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3 For I gave to you first, what I also received: that Christ died on behalf of our sins according to the Scriptures;
4 and that he was buried, and that he has been raised up on the third day according to the Scriptures.
5 And that he appeared to Cephas; then to the twelve; 6 thereafter he was seen by over five hundred brethren at once, out of whom most remain until now, but some have also fallen-asleep; 7 thereafter he was seen by James; thereafter by all the apostles; 8 and last of all, like to the premature-baby, he was seen also to me. 9 For I am the least of the apostles, who is not sufficient to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the congregation* of believers of God. 10 But I am what I am by the grace of God and his grace toward me has not become empty, but I labored even-more than they all did; but not I, but the grace of God which was together with me. 11 Therefore whether it is I, or it is those men, so we preach and so you believed.
12 Now if Christ is preached that he has been raised up from the dead, how are some among you saying that there is no resurrection of the dead? 13 But if there is no resurrection of the dead, not even Christ has been raised up; 14 and if Christ has not been raised up, consequently, our preaching is empty, your faith is also empty. 15 Now, we are also found to be false witnesses of God, because we testified against God in saying that he raised the Christ up; whom consequently, he did not raise up, if indeed the dead are not raised up. 16 For if the dead are not raised up, not even Christ has been raised up; 17 and if Christ has not been raised up, your faith is futile. You are still in your sins. 18 Consequently, also those who have fallen-asleep in Christ have perished. 19 If we have hoped in Christ in this life only, we are the most pitiful of all men.
20 But now Christ has been raised up from the dead, he became the first-fruit of those who have fallen-asleep. 21 For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead also came through a man. 22 For just-as all die in Adam, so all will also be given-life in Christ. 23 But each in his own order: Christ the first-fruit; thereafter those who are Christ’s in his presence. 24 Thereafter is the end, whenever he gives up the kingdom to the God and Father; whenever he does-away-with all rule and all authority and power. 25 For it is essential for him to reign, till whenever, he should place all his enemies under his feet. 26 The last enemy done-away-with is death. 27 For he has made all things subject under his feet. But whenever he says, All things are made subject, it is evident that it is all things unless it is the one who has subjected all things to him. 28 But whenever all things have been subjected to him, then the Son himself will also be subjected to the one who did subject all things to him, in order that God may be all in all.
29 Otherwise what will they do who are immersed on behalf of the dead? If the dead are not literally raised up, why then are they immersed on behalf of the dead? 30 Why are we also in peril every hour? 31 I die every day by my boasting of you, which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord. 32 If I quarreled with beasts in Ephesus according to the manner of man, what is the profit to me? If the dead are not raised up, ‘We should eat and drink, for the next-day we die.’ 33 Do not be misled: evil associations corrupt virtuous morals.
34 Be righteously sober and do not sin; for some have ignorance of God. I say this to shame you.
35 But someone will say, How are the dead raised up and with what manner of body do they come? 36 You fool, what you sow is not given-life if it does not die; 37 and what you sow, you do not sow the body that will become, but a naked kernel, it may be of wheat or anyone of the rest of the grains; 38 but God gives it a body just-as he wills and to each seed a body of its own.
39 All flesh is not the same flesh, but there is one flesh of men and another flesh of animals and another of birds and another of fish 40 and heavenly bodies and earthly bodies, (but the glory of the heavenly is indeed different, and the glory of the earthly is different). 41 One glory is of the sun and another glory is of the moon and another glory is of the stars; for one star carries more-value in glory than that of another star.
42 So also is the resurrection of the dead. If it is sown in corruption; it is raised up in incorruption. 43 It is sown in dishonor; it is raised up in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised up in power. 44 It is sown a physical body; it is raised up a spiritual body. If there is a physical body, there is also a spiritual body. 45 So also it has been written, ‘The first man Adam became a living soul.’The last Adam is giving-life for our spirit. 46 But the spiritual was not first, but the physical, and thereafter the spiritual. 47 The first man is out of the earth, the terrestrial; the second man, the Lord, is out of heaven. 48 Such-as is the terrestrial, such also are the terrestrial and such-as is the heavenly, such also are the heavenly. 49 And just-as we have worn the image of the terrestrial, we should also wear the image of the heavenly. 50 Now brethren, I say this, that flesh and blood is not able to inherit the kingdom of God; neither is corruption inheriting incorruption.
51 Behold, I tell you a mystery, We indeed will not all be falling-asleep, but we will all be changed, 52 in the briefest moment, in the blink of an eye, at the last trumpet; for the last trumpet will sound and the dead will be raised up incorruptible and we will be changed. 53 For it is essential this corruptible body to be clothed with incorruption and this mortal body to be clothed with immortality. 54 But whenever this corruptible body has been clothed with incorruption and whenever this mortal has been clothed with immortality, then the word that has been written will become so, Death is swallowed up in victory. 55 O death, where is your sting? O Hades, where is your victory? 56 The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law; 57 but gratitude to God, who is giving us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. 58 So-then my beloved brethren, become grounded, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not empty in the Lord.
