1 Corinthians 15
1 Next, friends, I would like to remind you of the good news which I told you, and which you received – the good news on which you have taken your stand,
γνωριζω δε υμιν αδελφοι το ευαγγελιον ο ευηγγελισαμην υμιν ο και παρελαβετε εν ω και εστηκατε
2 and by means of which you are being saved. I would like to remind you of the words that I used in telling it to you, since you are still holding fast to it, and since it was not in vain that you became believers in Christ.
δι ου και σωζεσθε τινι λογω ευηγγελισαμην υμιν ει κατεχετε εκτος ει μη εικη επιστευσατε
3 For at the very beginning of my teaching I gave you the account which I had myself received – that Christ died for our sins (as the scriptures had foretold),
παρεδωκα γαρ υμιν εν πρωτοις ο και παρελαβον οτι χριστος απεθανεν υπερ των αμαρτιων ημων κατα τας γραφας
4 that he was buried, that on the third day he was raised (as the scriptures had foretold),
και οτι εταφη και οτι εγηγερται τη ημερα τη τριτη κατα τας γραφας
5 and that he appeared to Cephas, and then to the Twelve.
και οτι ωφθη κηφα ειτα τοις δωδεκα
6 After that, he appeared to more than five hundred of his followers at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have gone to their rest.
επειτα ωφθη επανω πεντακοσιοις αδελφοις εφαπαξ εξ ων οι πλειονες μενουσιν εως αρτι τινες δε εκοιμηθησαν
7 After that, he appeared to James, and then to all the apostles.
επειτα ωφθη ιακωβω ειτα τοις αποστολοις πασιν
8 Last of all, he appeared even to me, who am, as it were, a miscarried baby – born untimely.
εσχατον δε παντων ωσπερει τω εκτρωματι ωφθη καμοι
9 For I am the least of the apostles, I who am unworthy of the name of “apostle,” because I persecuted the church of God.
εγω γαρ ειμι ο ελαχιστος των αποστολων ος ουκ ειμι ικανος καλεισθαι αποστολος διοτι εδιωξα την εκκλησιαν του θεου
10 But it is through the love of God that I am what I am, and the love that he showed me has not been wasted. No, I have toiled harder than any of them, and yet it was not I, but the love of God working with me.
χαριτι δε θεου ειμι ο ειμι και η χαρις αυτου η εις εμε ου κενη εγενηθη αλλα περισσοτερον αυτων παντων εκοπιασα ουκ εγω δε αλλα η χαρις του θεου {VAR2: [η] } συν εμοι
11 Whether, then, it was I or whether it was they, this we proclaim, and this you believed.
ειτε ουν εγω ειτε εκεινοι ουτως κηρυσσομεν και ουτως επιστευσατε
12 Now, if it is proclaimed of Christ that he has been raised from the dead, how is it that some of you say that there is no such thing as a resurrection of the dead?
ει δε χριστος κηρυσσεται οτι εκ νεκρων εγηγερται πως λεγουσιν εν υμιν τινες οτι αναστασις νεκρων ουκ εστιν
13 But, if there is no such thing as a resurrection of the dead, then even Christ has not been raised;
ει δε αναστασις νεκρων ουκ εστιν ουδε χριστος εγηγερται
14 and, if Christ has not been raised, then our proclamation is without meaning, and our faith without meaning also!
ει δε χριστος ουκ εγηγερται κενον αρα {VAR2: [και] } το κηρυγμα ημων κενη και η πιστις {VAR1: ημων } {VAR2: υμων }
15 Yes, and we are being proved to have borne false testimony about God; for we testified of God that he raised the Christ, whom he did not raise, if, indeed, the dead do not rise!
ευρισκομεθα δε και ψευδομαρτυρες του θεου οτι εμαρτυρησαμεν κατα του θεου οτι ηγειρεν τον χριστον ον ουκ ηγειρεν ειπερ αρα νεκροι ουκ εγειρονται
16 For, if the dead do not rise, then even Christ himself has not been raised,
ει γαρ νεκροι ουκ εγειρονται ουδε χριστος εγηγερται
17 and, if Christ has not been raised, your faith is folly – your sins are on you still!
ει δε χριστος ουκ εγηγερται ματαια η πιστις υμων {VAR1: [εστιν] } ετι εστε εν ταις αμαρτιαις υμων
18 Yes, and they, who have passed to their rest in union with Christ, perished!
αρα και οι κοιμηθεντες εν χριστω απωλοντο
19 If all that we have done has been to place our hope in Christ for this life, then we of all people are the most to be pitied.
