THE FIRST EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 15

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¹ Moreover brethren I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you which also ye have received and wherein ye stand ⚑

² By which also ye are saved if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you unless ye have believed in vain ⚑

³ For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures ⚑

⁴ And that he was buried and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures ⚑

⁵ And that he was seen of Cephas then of the twelve ⚑

⁶ After that he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once of whom the greater part remain unto this present but some are fallen asleep ⚑

⁷ After that he was seen of James then of all the apostles ⚑

⁸ And last of all he was seen of me also as of one born out of due time ⚑

⁹ For I am the least of the apostles that am not meet to be called an apostle because I persecuted the church of God ⚑

¹⁰ But by the grace of God I am what I am and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain but I laboured more abundantly than they all yet not I but the grace of God which was with me ⚑

¹¹ Therefore whether it were I or they so we preach and so ye believed ⚑

¹² Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead ⚑

¹³ But if there be no resurrection of the dead then is Christ not risen ⚑

¹⁴ And if Christ be not risen then is our preaching vain and your faith is also vain ⚑

¹⁵ Yea and we are found false witnesses of God because we have testified of God that he raised up Christ whom he raised not up if so be that the dead rise not ⚑

¹⁶ For if the dead rise not then is not Christ raised ⚑

¹⁷ And if Christ be not raised your faith is vain ye are yet in your sins ⚑

¹⁸ Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished ⚑

¹⁹ If in this life only we have hope in Christ we are of all men most miserable ⚑

²⁰ But now is Christ risen from the dead and become the firstfruits of them that slept ⚑

²¹ For since by man came death by man came also the resurrection of the dead ⚑

²² For as in Adam all die even so in Christ shall all be made alive ⚑

²³ But every man in his own order Christ the firstfruits afterward they that are hrist’s at his coming ⚑

²⁴ Then cometh the end when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God even the Father when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power ⚑

²⁵ For he must reign till he hath put all enemies under his feet ⚑

²⁶ The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death ⚑

²⁷ For he hath put all things under his feet But when he saith all things are put under him it is manifest that he is excepted which did put all things under him ⚑

²⁸ And when all things shall be subdued unto him then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him that God may be all in all ⚑

²⁹ Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead if the dead rise not at all why are they then baptized for the dead ⚑

³⁰ And why stand we in jeopardy every hour ⚑

³¹ I protest by your rejoicing which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord I die daily ⚑

³² If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus what advantageth it me if the dead rise not let us eat and drink for to morrow we die ⚑

³³ Be not deceived evil communications corrupt good manners ⚑

³⁴ Awake to righteousness and sin not for some have not the knowledge of God I speak this to your shame ⚑

³⁵ But some man will say How are the dead raised up and with what body do they come ⚑

³⁶ Thou fool that which thou sowest is not quickened except it die ⚑

³⁷ And that which thou sowest thou sowest not that body that shall be but bare grain it may chance of wheat or of some other grain ⚑

³⁸ But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him and to every seed his own body ⚑

³⁹ All flesh is not the same flesh but there is one kind of flesh of men another flesh of beasts another of fishes and another of birds ⚑

⁴⁰ There are also celestial bodies and bodies terrestrial but the glory of the celestial is one and the glory of the terrestrial is another ⚑

⁴¹ There is one glory of the sun and another glory of the moon and another glory of the stars for one star differeth from another star in glory ⚑

⁴² So also is the resurrection of the dead It is sown in corruption it is raised in incorruption ⚑

⁴³ It is sown in dishonour it is raised in glory it is sown in weakness it is raised in power ⚑

⁴⁴ It is sown a natural body it is raised a spiritual body There is a natural body and there is a spiritual body ⚑

⁴⁵ And so it is written The first man Adam was made a living soul the last Adam was made a quickening spirit ⚑

⁴⁶ Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual but that which is natural and afterward that which is spiritual ⚑

⁴⁷ The first man is of the earth earthy the second man is the Lord from heaven ⚑

⁴⁸ As is the earthy such are they also that are earthy and as is the heavenly such are they also that are heavenly ⚑

⁴⁹ And as we have borne the image of the earthy we shall also bear the image of the heavenly ⚑

⁵⁰ Now this I say brethren that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God neither doth corruption inherit incorruption ⚑

⁵¹ Behold I shew you a mystery We shall not all sleep but we shall all be changed ⚑

⁵² In a moment in the twinkling of an eye at the last trump for the trumpet shall sound and the dead shall be raised incorruptible and we shall be changed ⚑

⁵³ For this corruptible must put on incorruption and this mortal must put on immortality ⚑

⁵⁴ So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption and this mortal shall have put on immortality then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written Death is swallowed up in victory ⚑

⁵⁵ O death where is thy sting O grave where is thy victory ⚑

⁵⁶ The sting of death is sin and the strength of sin is the law ⚑

⁵⁷ But thanks be to God which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ ⚑

⁵⁸ Therefore my beloved brethren be ye stedfast unmoveable always abounding in the work of the Lord forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord ⚑

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King James Version (1769) with Apocrypha · Crosswire Bible Society / eBible.org (standard text of 1769) · Public Domain

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · public domain