1 Corinthians 15
1 Moreouer brethren, I declare vnto you the Gospel, which I preached vnto you, which ye haue also receiued, and wherein ye continue,
But let me recall to you, brethren, the Good News which I brought you, which you accepted, and on which you are standing,
2 And whereby ye are saued, if ye keepe in memorie, after what maner I preached it vnto you, except ye haue beleeued in vaine.
through which also you are obtaining salvation, if you bear in mind the words in which I proclaimed it--unless indeed your faith has been unreal from the very first.
3 For first of all, I deliuered vnto you that which I receiued, how that Christ died for our sinnes, according to the Scriptures,
For I repeated to you the all-important fact which also I had been taught, that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures;
4 And that he was buried, and that he arose the third day, according to the Scriptures,
that He was buried; that He rose to life again on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures,
5 And that he was seene of Cephas, then of the twelue.
and was seen by Peter, and then by the Twelve.
6 After that, he was seene of more then fiue hudreth brethren at once: whereof many remaine vnto this present, and some also are asleepe.
Afterwards He was seen by more than five hundred brethren at once, most of whom are still alive, although some of them have now fallen asleep.
7 After that, he was seene of Iames: then of all the Apostles.
Afterwards He was seen by James, and then by all the Apostles.
8 And last of all he was seene also of me, as of one borne out of due time.
And last of all, as to one of untimely birth, He appeared to me also.
9 For I am the least of the Apostles, which am not meete to be called an Apostle, because I persecuted the Church of God.
For I am the least of the Apostles, and am not fit to be called an Apostle--because I persecuted the Church of God.
10 But by the grace of God, I am that I am: and his grace which is in me, was not in vaine: but I laboured more aboundantly then they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which is with me.
But what I am I am by the grace of God, and His grace bestowed upon me did not prove ineffectual. But I labored more strenuously than all the rest--yet it was not I, but God's grace working with me.
11 Wherefore, whether it were I, or they, so we preach, and so haue ye beleeued.
But whether it is I or they, this is the way we preach and the way that you came to believe.
12 Now if it be preached, that Christ is risen from the dead, how say some among you, that there is no resurrection of the dead?
But if Christ is preached as having risen from the dead, how is it that some of you say that there is no such thing as a resurrection of the dead?
13 For if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen:
If there is no such thing as a resurrection of the dead, then Christ Himself has not risen to life.
14 And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vaine, and your faith is also vaine.
And if Christ has not risen, it follows that what we preach is a delusion, and that your faith also is a delusion.
15 And we are found also false witnesses of God: for we haue testified of God, that he hath raised vp Christ: whome he hath not raised vp, if so be the dead be not raised.
Nay more, we are actually being discovered to be bearing false witness about God, because we have testified that God raised Christ to life, whom He did not raise, if in reality none of the dead are raised.
16 For if the dead be not raised, then is Christ not raised.
For if none of the dead are raised to life, then Christ has not risen;
17 And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vaine: ye are yet in your sinnes.
and if Christ has not risen, your faith is a vain thing--you are still in your sins.
18 And so they which are a sleepe in Christ, are perished.
It follows also that those who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished.
19 If in this life onely wee haue hope in Christ, we are of all men the most miserable.
If in this present life we have a hope resting on Christ, and nothing more, we are more to be pitied than all the rest of the world.
20 But nowe is Christ risen from the dead, and was made the first fruites of them that slept.
But, in reality, Christ has risen from among the dead, being the first to do so of those who are asleep.
21 For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead.
For seeing that death came through man, through man comes also the resurrection of the dead.
22 For as in Adam all die, euen so in Christ shall all be made aliue,
For just as through Adam all die, so also through Christ all will be made alive again.
23 But euery man in his owne order: the first fruites is Christ, afterward, they that are of Christ, at his comming shall rise againe.
But this will happen to each in the right order--Christ having been the first to rise, and afterwards Christ's people rising at His return.
24 Then shalbe the end, when he hath deliuered vp the kingdome to God, euen the Father, when he hath put downe all rule, and all authoritie and power.
Later on, comes the End, when He is to surrender the Kingship to God, the Father, when He shall have overthrown all other government and all other authority and power.
25 For he must reigne till hee hath put all his enemies vnder his feete.
For He must continue King until He shall have put all His enemies under His feet.
26 The last enemie that shalbe destroyed, is death.
The last enemy that is to be overthrown is Death;
27 For he hath put downe all things vnder his feete. (And when he saith that all things are subdued to him, it is manifest that he is excepted, which did put downe all things vnder him.)
for He will have put all things in subjection under His feet. And when He shall have declared that "All things are in subjection," it will be with the manifest exception of Him who has reduced them all to subjection to Him.
28 And when all things shalbe subdued vnto him, then shall the Sonne also himselfe be subiect vnto him, that did subdue all things vnder him, that God may be all in all.
But when the whole universe has been made subject to Him, then the Son Himself will also become subject to Him who has made the universe subject to Him, in order that GOD may be all in all.
29 Els what shall they doe which are baptized for dead? if the dead rise not at all, why are they then baptized for dead?
Otherwise what will become of those who got themselves baptized for the dead? If the dead do not rise at all, why are these baptized for them?
30 Why are wee also in ieopardie euery houre?
Why also do we Apostles expose ourselves to danger every hour?
