1 Corinthians 15
1 Now, my fellow believers, I want to remind you about the message about Christ that I preached to you. It is the message that you received and that you have continued to trust firmly.
Ich erinnere euch, aber, liebe Brüder, des Evangeliums, das ich euch verkündiget habe, welches ihr auch angenommen habt, in welchem ihr auch stehet,
2 If you keep on firmly [believing] this message that I preached to you, you will be saved {[God] will save you}. If you do not continue to believe it, your believing [in Christ] was (all for nothing/useless)!
durch welches ihr auch selig werdet, welcher Gestalt ich es euch verkündiget habe, so ihr's behalten habt, es wäre, denn, daß ihr's umsonst geglaubet hättet.
3 The most important part of the message that I received [from the Lord Jesus], and that I told you, was this: Christ died to [take away the guilt] of our sins, as the Scriptures [said that he would do].
Denn ich habe euch zuvörderst gegeben, welches ich auch empfangen habe, daß Christus gestorben sei für unsere Sünden nach der Schrift,
4 His [dead body] was buried {They buried his [body]}. On the third day [after that], [God] caused him to become alive again, as the Scriptures [said would happen].
und daß er begraben sei, und daß er auferstanden sei am dritten Tage nach der Schrift,
5 After that, [Christ] was seen by {appeared to} Peter. Then he appeared to [eleven of] the [original] twelve [apostles].
und daß er gesehen worden ist von Kephas, danach von den Zwölfen.
6 Later he was seen by {appeared to} more than 500 of our fellow believers. Most of those are still living, but some of them have died [EUP].
Danach ist er gesehen worden von mehr denn fünfhundert Brüdern auf einmal, deren noch viel leben, etliche aber sind entschlafen.
7 Then he was seen by {appeared [to]} [his younger brother] James, [who became the leader of the congregation in Jerusalem]. Then he appeared to all of the apostles.
Danach ist er gesehen worden von Jakobus, danach von allen Aposteln.
8 Finally, he was seen by {appeared to} me, but I became an apostle in a way that was very unusual [MET].
Am letzten nach allen ist er auch von mir, als einer unzeitigen Geburt, gesehen worden;
9 The fact is, I [consider that I] am the least important of the apostles. I do not deserve to be an apostle, because I (persecuted God’s groups of believers/caused God’s groups of believers to suffer) [everywhere I went].
denn ich bin der geringste unter den Aposteln, als der ich nicht wert bin, daß ich ein Apostel heiße, darum daß ich die Gemeinde Gottes verfolget habe.
10 But it is because God acted kindly toward me in ways that I did not deserve that I became what I am now. And his acting kindly toward me produced a great result [LIT], which is that I worked harder [for Christ] than all the other apostles. But it was not that I [was working with my own ability]. Instead, God was helping me in a way I did not deserve.
Aber von Gottes Gnaden bin ich, das ich bin, und seine Gnade an mir ist nicht vergeblich gewesen, sondern ich habe viel mehr gearbeitet denn sie alle, nicht aber ich, sondern Gottes Gnade, die mit mir ist.
11 So it does not matter whether it was I [who was preaching or whether it was the other apostles who were preaching]. We all preached [the same message], and that message is what you believed.
Es sei nun ich oder jene, also predigen wir, und also habt ihr geglaubet.
12 So now [let me ask you this]: Since [we] have all preached to you that Christ was raised again {that [God] caused Christ to become alive} after he died, (no one among you should be saying that [God] will not cause [believers] to become alive again after they die!/why do some of you say that [God] will not cause [believers] to become alive again after they die?) [RHQ]
So aber Christus geprediget wird, daß er sei von den Toten auferstanden, wie sagen denn etliche unter euch, die Auferstehung der Toten sei nichts?
13 If [it is true that God] will not cause anyone to become alive again, that situation would mean that Christ was not raised from the dead {[he] did not cause Christ to become alive again}!
Ist aber die Auferstehung der Toten nichts, so ist auch Christus nicht auferstanden.
14 And if Christ was not raised from the dead {if [God] did not cause Christ to become alive again}, then what we preached to you was useless, and your believing [in Christ] is useless.
Ist aber Christus nicht auferstanden, so ist unsere Predigt vergeblich, so ist auch euer Glaube vergeblich.
15 [If it is true that] no one will be raised from the dead {[that God] will not cause anyone to become alive again after he dies}, we [(exc)] have been guilty of lying to you about God, because we told you that God caused Christ to become alive again.