ει εν τη ζωη ταυτη εν χριστω ηλπικοτες εσμεν μονον ελεεινοτεροι παντων ανθρωπων εσμεν
20 But, in truth, Christ has been raised from the dead, the first-fruits of those who are at rest.
νυνι δε χριστος εγηγερται εκ νεκρων απαρχη των κεκοιμημενων
21 For, since through a man there is death, so, too, through a man there is a resurrection of the dead.
επειδη γαρ δι ανθρωπου θανατος και δι ανθρωπου αναστασις νεκρων
22 For, as through union with Adam all die, so through union with the Christ will all be made to live.
ωσπερ γαρ εν τω αδαμ παντες αποθνησκουσιν ουτως και εν τω χριστω παντες ζωοποιηθησονται
23 But each in their proper order – Christ the first-fruits; afterwards, at his coming, those who belong to the Christ.
εκαστος δε εν τω ιδιω ταγματι απαρχη χριστος επειτα οι του χριστου εν τη παρουσια αυτου
24 Then will come the end – when he surrenders the kingdom to his God and Father, having overthrown all other rule and all other authority and power.
ειτα το τελος οταν παραδιδω την βασιλειαν τω θεω και πατρι οταν καταργηση πασαν αρχην και πασαν εξουσιαν και δυναμιν
25 For he must reign until God “has put all his enemies under his feet.”
δει γαρ αυτον βασιλευειν αχρις ου θη παντας τους εχθρους υπο τους ποδας αυτου
26 The last enemy to be overthrown is death;
εσχατος εχθρος καταργειται ο θανατος
27 for God has placed all things under Christ’s feet. (But, when it is said that all things have been placed under Christ, it is plain that God is excepted who placed everything under him.)
παντα γαρ υπεταξεν υπο τους ποδας αυτου οταν δε ειπη οτι παντα υποτετακται δηλον οτι εκτος του υποταξαντος αυτω τα παντα
28 And, when everything has been placed under him, the Son will place himself under God who placed everything under him, so that God may be all in all!
οταν δε υποταγη αυτω τα παντα τοτε [και] αυτος ο υιος υποταγησεται τω υποταξαντι αυτω τα παντα ινα η ο θεος {VAR2: [τα] } παντα εν πασιν
29 Again, what good will they be doing who are baptized on behalf of the dead? If it is true that the dead do not rise, why are people baptized on their behalf?
επει τι ποιησουσιν οι βαπτιζομενοι υπερ των νεκρων ει ολως νεκροι ουκ εγειρονται τι και βαπτιζονται υπερ αυτων
30 Why, too, do we risk our lives every hour?
τι και ημεις κινδυνευομεν πασαν ωραν
31 Daily I face death – I swear it, friends, by the pride in you that I feel through my union with Christ Jesus, our Lord.
καθ ημεραν αποθνησκω νη την υμετεραν καυχησιν {VAR1: αδελφοι } {VAR2: [αδελφοι] } ην εχω εν χριστω ιησου τω κυριω ημων
32 If with only human hopes I had fought in the arena at Ephesus, what should I have gained by it? If the dead do not rise, then let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we will die!
ει κατα ανθρωπον εθηριομαχησα εν εφεσω τι μοι το οφελος ει νεκροι ουκ εγειρονται φαγωμεν και πιωμεν αυριον γαρ αποθνησκομεν
33 Do not be deceived. “Good character is marred by evil company.”
μη πλανασθε φθειρουσιν ηθη χρηστα ομιλιαι κακαι
34 Wake up to a righteous life, and cease to sin. There are some who have no true knowledge of God. I speak in this way to shame you.
εκνηψατε δικαιως και μη αμαρτανετε αγνωσιαν γαρ θεου τινες εχουσιν προς εντροπην υμιν λαλω
35 Someone, however, may ask “How do the dead rise? And in what body will they come?”
αλλα ερει τις πως εγειρονται οι νεκροι ποιω δε σωματι ερχονται
36 You foolish person! The seed you yourself sow does not come to life, unless it dies!
αφρων συ ο σπειρεις ου ζωοποιειται εαν μη αποθανη
37 And when you sow, you sow not the body that will be, but a mere grain – perhaps of wheat, or something else.
και ο σπειρεις ου το σωμα το γενησομενον σπειρεις αλλα γυμνον κοκκον ει τυχοι σιτου η τινος των λοιπων
38 God gives it the body that he pleases – to each seed its special body.
ο δε θεος διδωσιν αυτω σωμα καθως ηθελησεν και εκαστω των σπερματων ιδιον σωμα
39 All forms of life are not the same; there is one for people, another for beasts, another for birds, and another for fish.
ου πασα σαρξ η αυτη σαρξ αλλα αλλη μεν ανθρωπων αλλη δε σαρξ κτηνων αλλη δε σαρξ πτηνων αλλη δε ιχθυων
40 There are heavenly bodies, and earthly bodies; but the beauty of the heavenly bodies is not the beauty of the earthly.
