1 Corinthians 15

1Now I declare to you, brothers, the Good News which I preached to you, which also you received, in which you also stand,Cross-references: Mark 4:16 · John 12:48 · Acts 2:41 · Acts 11:1 · Acts 18:4 · Rom 2:16 · +13 more

2by which also you are saved, if you hold firmly the word which I preached to you—unless you believed in vain.Cross-references: Ps 106:12 · Prov 3:1 · Prov 4:13 · Prov 6:20 · Prov 23:23 · Luke 8:13 · +24 more

3For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,Cross-references: Gen 3:15 · Ps 22:1 · Ps 69:1 · Isa 53:1 · Ezek 3:17 · Dan 9:24 · +28 moreExamined: Quran & the Bible →

4that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,Cross-references: Ps 2:7 · Ps 16:10 · Isa 53:9 · Hos 6:2 · Jonah 1:17 · Matt 12:40 · +27 moreExamined: Quran & the Bible →

5and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve.Cross-references: Mark 16:14 · Luke 24:34 · John 1:42 · John 20:19 · Acts 1:2 · Acts 10:41 · +3 moreExamined: The Historical Jesus →

6Then he appeared to over five hundred brothers at once, most of whom remain until now, but some have also fallen asleep.Cross-references: Matt 28:10 · Matt 28:16 · Mark 16:7 · Acts 7:60 · Acts 13:36 · 1Cor 15:18 · +3 moreExamined: The Historical Jesus →

7Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles,Cross-references: Luke 24:33 · Luke 24:36 · Luke 24:50 · Acts 1:2 · Acts 12:17Examined: The Historical Jesus →

8and last of all, as to the child born at the wrong time, he appeared to me also.Cross-references: Acts 9:3 · Acts 9:17 · Acts 18:9 · Acts 22:14 · Acts 22:18 · Acts 26:16 · +2 more

9For I am the least of the apostles, who is not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the assembly of God.Cross-references: Acts 8:3 · Acts 9:1 · Acts 22:4 · Acts 26:9 · 2Cor 11:5 · 2Cor 12:11 · +5 more

10But by the grace of God I am what I am. His grace which was given to me was not futile, but I worked more than all of them; yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.Cross-references: Matt 10:20 · Rom 11:1 · Rom 11:5 · Rom 12:3 · Rom 15:17 · 1Cor 3:6 · +14 more

11Whether then it is I or they, so we preach, and so you believed.Cross-references: 1Cor 2:2 · 1Cor 15:3

12Now if Christ is preached, that he has been raised from the dead, how do some among you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?Cross-references: Acts 17:32 · Acts 23:8 · Acts 26:8 · 1Cor 15:13 · 2Thess 2:17 · 2Tim 2:18

13But if there is no resurrection of the dead, neither has Christ been raised.Cross-references: John 11:25 · Acts 23:8 · Rom 4:24 · Rom 8:11 · Rom 8:23 · 1Cor 15:20 · +8 more

14If Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain and your faith also is in vain.Cross-references: Gen 8:8 · Ps 73:13 · Isa 49:4 · Matt 15:9 · Acts 17:31 · 1Cor 15:2 · +5 more

15Yes, we are also found false witnesses of God, because we testified about God that he raised up Christ, whom he didn’t raise up if it is true that the dead are not raised.Cross-references: Ex 23:3 · Job 13:7 · Acts 2:24 · Acts 2:32 · Acts 4:10 · Acts 4:33 · +6 more

16For if the dead aren’t raised, neither has Christ been raised.

17If Christ has not been raised, your faith is vain; you are still in your sins.Cross-references: Ezek 33:10 · John 8:21 · Acts 5:31 · Acts 13:38 · Rom 4:25 · Rom 5:10 · +8 more

18Then they also who are fallen asleep in Christ have perished.Cross-references: 1Cor 15:6 · 1Thess 4:13 · 1Thess 4:16 · Rev 14:13

19If we have only hoped in Christ in this life, we are of all men most pitiable.Cross-references: Ps 17:14 · Eccl 6:11 · Eccl 9:9 · Matt 10:21 · Matt 24:9 · Luke 8:14 · +13 more

