1Corinthians 15
15AND NOW let me remind you [since it seems to have escaped you], brethren, of the Gospel (the glad tidings of salvation) which I proclaimed to you, which you welcomed {and} accepted and upon which your faith rests,G1161G80G1107G5213G2098G3739G2097G5213G3739G2532G3880G2532G1722G3739G24762And by which you are saved, if you hold fast {and} keep firmly what I preached to you, unless you believed at first without effect {and} all for nothing.G1223G3739G2532G4982G1487G2722G5101G3056G2097G5213G1622G1508G4100G15003For I passed on to you first of all what I also had received, that Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One) died for our sins in accordance with [what] the Scriptures [foretold],G1063G3860G5213G1722G4413G3739G3880G2532G3880G3754G5547G599G5228G2257G266G2596G11244That He was buried, that He arose on the third day as the Scriptures foretold,G2532G3754G2290G2532G3754G1453G5154G2250G2596G11245And [also] that He appeared to Cephas (Peter), then to the Twelve.G2532G3754G3700G2786G1534G14276Then later He showed Himself to more than five hundred brethren at one time, the majority of whom are still alive, but some have fallen asleep [in death].G1899G3700G1883G4001G80G2178G1537G3739G4119G3306G2193G737G1161G5100G2532G28377Afterward He was seen by James, then by all the apostles (the special messengers),G1899G3700G2385G1534G3956G6528And last of all He appeared to me also, as to one prematurely {and} born dead [no better than an unperfected fetus among living men].G1161G2078G3956G3700G2504G5619G16269For I am the least [worthy] of the apostles, who am not fit {or} deserving to be called an apostle, because I once wronged {and} pursued {and} molested the church of God [oppressing it with cruelty and violence].G1063G1473G1510G1646G652G3739G1510G3756G2425G2564G652G1360G1377G1577G231610But by the grace (the unmerited favor and blessing) of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me was not [found to be] for nothing (fruitless and without effect). In fact, I worked harder than all of them [the apostles], though it was not really I, but the grace (the unmerited favor and blessing) of God which was with me.G1161G5485G2316G1510G3739G1510G2532G846G5485G1519G1691G1096G3756G2756G235G2872G4054G846G3956G1161G3756G1473G235G5485G2316G3588G4862G169811So, whether then it was I or they, this is what we preach and this is what you believed [what you adhered to, trusted in, and relied on].G3767G1535G1473G1535G1565G3779G2784G2532G3779G410012But now if Christ (the Messiah) is preached as raised from the dead, how is it that some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?G1161G1487G5547G2784G3754G1453G1537G3498G4459G3004G5100G1722G5213G3754G2076G3756G386G349813But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ has not risen;G1161G1487G2076G3756G386G3498G3761G1453G5547G3761G145314And if Christ has not risen, then our preaching is in vain [it amounts to nothing] and your faith is devoid of truth {and} is fruitless (without effect, empty, imaginary, and unfounded).G1161G1487G5547G1453G3756G1453G686G2257G2782G2756G2532G5216G4102G1161G2532G275615We are even discovered to be misrepresenting God, for we testified of Him that He raised Christ, Whom He did not raise in case it is true that the dead are not raised.G1161G2532G2147G5575G2316G3754G3140G2596G2316G3754G1453G5547G3739G1453G3756G1453G1512G686G3498G1453G375616For if the dead are not raised, then Christ has not been raised;G1063G1487G3498G1453G3756G1453G3761G5547G145317And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is mere delusion [futile, fruitless], and you are still in your sins [under the control and penalty of sin];G1161G1487G5547G1453G3756G1453G5216G4102G3152G2075G2089G1722G5216G26618And further, those who have died in [spiritual fellowship and union with] Christ have perished (are lost)!G686G2532G2837G1722G5547G62219If we who are [abiding] in Christ have hope only in this life {and} that is all, then we are of all people most miserable {and} to be pitied.G1487G1722G5026G2222G3440G1679G2070G1722G5547G2070G3956G444G165220But the fact is that Christ (the Messiah) has been raised from the dead, and He became the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep [in death].G1161G3570G1453G5547G1453G1537G3498G1096G536G283721For since [it was] through a man that death [came into the world, it is] also through a Man