1 Corinthians 15

1 Corinthians 15:1

• Now
• Now,
• Brothers and

• brothers,
• brothers and sisters,
• sisters,

• I

• make
• want to

• remind
• known to

• you the
• you, brothers, the
• you of the
• you, brethren, the
• you, brothers, of the

• Good News which
• good news which
• gospel which
• gospel
• Good News
• good news
• good news that
• gospel that

• I

• preached to
• proclaimed to
• told

• you, which
• you.
• you;
• you, which also

• you
• You

• received it and have taken your

• stand.
• stand,

1 Corinthians 15:2

• by which also you

• are
• are being

• saved, if you hold

• firmly to the
• fast to the

• word
• word which
• message

• I

• preached to
• proclaimed to

• you—unless
• you, unless

• you believed in vain.

1 Corinthians 15:3

• For I
• I

• passed on to
• handed on to
• delivered to
• told

• you as of first importance what I

• also
• had

• received: that
• received, that
• received:

• Christ died for our

• sins,
• sins
• sins, in
• sins in

• according to the
• accordance with the

• Scriptures,
• scriptures;
• scriptures,

1 Corinthians 15:4

• That He
• that He
• that he
• and that He
• and that he
• He
• he

• was

• buried, and that
• buried; that
• buried, that
• buried;
• buried.
• buried, and

• He
• he

• was raised on the
• was raised to life on the
• was raised from the

• third

• day,
• day
• day, as the
• day as the
• day in

• according to the
• Scriptures
• accordance with the

• Scriptures,
• scriptures;
• scriptures.
• Scriptures;
• scriptures,
• say;

1 Corinthians 15:5

• and that He
• and that he
• He
• he
• that he
• Christ

• appeared to
• was seen by

• Cephas,
• Cephas;
• Peter and
• Peter, and
• Cephas; and
• Cephas, and

• then to the twelve.
• then to the twelve,
• then to the twelve;
• then by the twelve.
• then by the Twelve;

1 Corinthians 15:6

• then he
• Then he
• After that, he
• After that He

• appeared to
• was seen by

• more than five hundred
• more than five hundred of the
• more than 500
• more than five hundred of

• brothers at the
• brothers at
• brothers and sisters at one
• brothers at one
• believers at one
• brothers and sisters at
• his followers at one
• brethren at one

• once,
• time,
• same time,

• most of whom

• are
• remain until

• still alive, though some
• now, but some
• still living, though some
• still alive, but some

• have fallen

• asleep.
• asleep;

1 Corinthians 15:7

• then he
• then He
• Then he
• Then He
• After that he
• After that, he
• After that He

• appeared to
• was seen by

• James;
• James.
• James,
• James, and
• James and

• then to all the
• then by all the
• later by all the
• Then he appeared to all the
• later to all the

• apostles;
• apostles,
• apostles.

1 Corinthians 15:8

• Last of all, as to one

• untimely
• abnormally

• born, he appeared

• also to
• even to

• me.
• me.”

1 Corinthians 15:9

• For I
• I

• am the
• ’m the

• least of the

• apostles,
• apostles.
• apostles and
• apostles, and
• apostles, who

• unworthy to
• not fit to
• not worthy to

• be called an

• apostle because
• apostle, because
• apostle,’ because

• I persecuted the church of

• God.
• God;

1 Corinthians 15:10

• But by the grace of God I am what I

• am, and
• am. And

• his
• His

• grace to
• grace toward

• me

• has
• did

• not been in

• vain; but
• vain, but

• I labored even more than all of

• them,
• them;
• them—

• yet not
• not

• I, but the grace of God with

• me.
• me.)

1 Corinthians 15:11

• [Translation pending]

1 Corinthians 15:12

• Now if Christ is

• proclaimed as
• preached as

• raised from the
• raised from

• dead, how
• death. How
• death, how
• dead, why

• can some of
• do some among
• do some of

• you

• say that there
• say, “There
• say there

• is no resurrection of the

• dead”?
• dead?

1 Corinthians 15:13

• But if there is no
• If there is no

• resurrection of the

• dead, then
• dead, then not even
• dead, not even
• dead,

• Christ

• has
• was

• not
• n’t
• Christ

• been raised;
• been raised.
• been raised either,
• been raised either.
• been raised, either;
• raised;
• risen.
• risen;

1 Corinthians 15:14

• And if Christ
• and if Christ
• and, if Christ
• if Christ
• If Christ

• has

• not
• n’t

• been raised,

• then
• then all

• our

• preaching
• proclamation
• message

• is
• is in

• vain and
• vain, and
• worth nothing, and
• worth nothing. And
• useless, and
• useless and

• your

• faith
• faith also

• is
• is in

• vain.
• useless.
• worth nothing.