Wir würden aber auch erfunden falsche Zeugen Gottes, daß wir wider Gott gezeuget hätten, er hätte Christum auferwecket, den er nicht auferwecket hätte, sintemal die Toten nicht auferstehen.
16 But if it were really true that no one who has died will be raised {that [God will] not cause anyone who has died to become alive} again, then Christ was not raised {[he] did not cause Christ to become alive} again either!
Denn so die Toten nicht auferstehen, so ist Christus auch nicht auferstanden.
17 If it were true that Christ was not raised {that [God] did not cause Christ to become alive} again after he died, you have believed in Christ for nothing, [because] God will still [punish] you for [MTY] your sins.
Ist Christus aber nicht auferstanden, so ist euer Glaube eitel, so seid ihr noch in euren Sünden,
18 And those people who died [EUP] [while they were trusting] in Christ will go to hell. (questioned)
so sind auch die, so in Christo entschlafen sind, verloren.
19 In this life [many of us have suffered much for Christ] because we confidently expect [that he will reward us in heaven]. If we have confidently expected this in vain, people should pity us more than they pity anyone else!
Hoffen wir allein in diesem Leben auf Christum, so sind wir die elendesten unter allen Menschen.
20 But [the truth is that] Christ has been raised from the dead {that [God] has caused Christ to live again after he had died}, and (that guarantees/because of that, it is certain) [MET] that he will also cause those [believers] who have died [EUP] to become alive again.
Nun aber ist Christus auferstanden von den Toten und der Erstling worden unter denen, die da schlafen,
21 What one man, [Adam, did affects us all]. We all die. Similarly, what one man—[Christ]—did [affects us(inc) all]: God will cause [all believers] to become alive again.
sintemal durch einen Menschen der Tod und durch einen Menschen die Auferstehung der Toten kommt.
22 Because of what Adam did, all [of us who are descended] from him die. Similarly, because of what [Christ did], all of us who have a close relationship with him will be brought back to life {[God] will make alive all of us who have a close relationship with Christ}.
Denn gleichwie sie in Adam alle sterben, also werden sie in Christo alle lebendig gemacht werden.
23 But we must all take our turn. [God raised] Christ first [MET]. And when Christ returns, [God will cause] those who belong to Christ to become alive again.
Ein jeglicher aber in seinerOrdnung. Der Erstling Christus, danach die Christo angehören, wenn er kommen wird.
24 Then, after Christ has destroyed all [DOU] the evil powers that oppose God, [the world] will end. Then Christ will give to God, his Father, his kingdom to completely rule over it.
Danach das Ende, wenn er das Reich Gott und dem Vater überantworten wird, wenn er aufheben wird alle HERRSChaft und alle Obrigkeit und Gewalt.
25 You must realize that Christ must rule [here on earth] until he has completely defeated [MTY] all his enemies.
Er muß aber herrschen, bis daß er alle seine Feinde unter seine Füße lege.
26 The last thing that [he] will get rid of is death. [But he certainly will get rid of death, which is like] an enemy [to us].
Der letzte Feind, der aufgehoben wird, ist der Tod.
27 [In the Scriptures the Psalmist wrote that] God will cause everything to be under Christ’s [authority] [MTY]. But it is clear that the word ‘everything’ here does not include God, because God is the one who will cause everything to be under Christ’s [authority] [MTY].
Denn er hat ihm alles unter seine Füße getan. Wenn er aber sagt; daß es alles untertan sei, ist's offenbar, daß ausgenommen ist, der ihm alles untertan hat.
28 After everything is put under [the authority of] God’s Son, then Christ will put himself completely under [the authority of] God, the one who gave him that authority. Then God will be completely in control of everything [IDM], everywhere.
Wenn aber alles ihm untertan sein wird, alsdann wird auch der Sohn selbst untertan sein dem, der ihm alles untertan hat, auf daß Gott sei alles in allen.
29 [Now think about this: Some among you] are being baptized (OR, are baptizing people) on behalf of those who died [before someone baptized them] (OR, who died [before they became believers]). If, [as some people say, believers] will not be raised [from the dead] {[God] will not cause [believers] to become alive again}, (what is the value in those people doing that?/there is no value in those people doing that!) [RHQ] If [God] will not cause any [believers] to become alive again, it is senseless to be baptized {baptize anyone} on behalf of someone who has died. [RHQ]
Was machen sonst, die sich taufen lassen über den Toten, so allerdinge die Toten nicht auferstehen? Was lassen sie sich taufen über den Toten?
30 Furthermore, [if God will not cause us believers to become alive again], it is [RHQ] very foolish for me and the other apostles to be constantly [putting ourselves] in danger [because we tell people the gospel].