that the resurrection of the dead [has come].G1063G1894G1223G444G2288G1223G444G2532G386G349822For just as [because of their union of nature] in Adam all people die, so also [by virtue of their union of nature] shall all in Christ be made alive.G1063G5618G1722G76G3956G599G2532G3779G1722G5547G2227G3956G222723But each in his own rank {and} turn: Christ (the Messiah) [is] the firstfruits, then those who are Christ's [own will be resurrected] at His coming.G1161G1538G1722G2398G5001G5547G536G1899G3588G5547G1722G846G395224After that comes the end (the completion), when He delivers over the kingdom to God the Father after rendering inoperative {and} abolishing every [other] rule and every authority and power.G1534G5056G3752G3860G932G2316G2532G3962G3752G2673G3956G746G2532G3956G1849G2532G141125For [Christ] must be King {and} reign until He has put all [His] enemies under His feet.G1063G846G1163G936G891G3739G302G5087G3956G2190G5259G846G422826The last enemy to be subdued {and} abolished is death.G2078G2190G2673G228827For He [the Father] has put all things in subjection under His [Christ's] feet. But when it says, All things are put in subjection [under Him], it is evident that He [Himself] is excepted Who does the subjecting of all things to Him.G1063G5293G3956G5259G846G4228G1161G3752G2036G3754G3956G5293G1212G3754G1622G5293G3956G5293G84628However, when everything is subjected to Him, then the Son Himself will also subject Himself to [the Father] Who put all things under Him, so that God may be all in all [be everything to everyone, supreme, the indwelling and controlling factor of life].G1161G3752G3956G5293G846G5119G5293G5207G2532G846G5293G5293G3956G5293G846G2443G2316G5600G3956G1722G395629Otherwise, what do people mean by being [themselves] baptized in behalf of the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why are people baptized for them?G1893G5101G4160G907G5228G3498G1487G3498G1453G3756G3654G5101G2532G907G5228G349830[For that matter], why do I live [dangerously as I do, running such risks that I am] in peril every hour?G2532G5101G2793G2249G2793G3956G561031[I assure you] by the pride which I have in you in [your fellowship and union with] Christ Jesus our Lord, that I die daily [I face death every day and die to self].G3513G5212G2251G2746G3739G2192G1722G5547G2424G2257G2962G599G2596G225032What do I gain if, merely from the human point of view, I fought with [wild] beasts at Ephesus? If the dead are not raised [at all], let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we will be dead.G1487G2596G444G2341G1722G2181G5101G3786G3427G1487G3498G1453G3756G5315G2532G4095G1063G839G59933Do not be so deceived {and} misled! Evil companionships (communion, associations) corrupt {and} deprave good manners {and} morals {and} character.G4105G3361G4105G2556G3657G5351G5543G223934Awake [from your drunken stupor and return] to sober sense {and} your right minds, and sin no more. For some of you have not the knowledge of God [you are utterly and willfully and disgracefully ignorant, and continue to be so, lacking the sense of God's presence and all true knowledge of Him]. I say this to your shame.G1594G1346G2532G264G3361G1063G5100G2192G56G2316G3004G4314G5213G179135But someone will say, How can the dead be raised? With what [kind of] body will they come forth?G235G5100G2046G4459G1453G3498G1453G1161G4169G4983G206436You foolish man! Every time you plant seed, you sow something that does not come to life [germinating, springing up, and growing] unless it dies first.G878G3739G4771G4687G2227G3756G2227G3362G59937Nor is the seed you sow then the body which it is going to have [later], but it is a naked kernel, perhaps of wheat or some of the rest of the grains.G2532G3739G4687G4687G3756G4983G1096G235G1131G2848G1487G5177G4621G2228G5100G306238But God gives to it the body that He plans {and} sees fit, and to each kind of seed a body of its own.G1161G2316G1325G846G4983G2531G2309G2532G1538G4690G2398G498339For all flesh is not the same, but there is one kind for humans, another for beasts, another for birds, and another for fish.G3956G4561G3756G846G4561G235G3303G243G4561G444G1161G243G4561G2934G1161G243G2486G1161G243G442140There are heavenly bodies (sun, moon, and stars) and there are earthly bodies (men, animals, and plants), but the beauty {and} glory of the heavenly bodies is of one kind, while the beauty {and} glory of earthly bodies is