1 Corinthians 15:15

• We are even

• found to
• found

• be false
• false
• be

• witnesses about
• witnesses of
• witnesses to
• misrepresenting

• God, because
• God because
• God, for

• we

• testified against
• have testified about
• testified of
• testified about

• God that

• He
• he

• raised
• raised up
• raised the

• Christ, Whom
• Christ, whom
• Christ—whom

• He
• he

• did

• not
• n’t

• raise if itis true that the dead

• are
• do

• not

• raised.
• rise!
• rise.

1 Corinthians 15:16

• For if the dead
• For, if the dead
• If the dead

• are
• do

• not
• n’t

• raised,
• raised, then

• Christ
• then Christ

• has
• was

• not
• n’t

• been

• raised;
• raised.
• raised,
• raised either;
• raised either.

1 Corinthians 15:17

• And if Christ
• and if Christ
• and, if Christ
• If Christ

• has not been raised, your faith is

• worthless;
• futile and
• useless;
• vain;
• futile;

• you are still in your

• sins.
• sins,
• sins!

1 Corinthians 15:18

• Then those also who have

• fallen asleep in
• died believing in
• died in

• Christ

• have
• are

• perished.
• perished!
• lost.
• lost!
• also perished.
• utterly lost.

1 Corinthians 15:19

• If for this life only we have

• hope in
• hoped in

• Christ, we are of all

• men
• people

• most
• most to be

• pitied.
• pitiable.

1 Corinthians 15:20

• But now
• But in fact

• Christ has been raised from the

• dead, the
• dead, as the

• firstfruits of those who
• first-fruits of those who
• first fruits of those who

• have fallen asleep.

1 Corinthians 15:21

• For since death
• Death

• came through a man, the resurrection of the dead also comes through a man.

1 Corinthians 15:22

• [Translation pending]

1 Corinthians 15:23

• But each in his own order:

• Christ the
• Christ, the

• first-fruits;
• firstfruits;
• firstfruits,
• first fruits,
• first-fruits, and
• firstfruits, and

• then, at
• then at
• afterwards, at
• then when
• then, when

• his
• Christ
• he

• coming, those who
• coming those who
• comes, those who

• belong to
• belong to the

• Christ;
• Christ.
• him.

1 Corinthians 15:24

• Then the
• and then the

• end will

• come;
• come.

• Christ will

• hand over the
• deliver up the

• Kingdom to
• kingdom to
• kingdom to the

• God the
• his God and
• God and
• God, even the

• Father; when
• father, when
• Father, when
• Father, after
• Father after

• He
• he

• has destroyed every
• has destroyed all
• has abolished all

• rule, and all
• rule and all

• authority, and
• authority and

• power—
• power.

1 Corinthians 15:25

• For he
• For He
• Christ
• For Christ

• must

• reign until
• rule until

• He
• he
• God ‘
• God

• has put all
• puts all

• His enemies under
• his enemies under
• enemies under

• his
• His

• feet.”
• feet.’
• feet;
• feet.
• control.

1 Corinthians 15:26

• The last
• Death is the last
• and the last
• And the last

• enemy to be

• destroyed
• abolished

• is
• will be

• death.
• death,
• death;

1 Corinthians 15:27

• For he
• For He
• For he “
• For “He
• For “he
• for God
• For “God
• For God
• “For God

• has

• put all
• put

• things in
• everything in

• subjection under

• his
• His

• feet.” But when
• feet. But when
• control.” When
• control. When

• it
• He
• he

• says that
• says that “
• says, “all
• says “all
• says, “All
• says “

• everything”
• everything
• things

• has been
• are
• is

• put in
• put under

• subjection”,
• subjection,
• subjection,”
• him,
• Him,
• Him,”

• it is clear that this does not include the one who

• put
• put all

• everything in
• things in

• subjection to
• subjection under

• Him.
• him,
• him.
• Him.)
• him.)

1 Corinthians 15:28

• When all things
• And when everything
• And, when everything
• But when all things
• After everything has
• And when all things
• After everything

• are
• been
• have been
• is

• subjected to
• subject to
• put under

• him,
• Him,
• Christ,

• then the

• son
• Son

• himself
• Himself

• will also
• will

• be

• subjected to the
• subjected to
• subject to

• one who
• Him who
• him who

• subjected
• subjected all
• put all

• everything to
• things under
• things to
• everything under

• him.
• him,
• Him,

• so that God

• may
• will

• be all in all.
• be all in all!

1 Corinthians 15:29

• Otherwise, what
• Otherwise what

• will they do who

• are
• are being

• baptized for the
• baptized on
• baptized for those who

• dead, if the
• dead? If the
• have died? If the
• behalf of the dead? If the

• dead

• are
• do

• not
• n’t

• raised at all.
• raised at all,
• raised at all, why
• rise at all? Why
• rise at all? why

• then
• Then why
• then why

• are

• people
• they

• baptized for
• baptized on
• baptized for the

• them?
• their behalf?
• dead?