31 By your reioycing which I haue in Christ Iesus our Lord, I die dayly.
I protest, brethren, as surely as I glory over you--which I may justly do in Christ Jesus our Lord--that I die day by day.
32 If I haue fought with beastes at Ephesus after ye maner of men, what aduantageth it me, if the dead be not raised vp? let vs eate and drinke: for to morowe we shall die.
If from merely human motives I have fought with wild beasts in Ephesus, what profit is it to me? If the dead do not rise, let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we are to die.
33 Be not deceiued: euill speakings corrupt good maners.
Do not deceive yourselves: "Evil companionships corrupt good morals."
34 Awake to liue righteously, and sinne not: for some haue not ye knowledge of God, I speake this to your shame.
Wake from this drunken fit; live righteous lives, and cease to sin; for some have no knowledge of God: I speak thus in order to move you to shame.
35 But some man will say, Howe are the dead raised vp? and with what body come they foorth?
But some one will say, "How can the dead rise? And with what kind of body do they come back?"
36 O foole, that which thou sowest, is not quickened, except it die.
Foolish man! the seed you yourself sow has no life given to it unless it first dies;
37 And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shalbe, but bare corne as it falleth, of wheat, or of some other.
and as for what you sow, it is not the plant which is to be that you are sowing, but a bare grain, of wheat (it may be) or of something else, and God gives it a body as He has seen fit,
38 But God giueth it a body at his pleasure, euen to euery seede his owne body,
and to each kind of 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 beastes, and another of fishes, and another of birdes.
All flesh is not the same: there is human flesh, and flesh of cattle, of birds, and of fishes.
40 There are also heauenly bodies, and earthly bodies: but the glorie of the heauenly is one, and the glorie of the earthly is another.
There are bodies which are celestial and there are bodies which are earthly, but the glory of the celestial ones is one thing, and that of the earthly ones is another.
41 There is another glorie of the sunne, and another glorie of the moone, and another glorie of the starres: for one starre differeth from another starre in glorie.
There is one glory of the sun, another of the moon, and another of the stars; for star differs from star in glory.
42 So also is the resurrection of the dead. The bodie is sowen in corruption, and is raysed in incorruption.
It is the same with the resurrection of the dead. The body is sown in a state of decay, it is raised free from decay;
43 It is sowen in dishonour, and is raysed in glory: it is sowen in weakenesse, and is raysed in power.
it is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power;
44 It is sowen a naturall body, and is raysed a spirituall body: there is a naturall body, and there is a spirituall body.
an animal body is sown, a spiritual body is raised. As surely as there is an animal body, so there is also a spiritual body.
45 As it is also written, The first man Adam was made a liuing soule: and the last Adam was made a quickening Spirit.
In the same way also it is written, "The first man Adam became a living animal"; the last Adam is a life-giving Spirit.
46 Howbeit that was not first which is spirituall: but that which is naturall, and afterward that which is spirituall.
Nevertheless, it is not what is spiritual that came first, but what is animal; what is spiritual came afterwards.
47 The first man is of the earth, earthly: the second man is the Lord from heauen.
The first man is a man of earth, earthy; the second man is from Heaven.
48 As is the earthly, such are they that are earthly: and as is the heauenly, such are they also that are heauenly.
What the earthy one is, that also are those who are earthy; and what the heavenly One is, that also are those who are heavenly.
49 And as we haue borne the image of the earthly, so shall we beare the image of the heauenly.
And as we have borne a resemblance to the earthy one, let us see to it that we also bear a resemblance to the heavenly One.
50 This say I, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherite the kingdome of God, neither doeth corruption inherite incorruption.
But this I tell you, brethren: our mortal bodies cannot inherit the Kingdom of God, nor will what is perishable inherit what is imperishable.
51 Behold, I shewe you a secret thing, We shall not all sleepe, but we shall all be changed,
I tell you a truth hitherto kept secret: we shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
52 In a moment, in the twinckling of an eye at the last trumpet: for the trumpet shall blow, and the dead shalbe raysed vp incorruptible, and we shalbe changed.
in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the sounding of the last trumpet; for the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incapable of decay, and we shall be changed.
53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption: and this mortall must put on immortalitie.
For so it must be: this perishable nature must clothe itself with what is imperishable, and this mortality must clothe itself with immortality.
54 So when this corruptible hath put on incorruption, and this mortall hath put on immortalitie, then shalbe brought to passe the saying that is written, Death is swallowed vp into victorie.
But when this perishable nature has put on what is imperishable, and this mortality has put on immortality, then will the words of Scripture be fulfilled, "Death has been swallowed up in victory."
"Where, O death, is thy victory? Where, O death, is thy sting?" (Hadēs g86)
56 The sting of death is sinne: and ye strength of sinne is the Lawe.
Now sin is the sting of death, and sin derives its power from the Law;
57 But thankes be vnto God, which hath giuen vs victorie through our Lord Iesus Christ.
but God be thanked who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ!
58 Therefore my beloued brethren, be ye stedfast, vnmoueable, aboundant alwayes in the worke of the Lord, forasmuch as ye knowe that your labour is not in vaine in the Lord.
Therefore, my dear brethren, be firm, unmovable, busily occupied at all times in the Lord's work, knowing that your toil is not fruitless in the Lord.