a different kind.G2532G2032G4983G2532G4983G1919G235G3303G1391G2032G2087G1161G1919G208741The sun is glorious in one way, the moon is glorious in another way, and the stars are glorious in their own [distinctive] way; for one star differs from {and} surpasses another in its beauty {and} brilliance.G243G1391G2246G2532G243G1391G4582G2532G243G1391G792G1063G792G1308G792G1722G139142So it is with the resurrection of the dead. [The body] that is sown is perishable {and} decays, but [the body] that is resurrected is imperishable (immune to decay, immortal).G3779G2532G386G3498G4687G1722G5356G1453G1722G86143It is sown in dishonor {and} humiliation; it is raised in honor {and} glory. It is sown in infirmity {and} weakness; it is resurrected in strength {and} endued with power.G4687G1722G819G1453G1722G1391G4687G1722G769G1453G1722G141144It is sown a natural (physical) body; it is raised a supernatural (a spiritual) body. [As surely as] there is a physical body, there is also a spiritual body.G4687G5591G4983G1453G4152G4983G2076G5591G4983G2532G2076G4152G498345Thus it is written, The first man Adam became a living being (an individual personality); the last Adam (Christ) became a life-giving Spirit [restoring the dead to life].G2532G3779G1125G4413G444G76G1096G1519G2198G5590G2078G76G1519G2227G415146But it is not the spiritual life which came first, but the physical and then the spiritual.G235G3756G4412G4152G235G5591G1899G415247The first man [was] from out of earth, made of dust (earthly-minded); the second Man [is] {the Lord} from out of heaven.G4413G444G1537G1093G5517G1208G444G2962G1537G377248Now those who are made of the dust are like him who was first made of the dust (earthly-minded); and as is [the Man] from heaven, so also [are those] who are of heaven (heavenly-minded).G3634G5517G5108G2532G5517G2532G3634G2032G5108G2032G2532G203249And just as we have borne the image [of the man] of dust, so shall we {and so} {let us} also bear the image [of the Man] of heaven.G2532G2531G5409G1504G5517G5409G2532G5409G1504G203250But I tell you this, brethren, flesh and blood cannot [become partakers of eternal salvation and] inherit {or} share in the kingdom of God; nor does the perishable (that which is decaying) inherit {or} share in the imperishable (the immortal).G1161G5124G5346G80G3754G4561G2532G129G3756G1410G2816G932G2316G3761G2816G5356G2816G86151Take notice! I tell you a mystery (a secret truth, an event decreed by the hidden purpose or counsel of God). We shall not all fall asleep [in death], but we shall all be changed (transformed)G2400G3004G5213G3466G2837G3756G3956G3303G2837G1161G236G3956G23652In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the [sound of the] last trumpet call. For a trumpet will sound, and the dead [in Christ] will be raised imperishable (free and immune from decay), and we shall be changed (transformed).G1722G823G1722G4493G3788G1722G2078G4536G1063G4537G2532G3498G1453G862G2532G2249G23653For this perishable [part of us] must put on the imperishable [nature], and this mortal [part of us, this nature that is capable of dying] must put on immortality (freedom from death).G1063G5124G5349G1163G1746G861G2532G5124G2349G1746G11054And when this perishable puts on the imperishable and this that was capable of dying puts on freedom from death, then shall be fulfilled the Scripture that says, Death is swallowed up (utterly vanquished forever) in {and} unto victory.G1161G3752G5124G5349G1746G861G2532G5124G2349G1746G110G5119G1096G3056G1125G2288G2666G1519G353455O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?G2288G4226G4675G2759G86G4226G4675G353456Now sin is the sting of death, and sin exercises its power [upon the soul] through [the abuse of] the Law.G1161G2759G2288G266G1161G1411G266G355157But thanks be to God, Who gives us the victory [making us conquerors] through our Lord Jesus Christ.G1161G5485G2316G3588G1325G2254G3534G1223G2257G2962G2424G554758Therefore, my beloved brethren, be firm (steadfast), immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord [always being superior, excelling, doing more than enough in the service of the Lord], knowing {and} being continually aware that your labor in the Lord is not futile [it is never wasted or to no purpose].G5620G3450G27G80G1096G1476G277G3842G4052G1722G2041G2962G1492G3754G5216G2873G2076G3756G2756G1722G2962
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