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The Resurrection of Christ

Verse1Now, brothers, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, and in which you stand firm.

Verse2By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain.

Verse3For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,

Verse4that He was buried, that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,

Verse5and that He appeared to Cephas and then to the Twelve.

Verse6After that, He appeared to more than five hundred brothers at once, most of whom are still living, though some have fallen asleep.

Verse7Then He appeared to James, then to all the apostles.

Verse8And last of all He appeared to me also, as to one of untimely birth.

Verse9For I am the least of the apostles and am unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.

Verse10But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace to me was not in vain. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.

Verse11Whether, then, it was I or they, this is what we preach, and this is what you believed.

The Resurrection of the Dead

Verse12But if it is preached that Christ has been raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?

Verse13If there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised.

Verse14And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is worthless, and so is your faith.

Verse15In that case, we are also exposed as false witnesses about God. For we have testified about God that He raised Christ from the dead, but He did not raise Him if in fact the dead are not raised.

Verse16For if the dead are not raised, then not even Christ has been raised.

Verse17And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins.

Verse18Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished.

Verse19If our hope in Christ is for this life alone, we are to be pitied more than all men.

The Order of Resurrection

Verse20But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.

Verse21For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man.

Verse22For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive.

Verse23But each in his own turn: Christ the firstfruits; then at His coming, those who belong to Him.

Verse24Then the end will come, when He hands over the kingdom to God the Father after He has destroyed all dominion, authority, and power.

Verse25For He must reign until He has put all His enemies under His feet.

Verse26The last enemy to be destroyed is death.

Verse27For “God has put everything under His feet.” Now when it says that everything has been put under Him, this clearly does not include the One who put everything under Him.

Verse28And when all things have been subjected to Him, then the Son Himself will be made subject to Him who put all things under Him, so that God may be all in all.

Verse29If these things are not so, what will those do who are baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why are people baptized for them?

Verse30And why do we endanger ourselves every hour?

Verse31I face death every day, brothers, as surely as I boast about you in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Verse32If I fought wild beasts in Ephesus for human motives, what did I gain? If the dead are not raised, “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.”

Verse33Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good character.”

Verse34Sober up as you ought, and stop sinning; for some of you are ignorant of God. I say this to your shame.

The Resurrection Body

Verse35But someone will ask, “How are the dead raised? With what kind of body will they come?”

Verse36You fool! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies.

Verse37And what you sow is not the body that will be, but just a seed, perhaps of wheat or something else.

Verse38But God gives it a body as He has designed, and to each kind of seed He gives its own body.

Verse39Not all flesh is the same: Men have one kind of flesh, animals have another, birds another, and fish another.

Verse40There are also heavenly bodies and earthly bodies. But the splendor of the heavenly bodies is of one degree, and the splendor of the earthly bodies is of another.

Verse41The sun has one degree of splendor, the moon another, and the stars another; and star differs from star in splendor.

Verse42So will it be with the resurrection of the dead: What is sown is perishable; it is raised imperishable.

Verse43It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power.

Verse44It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body.

Verse45So it is written: “The first man Adam became a living being”; the last Adam a life-giving spirit.

Verse46The spiritual, however, was not first, but the natural, and then the spiritual.

Verse47The first man was of the dust of the earth, the second man from heaven.

Verse48As was the earthly man, so also are those who are of the earth; and as is the heavenly man, so also are those who are of heaven.

Verse49And just as we have borne the likeness of the earthly man, so also shall we bear the likeness of the heavenly man.

Where, O Death, Is Your Victory?

Verse50Now I declare to you, brothers, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.

Verse51Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed—

Verse52in an instant, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.

Verse53For the perishable must be clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality.

Verse54When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come to pass: “Death has been swallowed up in victory.”

Verse55“Where, O Death, is your victory? Where, O Death, is your sting?”

Verse56The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.

Verse57But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ!

Verse58Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast and immovable. Always excel in the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.