1 Corinthians 15:30

• Why are
• And why are
• And why do
• And what about us? Why do
• And why should

• we

• put ourselves in
• endanger
• stand in
• putting ourselves in
• risk

• danger every
• jeopardy every
• ourselves every
• peril every

• hour?

1 Corinthians 15:31

• I

• affirm by the
• affirm, by the

• boasting in

• you which
• you, which

• I have in Christ

• Jesus,
• Jesus

• our

• Lord
• Lord,
• Lord:

• I

• face death every
• die
• die every

• day.
• day!
• daily.

1 Corinthians 15:32

• [Translation pending]

1 Corinthians 15:33

• Do

• not
• n’t

• be
• let anyone

• deceived! “
• deceived: “
• deceived,
• fooled: “
• fooled. “
• fool

• Bad
• bad
• Evil

• company
• friends
• companions

• corrupts
• ruins
• will ruin
• ruin

• good

• morals.
• morals.”
• habits”!
• habits.
• habits.”
• character.
• character.”
• character.’

1 Corinthians 15:34

• Come to
• Sober up as

• you
• your

• ought and
• ought, and

• stop

• sinning. For some
• sinning, for some
• sinning! For some
• sinning; for some

• have no knowledge of

• God.
• God—
• God;
• God:
• God at all.

• I

• say this to
• speak this to

• your

• shame.
• shame!

1 Corinthians 15:35

• But someone will
• But someone may
• Someone will
• But some one will

• say, “How
• ask, how
• ask: How
• ask, “How

• are the dead

• raised? What
• raised? And with what
• raised?” and, “With what

• kind of
• sort of

• body do they

• come?’
• come?”
• have?”
• come back?”

1 Corinthians 15:36

• How foolish! What
• Foolish one, what
• Foolish one! What
• Fool! What
• You fool! What

• you

• sow
• plant
• put a seed into the ground,

• does
• it does
• is

• not
• n’t

• come to
• made

• life unless
• life, unless
• alive unless

• it

• dies;
• dies.
• dies!
• dies first.

1 Corinthians 15:37

• and what you
• And what you
• And as for what you

• sow
• sow,

• is
• you do

• not the
• not sow the

• body that
• body which

• is to
• will
• shall

• be, but a
• be but a
• be, but

• bare
• mere
• naked

• seed—
• seed,
• grain—
• grain,

• perhaps of
• maybe

• wheat or some
• wheat, or some
• wheat or
• wheat, or of some

• other
• something

• kind;
• kind.
• grain.
• else.

1 Corinthians 15:38

• but God
• But God
• God
• and God

• gives
• gives to
• gives the

• it a
• it the
• seed a

• body
• body as
• body that

• He
• he
• just as he

• has determined, and to each
• has chosen, and to each

• kind of seed its

• own
• own particular

• body.
• kind of body.

1 Corinthians 15:39

• Not all flesh is the

• same flesh: but there
• same flesh, but there
• same, but there
• same flesh; there
• same flesh: there

• is one
• is

• flesh of
• kind for
• flesh for
• kind of

• humans, another for
• flesh,

• animals, another for
• beasts, another for
• animals have another,

• birds, and another for
• birds another and
• birds another, and
• birds have another, and
• birds, and another of

• fish.
• fish,
• fish another.
• fishes.

1 Corinthians 15:40

• There are
• and there are
• And there are
• Also there are
• There are both

• heavenly

• bodies, and
• bodies and

• earthly
• terrestrial

• bodies; but the
• bodies, but the

• glory of the
• splendor of the

• heavenly bodies

• is one
• is of one

• kind and the
• kind, and the
• kind of

• glory of the
• beauty of the
• splendor of the

• earthly, another.
• earthly another.
• earthly bodies is another.
• terrestrial is another.
• earthly is another.
• earthly.
• earthly;

1 Corinthians 15:41

• There is one
• There is a

• glory of the

• sun, and another
• sun, another

• glory of the

• moon and another
• moon, and another

• glory of the

• stars; for
• stars, for
• stars; for one
• stars another, for
• stars another. For

• star

• differs from
• differs from another

• star in

• glory.
• splendor.
• brightness.
• beauty.

1 Corinthians 15:42

• So also

• is the
• is with the

• resurrection of the

• dead:
• dead.
• dead. The

• it
• It
• body
• body that

• is
• is “

• sown in

• corruption;
• corruption,

• it is

• raised
• raised in

• imperishable.
• imperishable;
• incorruption:
• incorruption.
• incorruption;

1 Corinthians 15:43

• it
• It

• is sown in

• dishonor;
• dishonor,

• it is raised in

• glory.
• glory;
• glory:

• it
• It

• is sown in

• weakness;
• weakness,

• it is raised in

• power.
• power:
• power;

1 Corinthians 15:44

• it
• It

• is sown a

• natural
• physical

• body;
• body,

• it is

• raised a
• raised as a

• spiritual

• body. If there
• body; there
• body. There

• is a

• natural
• physical

• body, there
• body, and there

• is a spiritual

• body.
• body;
• bodies.