Und was stehen wir alle Stunde in der Gefahr?
31 My fellow believers, every day I [am in danger of] being killed {people killing me}! That is as true as it is that I am pleased with you because of your close relationship with Christ Jesus our Lord.
Bei unserm Ruhm den ich habe in Christo Jesu, unserm HERRN, ich sterbe täglich.
32 [If God will not cause us believers to become alive again after we die], (I will receive no benefit at all [from having opposed those who attacked me so strongly] in Ephesus [city]./what will I gain [from having opposed those who attacked me so strongly] in Ephesus [city]?) [RHQ] They were [fighting me like] wild beasts! If we [believers] will not be raised [from the dead] {If [God] will not cause us [believers] to live again}, we might as well say [as people often say]: “Tomorrow we are going to die, so we might as well enjoy now everything that we can. We might as well feast and get drunk!”
Hab' ich menschlicher Meinung zu Ephesus mit den wilden Tieren gefochten, was hilft's mir, so die Toten nicht auferstehen? Lasset uns essen und trinken; denn morgen sind wir tot.
33 Do not let [yourselves be deceived by those who say that God will not cause believers to live again] {Do not let [people who say that God will not cause believers to live again] deceive you}. If you associate with evil people [who say such things], they will (influence you to do evil things/destroy your good moral way of living).
Lasset euch nicht verführen! Böse Geschwätze verderben gute Sitten.
34 Start thinking correctly again [about these matters], as you should, and [stop your sinful behavior which has resulted from] your wrong thinking. [I say that] because [it seems that] some among you do not know God, and as a result they [are thinking wrongly]. I say that to make you ashamed.
Werdet doch einmal recht nüchtern und sündiget nicht; denn etliche wissen nichts von Gott, das sage ich euch zur Schande.
35 But some of you are asking, “How will dead people be raised {How will [God] cause dead people to become alive} again? What kind of bodies will they have?”
Möchte aber jemand, sagen: Wie werden die Toten auferstehen; und mit welcherlei Leibe werden sie kommen?
36 [Anyone who asks such questions is] foolish. You [know that] a seed that is planted in the ground must completely change its form [MET] before it sprouts.
Du Narr, was du säest, wird nicht lebendig, es sterbe denn.
37 A seed, such as a wheat seed, is very different from the plant that sprouts from it.
Und was du säest, ist ja nicht der Leib, der werden soll, sondern ein bloßes Korn, nämlich Weizen oder der andern eines.
38 God gives everything that lives the form that he desires. He gives each seed its own form.
Gott aber gibt ihm einen Leib, wie er will, und einem jeglichen von den Samen seinen eigenen Leib.
39 [Similarly], people, animals, birds, and fish all have flesh, but each one has a different kind of flesh.
Nicht ist alles Fleisch einerlei Fleisch, sondern ein ander Fleisch ist der Menschen, ein anderes des Viehes, ein anderes der Fische, ein anderes der Vögel.
40 Also, there are angelic beings in heaven (OR, stars and planets in the sky), and there are people with bodies on the earth. The angelic beings (OR, stars and planets) are beautiful in one way, and people on earth are beautiful in a different way.
Und es sind himmlische Körper und irdische Körper. Aber eine andere HERRLIchkeit haben die himmlischen und eine andere die irdischen.
41 The sun is bright in one way, and the moon is bright in a different way, and the stars are bright in a different way. And even the various stars are different from each other in how bright they are.
Eine andere Klarheit hat die Sonne, eine andere Klarheit hat der Mond, eine andere Klarheit haben die Sterne; denn ein Stern übertrifft den andern an Klarheit.
42 And it is the same way [with our bodies. The bodies that we will have when God causes us] to live again after we die [will not be the same as the bodies that we have now] [MET]. [The bodies that we have now] will die and decay. [The new bodies that we will have] will never die.
Also auch die Auferstehung der Toten. Es wird gesäet verweslich und wird auferstehen unverweslich.
43 We despise [the bodies that we have now], before we die. But our [new bodies] will be glorious. The [bodies that we have before we die] are weak. But our new bodies will be strong.
Es wird gesäet in Unehre und wird auferstehen in HERRLIchkeit. Es wird gesäet in Schwachheit und wird auferstehen in Kraft.
44 The bodies that we have before we die are natural bodies. But [our new bodies] will be ones that [God’s] Spirit ([controls/gives us]). Just like there are natural bodies, there are bodies that [God’s] Spirit [completely] controls (OR, makes alive).
