1Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the
gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have
received, and wherein ye stand;
2By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in
memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have
believed in vain.
3For I delivered unto you first of all that
which I also received, how that Christ died for our
sins according to the scriptures;
4And that he was buried, and that he rose
again the third day according to the scriptures:
5And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the
twelve:
6After 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.
7After that, he was seen of James; then of
all the apostles.
8And last of all he was seen of me also, as
of one born out of due time.
9For I am the least of the apostles, that am
not meet to be called an apostle, because I
persecuted the church of God.
10But 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.
11Therefore whether it
were I or they, so we preach, and so ye
believed.
12Now if Christ be preached that he rose from
the dead, how say some among you that there is no
resurrection of the dead?
13But if there be no resurrection of the
dead, then is Christ not risen:
14And if Christ be not risen, then is our
preaching vain, and your faith is also
vain.
15Yea, 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.
16For if the dead rise not, then is not
Christ raised:
17And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain;
ye are yet in your sins.
18Then they also which are fallen asleep in
Christ are perished.
19If in this life only we have hope in
Christ, we are of all men most miserable.
20But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become
the firstfruits of them that slept.
21For since by man came death,
by man came also
the resurrection of the dead.
22For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ
shall all be made alive.
23But every man in his own order: Christ the
firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his
coming.
24Then 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.
25For he must reign, till he hath put all
enemies under his feet.
26The last enemy that shall
be destroyed is death.
27For 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.
28And 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.
29Else 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?
30And why stand we in jeopardy every hour?
31I protest by your rejoicing which I have in
Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily.
32If 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.
33Be not deceived: evil communications
corrupt good manners.
34Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for
some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to
your shame.
35But some man will
say, How are the dead raised up? and with what body
do they come?
36Thou fool,
that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it
die:
37And 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:
38But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased
him, and to every seed his own body.
39All 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.
40There
are also celestial bodies, and bodies
terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial is one,
and the glory of
the terrestrial is another.
41There
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.
42So also is the
resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption;
it is raised in incorruption:
43It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in
glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in
power:
44It is sown a natural body; it is raised a
spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there
is a spiritual body.
45And so it is written, The first man Adam
was made a living soul; the last Adam was
made a quickening spirit.
46Howbeit that was not
first which is spiritual, but that which is natural;
and afterward that which is spiritual.
47The first man is of
the earth, earthy: the second man is the
Lord from heaven.
48As is the
earthy, such are they
also that are earthy: and as is the
heavenly, such are they
also that are heavenly.
49And as we have borne the image of the
earthy, we shall also bear the image of the
heavenly.
50Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and
blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither
doth corruption inherit incorruption.
51Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not
all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
52In 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.
53For this corruptible must put on
incorruption, and this mortal must put
on immortality.
54So 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.
55O death, where is thy
sting? O grave, where is thy
victory?
56The sting of death is sin;
and the strength of sin is the
law.
57But thanks be to
God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord
Jesus Christ.
58Therefore, 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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