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
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
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
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.