1 Corinthians 15:45

• The Holy Writings
• The holy writings
• It is

• written, “The
• written, The
• written: “The
• written: The
• say, “The
• say, ‘The

• first

• man,
• man

• Adam
• Adam,

• became a living

• being.” The
• being”; the
• being’; the
• being; the
• being,” the
• soul”; the
• soul.” The
• person.” But the
• person.” The
• person”; the

• last Adam

• became a
• is a
• has become a

• life-giving

• Spirit.
• spirit.

1 Corinthians 15:46

• However, the spiritual
• But the spiritual

• is not

• first, but the
• first but the

• natural;
• natural,
• physical, and
• physical and
• natural, and
• natural and

• then the

• spiritual;
• spiritual.

1 Corinthians 15:47

• the first
• The first

• man

• was from the
• came from the
• is from the
• was of the
• was made from the

• dust of the
• earth, made of
• earth, a man of

• earth’: the
• earth, the
• earth. The
• earth; the
• dust. The
• dust; the

• second

• Man
• man,
• man
• Adam

• is from
• came from
• is the Lord from
• is of

• heaven.

1 Corinthians 15:48

• [Translation pending]

1 Corinthians 15:49

• Just as we
• And as we
• And just as we
• As we

• have borne the

• image of the
• image of the man of
• likeness of the

• earthy,
• man of dust,

• we

• will
• shall

• also

• bear the
• wear the

• image of the
• likeness of the

• heavenly.
• heavenly Man.
• heavenly man.
• heavenly one.
• man of heaven.
• Man from heaven.
• man from heaven.

1 Corinthians 15:50

• What I
• Now I
• Now this I
• This I

• say this,
• am saying,
• declare,
• say,

• brothers, that
• brothers:
• brethren, that

• flesh and
• Flesh and

• blood

• can
• ca

• not
• n’t

• inherit the
• able to inherit the

• kingdom of

• God; nor
• God, nor

• does the
• does

• perishable
• corruption

• inherit
• inherit the
• inherit what

• imperishable.
• incorruption.

1 Corinthians 15:51

• Listen!
• Listen,
• Behold!
• Behold,
• lo,
• Lo!
• But listen,

• I
• I am
• I will
• I’m

• tell
• telling

• you a
• you this

• mystery;
• mystery!
• mystery.
• mystery:
• secret:
• secret.

• we
• We

• will
• shall
• wo

• not all

• die. But
• die, but
• sleep, but
• fall asleep, but

• we

• will
• shall

• all be

• changed;
• changed
• changed,
• changed.
• changed—
• transformed!
• transformed.

1 Corinthians 15:52

• in a moment, in the
• in an instant, in the
• in a flash, in the

• twinkling of an
• blink of an

• eye, at the last

• trumpet; for the
• trumpet. For the
• trumpet sounds. The

• trumpet will

• sound, and the
• sound, the

• dead will

• be raised
• be raised to live
• rise

• imperishable, and
• forever. And
• forever, and
• incorruptible, and
• immortal, and

• we

• will
• shall

• be changed.

1 Corinthians 15:53

• For this perishable
• For this corruptible

• body must
• must

• put on
• put on the

• imperishable, and this
• incorruptibility, and this
• imperishability, and this

• mortal body
• mortal
• mortal nature

• must

• put on
• be clothed with

• immortality.

1 Corinthians 15:54

• [Translation pending]

1 Corinthians 15:55

• “O death, where
• ’O Death, where
• “O Death, where
• O death, where
• Death, where
• “Death, where
• “ Death, where
• “Where, O death,
• Where, O death,

• is your

• victory,
• victory?
• victory? Where,
• sting?

• Death, where
• Death? Where
• O Death, where
• O death, where
• O death,

• is your

• sting?”
• sting?
• sting?’
• power to hurt?”
• victory?”

1 Corinthians 15:56

• The “sting” of
• The sting of
• Now the sting of

• death is

• sin. And the
• sin, and the

• power of sin is the

• Law.
• law;
• law.

1 Corinthians 15:57

• but thanks
• But thanks
• But we

• be to
• thank

• God, who
• God who

• gives us the

• victory, through
• victory through

• our Lord Jesus

• Christ!
• Christ.

1 Corinthians 15:58

• Therefore, my
• So my
• So, my
• My

• dear

• brothers and sisters,
• friends,
• brothers,

• stand

• strong.
• firm.

• Don’t let anything move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the

• Lord.
• Lord, because

• you
• You

• know that your work in the Lord is never wasted.