Es wird gesäet ein natürlicher Leib, und wird auferstehen ein geistlicher Leib. Hat man einen natürlichen Leib, so hat man auch einen geistlichen Leib,
45 [In the Scriptures] it is written {we read} that [when] the first man, Adam, [was created], he became a living human being. [Christ later also became a human being]. But [he is different from Adam, because he] became a person who gives us [spiritual] life.
wie es geschrieben stehet: Der erste Mensch, Adam, ist gemacht ins natürliche Leben und der letzte Adam ins geistliche Leben.
46 But our bodies that God’s Spirit (will completely control/will give us) are not the first bodies that we have. We have our natural bodies first.
Aber der geistliche Leib ist nicht erste, sondern der natürliche, danach der geistliche.
47 The first man, [Adam], was created {[God] created the first man, Adam} from the dust of the earth. But [Christ], the one who came later, came from heaven.
Der erste Mensch ist von der Erde und irdisch; der andere Mensch ist der HERR vom Himmel.
48 Everyone on earth [has a body] like the first man on the earth had. And in heaven, [everyone will have a body like Christ], the man who came from heaven, has.
Welcherlei der irdische ist, solcherlei sind auch die irdischen; und welcherlei der himmlische ist, solcherlei sind auch die himmlischen.
49 And just like [God] gave us bodies like the first man on earth had, so we [believers will have bodies] like [Christ] has, who is now in heaven.
Und wie wir getragen haben das Bild des irdischen, also werden wir auch tragen das Bild des himmlischen.
50 My fellow believers, I want you to know that we [(inc)] [SYN] cannot go [to heaven, where] God rules [over everything], with our physical bodies, because our bodies [cannot last forever]. They will die and decay.
Davon sage ich aber, liebe Brüder, daß Fleisch und Blut nicht können das Reich Gottes ererben; auch wird das Verwesliche nicht erben das Unverwesliche,
51 But I will tell you something that [God] has not revealed [before]: [Some of] us [believers] will not die [EUP]. However, all of us will be changed {[God] will change all of us}.
Siehe, ich sage euch ein Geheimnis: Wir werden nicht alle entschlafen wir werden aber alle verwandelt werden,
52 [It will happen] suddenly, as [fast as someone can] blink his eye [MET], when [we hear the sound of God’s] trumpet for the last time. When we hear that trumpet, all [the believers] who have died will come back to life and will have bodies that are changed {that [God] has changed}, bodies that will never decay.
und dasselbige plötzlich, in einem Augenblick, zu der Zeit der letzten Posaune. Denn es wird die Posaune schallen und die Toten werden auferstehen unverweslich, und wir werden verwandelt werden.
53 And the [bodies of us who are alive at that time] will [also] be changed {And [God] will [also] change the [bodies of us who are alive at that time]}. These bodies of ours that die and decay must be transformed into [new bodies that] will never die; [it will be like someone] [MET] getting rid of [his old clothes] and putting on [new ones].
Denn dies Verwesliche muß anziehen das Unverwesliche, und dies Sterbliche muß anziehen die Unsterblichkeit
54 When that happens, what is written {what ([a prophet/Isaiah]) wrote} [in the Scriptures] will come true/happen: [God] will completely get rid of [MET] death. Our dying will no longer have any power to defeat us;
Wenn aber dies Verwesliche wird anziehen das Unverwesliche, und dies Sterbliche wird anziehen die Unsterblichkeit, dann wird erfüllet werden das Wort, das geschrieben stehet:
Der Tod ist verschlungen in den Sieg. Tod, wo ist dein Stachel? Hölle, wo ist dein Sieg? (Hadēs g86)
56 It is because we sin [MET] [that we die, and it is because we] have God’s laws that we [know that we] have sinned.
Aber der Stachel des Todes ist die Sünde; die Kraft aber der Sünde ist das Gesetz.
57 But because of what our Lord Jesus Christ [has done], he enables us to be free [from having to obey God’s laws to be saved and to be free of being afraid to die]. We should thank God for that!
Gott aber sei Dank, der uns den Sieg gegeben hat durch unsern HERRN Jesum Christum!
58 So, my fellow believers whom I love, continue to hold strongly to [the things that you believe]. Do not let anything cause you to doubt them. Always be doing enthusiastically the work that the Lord [gives you]. And remember that the work that you do for the Lord is never (in vain/useless), [as it would be if God will not cause us to live again after we die].
Darum, meine lieben Brüder, seid fest, unbeweglich und nehmet immer zu in dem Werk des HERRN, sintemal ihr wisset, daß eure Arbeit nicht vergeblich ist in dem HERRN.