20But now Christ has been raised from the dead. He became the first fruit of those who are asleep.Cross-references: Acts 26:23 · Rom 8:11 · 1Cor 15:6 · 1Cor 15:23 · Col 1:18 · 1Pet 1:3 · +1 more

21For since death came by man, the resurrection of the dead also came by man.Cross-references: John 11:25 · Rom 5:12 · Rom 6:23 · 1Cor 15:22

22For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive.Cross-references: Gen 2:17 · Gen 3:6 · Gen 3:19 · John 5:21 · Rom 5:12 · 1Cor 15:45

23But each in his own order: Christ the first fruits, then those who are Christ’s at his coming.Cross-references: Isa 26:19 · 1Cor 3:23 · 1Cor 15:20 · 1Cor 15:52 · 2Cor 10:7 · Gal 3:29 · +3 more

24Then the end comes, when he will deliver up the Kingdom to God the Father, when he will have abolished all rule and all authority and power.Cross-references: Isa 9:7 · Dan 2:44 · Dan 7:14 · Dan 7:27 · Dan 12:4 · Dan 12:9 · +12 more

25For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet.Cross-references: Ps 2:6 · Ps 45:3 · Ps 110:1 · Matt 22:44 · Mark 12:36 · Luke 20:42 · +4 more

26The last enemy that will be abolished is death.Cross-references: Isa 25:8 · Hos 13:14 · Luke 20:36 · 1Cor 15:55 · 2Tim 1:10 · Heb 2:14 · +2 more

27For, “He put all things in subjection under his feet.” But when he says, “All things are put in subjection”, it is evident that he is excepted who subjected all things to him.Cross-references: Ps 8:6 · Matt 11:27 · Matt 28:18 · John 3:35 · John 13:3 · Eph 1:20 · +7 more

28When all things have been subjected to him, then the Son will also himself be subjected to him who subjected all things to him, that God may be all in all.Cross-references: Ps 2:8 · Ps 18:39 · Ps 18:47 · Ps 21:8 · Dan 2:34 · Dan 2:40 · +11 more

29Or else what will they do who are baptized for the dead? If the dead aren’t raised at all, why then are they baptized for the dead?Cross-references: Matt 20:22 · Rom 6:3 · 1Cor 15:16 · 1Cor 15:32

30Why do we also stand in jeopardy every hour?Cross-references: Rom 8:36 · 1Cor 15:31 · 2Cor 4:7 · 2Cor 6:9 · 2Cor 11:23 · Gal 5:11

31I affirm, by the boasting in you which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily.Cross-references: Gen 43:3 · 1Sam 8:9 · Jer 11:7 · Zech 3:6 · Acts 20:23 · Rom 8:36 · +8 more

32If I fought with animals at Ephesus for human purposes, what does it profit me? If the dead are not raised, then “let’s eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.”Cross-references: Job 35:3 · Ps 73:13 · Eccl 2:24 · Eccl 11:9 · Isa 22:13 · Isa 56:12 · +11 more

33Don’t be deceived! “Evil companionships corrupt good morals.”Cross-references: Prov 9:6 · Prov 13:20 · Matt 24:4 · Matt 24:11 · Matt 24:24 · 1Cor 5:6 · +10 more

34Wake up righteously and don’t sin, for some have no knowledge of God. I say this to your shame.Cross-references: Ps 4:4 · Ps 119:11 · Joel 1:5 · Jonah 1:6 · John 5:14 · John 8:11 · +7 more

35But someone will say, “How are the dead raised?” and, “With what kind of body do they come?”Cross-references: Job 11:12 · Job 22:13 · Ps 73:11 · Eccl 11:5 · Ezek 37:3 · Ezek 37:11 · +7 more

36You foolish one, that which you yourself sow is not made alive unless it dies.Cross-references: Luke 11:40 · Luke 12:20 · Luke 24:25 · John 12:24 · Rom 1:22 · Eph 5:15

37That which you sow, you don’t sow the body that will be, but a bare grain, maybe of wheat, or of some other kind.