5 And that he appeared to Cephas; then to the twelve; 6 thereafter he was seen by over five hundred brethren at once, out of whom most remain until now, but some have also fallen-asleep; 7 thereafter he was seen by James; thereafter by all the apostles; 8 and last of all, like to the premature-baby, he was seen also to me. 9 For I am the least of the apostles, who is not sufficient to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the congregation* of believers of God. 10 But I am what I am by the grace of God and his grace toward me has not become empty, but I labored even-more than they all did; but not I, but the grace of God which was together with me. 11 Therefore whether it is I, or it is those men, so we preach and so you believed.
12 Now if Christ is preached that he has been raised up from the dead, how are some among you saying that there is no resurrection of the dead? 13 But if there is no resurrection of the dead, not even Christ has been raised up; 14 and if Christ has not been raised up, consequently, our preaching is empty, your faith is also empty. 15 Now, we are also found to be false witnesses of God, because we testified against God in saying that he raised the Christ up; whom consequently, he did not raise up, if indeed the dead are not raised up. 16 For if the dead are not raised up, not even Christ has been raised up; 17 and if Christ has not been raised up, your faith is futile. You are still in your sins. 18 Consequently, also those who have fallen-asleep in Christ have perished. 19 If we have hoped in Christ in this life only, we are the most pitiful of all men.
20 But now Christ has been raised up from the dead, he became the first-fruit of those who have fallen-asleep. 21 For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead also came through a man. 22 For just-as all die in Adam, so all will also be given-life in Christ. 23 But each in his own order: Christ the first-fruit; thereafter those who are Christ’s in his presence. 24 Thereafter is the end, whenever he gives up the kingdom to the God and Father; whenever he does-away-with all rule and all authority and power. 25 For it is essential for him to reign, till whenever, he should place all his enemies under his feet. 26 The last enemy done-away-with is death. 27 For he has made all things subject under his feet. But whenever he says, All things are made subject, it is evident that it is all things unless it is the one who has subjected all things to him. 28 But whenever all things have been subjected to him, then the Son himself will also be subjected to the one who did subject all things to him, in order that God may be all in all.
29 Otherwise what will they do who are immersed on behalf of the dead? If the dead are not literally raised up, why then are they immersed on behalf of the dead? 30 Why are we also in peril every hour? 31 I die every day by my boasting of you, which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord. 32 If I quarreled with beasts in Ephesus according to the manner of man, what is the profit to me? If the dead are not raised up, ‘We should eat and drink, for the next-day we die.’ 33 Do not be misled: evil associations corrupt virtuous morals.
34 Be righteously sober and do not sin; for some have ignorance of God. I say this to shame you.
35 But someone will say, How are the dead raised up and with what manner of body do they come? 36 You fool, what you sow is not given-life if it does not die; 37 and what you sow, you do not sow the body that will become, but a naked kernel, it may be of wheat or anyone of the rest of the grains; 38 but God gives it a body just-as he wills and to each seed a body of its own.
39 All flesh is not the same flesh, but there is one flesh of men and another flesh of animals and another of birds and another of fish 40 and heavenly bodies and earthly bodies, (but the glory of the heavenly is indeed different, and the glory of the earthly is different). 41 One glory is of the sun and another glory is of the moon and another glory is of the stars; for one star carries more-value in glory than that of another star.
42 So also is the resurrection of the dead. If it is sown in corruption; it is raised up in incorruption. 43 It is sown in dishonor; it is raised up in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised up in power. 44 It is sown a physical body; it is raised up a spiritual body. If there is a physical body, there is also a spiritual body. 45 So also it has been written, ‘The first man Adam became a living soul.’The last Adam is giving-life for our spirit. 46 But the spiritual was not first, but the physical, and thereafter the spiritual. 47 The first man is out of the earth, the terrestrial; the second man, the Lord, is out of heaven. 48 Such-as is the terrestrial, such also are the terrestrial and such-as is the heavenly, such also are the heavenly. 49 And just-as we have worn the image of the terrestrial, we should also wear the image of the heavenly. 50 Now brethren, I say this, that flesh and blood is not able to inherit the kingdom of God; neither is corruption inheriting incorruption.
51 Behold, I tell you a mystery, We indeed will not all be falling-asleep, but we will all be changed, 52 in the briefest moment, in the blink of an eye, at the last trumpet; for the last trumpet will sound and the dead will be raised up incorruptible and we will be changed. 53 For it is essential this corruptible body to be clothed with incorruption and this mortal body to be clothed with immortality. 54 But whenever this corruptible body has been clothed with incorruption and whenever this mortal has been clothed with immortality, then the word that has been written will become so, Death is swallowed up in victory. 55 O death, where is your sting? O Hades, where is your victory? 56 The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law; 57 but gratitude to God, who is giving us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. 58 So-then my beloved brethren, become grounded, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not empty in the Lord.