και σωματα επουρανια και σωματα επιγεια αλλα ετερα μεν η των επουρανιων δοξα ετερα δε η των επιγειων
41 There is a beauty of the sun, and a beauty of the moon, and a beauty of the stars; for even star differs from star in beauty.
αλλη δοξα ηλιου και αλλη δοξα σεληνης και αλλη δοξα αστερων αστηρ γαρ αστερος διαφερει εν δοξη
42 It is the same with the resurrection of the dead. Sown a mortal body, it rises immortal; sown disfigured, it rises beautiful;
ουτως και η αναστασις των νεκρων σπειρεται εν φθορα εγειρεται εν αφθαρσια
43 sown weak, it rises strong; sown a human body, it rises a spiritual body.
σπειρεται εν ατιμια εγειρεται εν δοξη σπειρεται εν ασθενεια εγειρεται εν δυναμει
44 As surely as there is a human body, there is also a spiritual body.
σπειρεται σωμα ψυχικον εγειρεται σωμα πνευματικον ει εστιν σωμα ψυχικον εστιν και πνευματικον
45 That is what is meant by the words – “Adam, the first man, became a human being”; the last Adam became a life-giving spirit.
ουτως και γεγραπται εγενετο ο πρωτος ανθρωπος αδαμ εις ψυχην ζωσαν ο εσχατος αδαμ εις πνευμα ζωοποιουν
46 That which comes first is not the spiritual, but the human; afterwards comes the spiritual;
αλλ ου πρωτον το πνευματικον αλλα το ψυχικον επειτα το πνευματικον
47 the first man was from the dust of the earth; the second man from heaven.
ο πρωτος ανθρωπος εκ γης χοικος ο δευτερος ανθρωπος εξ ουρανου
48 Those who are of the dust are like him who came from the dust; and those who are of heaven are like him who came from heaven.
οιος ο χοικος τοιουτοι και οι χοικοι και οιος ο επουρανιος τοιουτοι και οι επουρανιοι
49 And as we have borne the likeness of him who came from the dust, so let us bear the likeness of him who came from heaven.
και καθως εφορεσαμεν την εικονα του χοικου {VAR1: φορεσωμεν } {VAR2: φορεσομεν } και την εικονα του επουρανιου
50 This I say, friends – Flesh and blood can have no share in the kingdom of God, nor can the perishable share the imperishable.
τουτο δε φημι αδελφοι οτι σαρξ και αιμα βασιλειαν θεου κληρονομησαι ου δυναται ουδε η φθορα την αφθαρσιαν κληρονομει
51 Listen, I will tell you God’s hidden purpose! We will not all have passed to our rest, but we will all be transformed – in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye,
ιδου μυστηριον υμιν λεγω παντες ου κοιμηθησομεθα παντες δε αλλαγησομεθα
52 at the last trumpet-call; for the trumpet will sound, and the dead will rise immortal, and we, also, will be transformed.
εν ατομω εν ριπη οφθαλμου εν τη εσχατη σαλπιγγι σαλπισει γαρ και οι νεκροι εγερθησονται αφθαρτοι και ημεις αλλαγησομεθα
53 For this perishable body of ours must put on an imperishable form, and this dying body a deathless form.
δει γαρ το φθαρτον τουτο ενδυσασθαι αφθαρσιαν και το θνητον τουτο ενδυσασθαι αθανασιαν
54 And, when this dying body has put on its deathless form, then indeed will the words of scripture come true –
οταν δε το {VAR2: φθαρτον τουτο ενδυσηται αφθαρσιαν και το } θνητον τουτο ενδυσηται {VAR1: [την] } αθανασιαν τοτε γενησεται ο λογος ο γεγραμμενος κατεποθη ο θανατος εις νικος
55 “death has been swallowed up in victory! Where, Death, is your victory? Where, death, is your sting?” (Hadēs g86)
που σου θανατε το νικος που σου θανατε το κεντρον (Hadēs g86)
56 It is sin that gives death its sting, and it is the Law that gives sin its power.
το δε κεντρον του θανατου η αμαρτια η δε δυναμις της αμαρτιας ο νομος
57 But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory, through Jesus Christ, our Lord.
τω δε θεω χαρις τω διδοντι ημιν το νικος δια του κυριου ημων ιησου χριστου
58 Therefore, my dear friends, stand firm, unshaken, always diligent in the Lord’s work, for you know that, in union with him, your toil is not in vain.
ωστε αδελφοι μου αγαπητοι εδραιοι γινεσθε αμετακινητοι περισσευοντες εν τω εργω του κυριου παντοτε ειδοτες οτι ο κοπος υμων ουκ εστιν κενος εν κυριω
