his coming, the ones of Christ. 24 Then will be the end, when he hands over the kingdom to the God and Father, when he has abolished all rule and all authority and power. 25 For he must reign until he has put all the enemies under his feet. 26 The last enemy to be abolished: death. 27 For “he has put everything under his feet.” But when it says, “he has put everything,” it is clear that the one having put everything in subjection to him is excepted. 28 Now when all the things have been subjected to him, then the Son himself will also be subjected to the one having subjected all the things to him, so that God might be all in all.

29 Otherwise, what will the ones being baptized for the dead do? If the dead are not raised at all, why then are they baptized for them? 30 Why also are we in danger every hour? 31 I die every day, by the boasting in you, brothers, which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord. 32 What is the profit to me, according to men, if I fought wild beasts at Ephesus? if the dead are not raised, “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.” 33 Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good morals.” 34 Be sober, as is right! And do not keep sinning. For some have no knowledge of God—I say this to your shame.

35 But someone will say, “How are the dead raised, and with what kind of body do they come?” 36 You foolish one! What you sow is not caused to live unless it dies. 37 And what you sow, you do not sow the body that will be, but a bare seed—perhaps wheat or something else. 38 But God gives it a body just as he desires, and to each of the seeds, its own body. 39 Not all flesh is the same flesh. Instead, there is one flesh of men, and another flesh of animals, and another flesh of birds, and another of fish. 40 There are also heavenly bodies and earthly bodies. But the glory of the heavenly is one, and that of the earthly is another. 41 There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars. For star differs from star in glory. 42 So also is the resurrection of the dead. What is sown in decay is raised in immortality. 43 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. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body. 45 So also it is written, “The first man Adam became a living soul.” The last Adam is a life-giving spirit. 46 But the spiritual is not first, but the natural, then the spiritual. 47 The first man is of the earth, made of dust. The second man is from heaven. 48 As the earthly, so also are the ones of earth; and as the heavenly, so also are the ones of heaven. 49 And just as we have borne the image of the earthly, let us also bear[fn] the image of the heavenly.

50 Now this I say, brothers, that flesh and blood are not able to inherit the kingdom of God. Neither does the perishable inherit the imperishable. 51 Behold! I tell you a mystery: We will not all fall asleep, but we will all be changed—52 in an instant, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For a trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. 53 For it is necessary for this perishable to put on incorruptibility, and this mortal to put on immortality. 54 But when this perishable has put on incorruptibility, and this mortal has put on immortality, then will come about the word that is written,

“Death is swallowed up in victory.”

55 “Death, where is your victory?

Death, where is your sting?”

56 But the sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. 57 But thanks be to God, the one giving us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ! 58 Therefore, my beloved brothers, become steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

Instead of let us also bear, some ancient manuscripts read we will also bear.

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