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1 Corinthians 15

Paul sets out the gospel he received: Christ died for our sins, was buried, rose on the third day and was seen by many witnesses. If Christ is not raised, faith is empty. But he has been raised, the first of many, and at the last trumpet the dead will rise imperishable. Death has lost its sting.

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Key verses

  • Verse 3The heart of the gospel: Christ died for our sins.
  • Verse 20Christ is risen, the first of many.
  • Verse 55Death has lost its sting.

Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;Selected1 Corinthians 15:1Ask

By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.Selected1 Corinthians 15:2Ask

For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;Selected1 Corinthians 15:3Ask

And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:Selected1 Corinthians 15:4Ask

And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve:Selected1 Corinthians 15:5Ask

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.Selected1 Corinthians 15:6Ask

After that, he was seen of James; then of all the apostles.Selected1 Corinthians 15:7Ask

And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time.Selected1 Corinthians 15:8Ask

For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.Selected1 Corinthians 15:9Ask

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.Selected1 Corinthians 15:10Ask

Therefore whether it were I or they, so we preach, and so ye believed.Selected1 Corinthians 15:11Ask

Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead?Selected1 Corinthians 15:12Ask

But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen:Selected1 Corinthians 15:13Ask

And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain.Selected1 Corinthians 15:14Ask

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.Selected1 Corinthians 15:15Ask

For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised:Selected1 Corinthians 15:16Ask

And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins.Selected1 Corinthians 15:17Ask

Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished.Selected1 Corinthians 15:18Ask

If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.Selected1 Corinthians 15:19Ask

But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept.Selected1 Corinthians 15:20Ask

For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead.Selected1 Corinthians 15:21Ask

For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.Selected1 Corinthians 15:22Ask

But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at his coming.Selected1 Corinthians 15:23Ask

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.Selected1 Corinthians 15:24Ask

For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet.Selected1 Corinthians 15:25Ask

The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.Selected1 Corinthians 15:26Ask

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.Selected1 Corinthians 15:27Ask

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.Selected1 Corinthians 15:28Ask

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?Selected1 Corinthians 15:29Ask

And why stand we in jeopardy every hour?Selected1 Corinthians 15:30Ask

I protest by your rejoicing which I have in Christ Jesus our LORD, I die daily.Selected1 Corinthians 15:31Ask

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.Selected1 Corinthians 15:32Ask

Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.Selected1 Corinthians 15:33Ask

Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame.Selected1 Corinthians 15:34Ask

But some man will say, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come?Selected1 Corinthians 15:35Ask

Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die:Selected1 Corinthians 15:36Ask

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:Selected1 Corinthians 15:37Ask

But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body.Selected1 Corinthians 15:38Ask

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.Selected1 Corinthians 15:39Ask

There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another.Selected1 Corinthians 15:40Ask

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.Selected1 Corinthians 15:41Ask

So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption:Selected1 Corinthians 15:42Ask

It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power:Selected1 Corinthians 15:43Ask

It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.Selected1 Corinthians 15:44Ask

And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.Selected1 Corinthians 15:45Ask

Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual.Selected1 Corinthians 15:46Ask

The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven.Selected1 Corinthians 15:47Ask

As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly.Selected1 Corinthians 15:48Ask

And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.Selected1 Corinthians 15:49Ask

Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.Selected1 Corinthians 15:50Ask

Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,Selected1 Corinthians 15:51Ask

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.Selected1 Corinthians 15:52Ask

For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.Selected1 Corinthians 15:53Ask

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.Selected1 Corinthians 15:54Ask

O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?Selected1 Corinthians 15:55Ask

The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.Selected1 Corinthians 15:56Ask

But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.Selected1 Corinthians 15:57Ask

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.Selected1 Corinthians 15:58Ask

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