38But God gives it a body even as it pleased him, and to each seed a body of its own.Cross-references: Gen 1:11 · Ps 104:14 · Isa 61:11 · Mark 4:26 · 1Cor 3:7

39All flesh is not the same flesh, but there is one flesh of men, another flesh of animals, another of fish, and another of birds.Cross-references: Gen 1:20

40There are also celestial bodies and terrestrial bodies; but the glory of the celestial differs from that of the terrestrial.

41There is one glory of the sun, another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for one star differs from another star in glory.Cross-references: Gen 1:14 · Deut 4:19 · Job 31:26 · Ps 8:3 · Ps 19:4 · Ps 148:3 · +1 more

42So also is the resurrection of the dead. The body is sown perishable; it is raised imperishable.Cross-references: Gen 3:19 · Job 17:14 · Ps 16:10 · Ps 49:9 · Ps 49:14 · Isa 38:17 · +11 more

43It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power.Cross-references: Job 14:10 · Ps 102:23 · Dan 12:1 · Matt 13:43 · Matt 22:29 · Mark 12:24 · +6 more

44It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body and there is also a spiritual body.Cross-references: Luke 24:31 · John 20:19 · John 20:26 · 1Cor 15:50

45So also it is written, “The first man Adam became a living soul.” The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.Cross-references: Gen 2:7 · John 1:4 · John 4:10 · John 4:14 · John 5:21 · John 5:25 · +27 more

46However, that which is spiritual isn’t first, but that which is natural, then that which is spiritual.Cross-references: Rom 6:6 · Eph 4:22 · Col 3:9

47The first man is of the earth, made of dust. The second man is the Lord from heaven.Cross-references: Gen 2:7 · Gen 3:19 · Isa 9:6 · Jer 23:6 · Matt 1:23 · Luke 1:16 · +9 more

48As is the one made of dust, such are those who are also made of dust; and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly.Cross-references: Gen 5:3 · Job 14:4 · John 3:6 · Rom 5:12 · 1Cor 15:21 · Phil 3:20

49As we have borne the image of those made of dust, let’s also bear the image of the heavenly.Cross-references: Gen 5:3 · Matt 13:43 · Rom 8:29 · 2Cor 3:18 · 2Cor 4:10 · 1John 3:2

50Now I say this, brothers, that flesh and blood can’t inherit God’s Kingdom; neither does the perishable inherit imperishable.Cross-references: Matt 16:17 · John 3:3 · 1Cor 1:12 · 1Cor 6:13 · 1Cor 7:29 · 2Cor 5:1 · +5 more

51Behold, I tell you a mystery. We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed,Cross-references: 1Cor 2:7 · 1Cor 4:1 · 1Cor 13:2 · 1Cor 15:6 · 1Cor 15:18 · 1Cor 15:20 · +5 more

52in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we will be changed.Cross-references: Ex 19:16 · Ex 20:18 · Ex 33:5 · Num 10:4 · Num 16:21 · Num 16:45 · +16 more

53For this perishable body must become imperishable, and this mortal must put on immortality.Cross-references: Rom 2:7 · Rom 13:12 · 2Cor 5:2 · Gal 3:27 · Eph 4:24 · 1John 3:2

54But when this perishable body will have become imperishable, and this mortal will have put on immortality, then what is written will happen: “Death is swallowed up in victory.”Cross-references: Isa 25:8 · Luke 20:36 · Rom 2:7 · Rom 6:12 · Rom 8:11 · 2Cor 4:11 · +4 more

55“Death, where is your sting? Hades, where is your victory?”Cross-references: Job 18:13 · Ps 49:8 · Ps 89:48 · Eccl 2:15 · Eccl 3:19 · Eccl 8:8 · +8 more

56The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.Cross-references: Gen 3:17 · Ps 90:3 · Prov 14:32 · John 8:21 · John 8:24 · Rom 3:19 · +9 more

57But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.Cross-references: 2Ki 5:1 · 1Chr 22:11 · Ps 98:1 · Prov 21:31 · John 16:33 · Acts 27:35 · +10 more

58Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the Lord’s work, because you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.Cross-references: Ruth 1:18 · 2Chr 15:7 · Ps 19:11 · Ps 55:22 · Ps 73:13 · Ps 78:8 · +32 more