1 Corinthians 15 - New American Standard Bible (NASB)

The Fact of Christ’s Resurrection

15 Now ^(A)I make known to you, brothers and sisters, the ^(B)gospel which I preached to you, which you also received, ^(C)in which you also stand, ² by which you also are saved, ^(D)if you hold firmly to ^[a]the word which I preached to you, ^(E)unless you believed in vain.

³ For ^(F)I handed down to you ^[b]as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died ^(G)for our sins ^(H)according to the Scriptures, ⁴ and that He was buried, and that He was ^(I)raised on the third day ^(J)according to the Scriptures, ⁵ and that ^(K)He appeared to ^[c](L)Cephas, then ^(M)to the twelve. ⁶ After that He appeared to more than five hundred brothers and sisters at one time, most of whom remain until now, but some ^(N)have fallen asleep; ⁷ then He appeared to ^[d](O)James, then to ^(P)all the apostles; ⁸ and last of all, as ^[e]to one untimely born, ^(Q)He appeared to me also. ⁹ For I am ^(R)the least of the apostles, ^[f]and not fit to be called an apostle, because I ^(S)persecuted the church of God. ¹⁰ But by ^(T)the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me did not prove vain; but I ^(U)labored even more than all of them, yet ^(V)not I, but the grace of God with me. ¹¹ Whether then it was I or they, so we preach and so you believed.

¹² Now if Christ is preached, that He has been raised from the dead, how do some among you say that there ^(W)is no resurrection of the dead? ¹³ But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised; ¹⁴ and ^(X)if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain, your faith also is in vain. ¹⁵ Moreover, we are even found to be false witnesses of God, because we testified ^[g]against God that He ^(Y)raised ^[h]Christ, whom He did not raise, if in fact the dead are not raised. ¹⁶ For if the dead are not raised, then not even Christ has been raised; ¹⁷ and if Christ has not been raised, your faith is worthless; ^(Z)you are still in your sins. ¹⁸ Then also those who ^(AA)have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. ¹⁹ If we have hoped in Christ only in this life, we are ^(AB)of all people most to be pitied.

The Order of Resurrection

²⁰ But the fact is, Christ ^(AC)has been raised from the dead, the ^(AD)first fruits of those who ^(AE)are asleep. ²¹ For since ^(AF)by a man death came, by a man also came the resurrection of the dead. ²² For ^(AG)as in Adam all die, so also in ^[i]Christ all will be made alive. ²³ But each in his own order: Christ ^(AH)the first fruits, after that ^(AI)those who are Christ’s at ^(AJ)His coming, ²⁴ then comes the end, when He hands over ^(AK)the kingdom to our ^(AL)God and Father, when He has abolished ^(AM)all rule and all authority and power. ²⁵ For He must reign ^(AN)until He has put all His enemies under His feet. ²⁶ The last enemy that will be ^(AO)abolished is death. ²⁷ For ^(AP)He has put all things in subjection under His feet. But when He says, “^(AQ)All things are put in subjection,” it is clear that ^[j]this excludes the Father who put all things in subjection to Him. ²⁸ When ^(AR)all things are subjected to Him, then the Son Himself will also be subjected to the One who subjected all things to Him, so that ^(AS)God may be all in all.

²⁹ For otherwise, what will those do who are baptized ^[k]for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why then are they baptized ^[l]for them? ³⁰ Why are we also ^(AT)in danger every hour? ³¹ I affirm, brothers and sisters, by the boasting in you which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, that ^(AU)I die daily. ³² If ^[m]from human motives I ^(AV)fought with wild beasts at ^(AW)Ephesus, what good is it to me? If the dead are not raised, ^(AX)let’s eat and drink, for tomorrow we die. ^{33 (AY)}Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good morals.” ^{34 (AZ)}Sober up ^[n]morally and stop sinning, for some have ^(BA)no knowledge of God. ^(BB)I say this to your shame.

³⁵ But ^(BC)someone will say, “How are ^(BD)the dead raised? And with what kind of body do they come?” ^{36 (BE)}You fool! That which you ^(BF)sow does not come to life unless it dies; ³⁷ and that which you sow, you do not sow the body which is to be, but a bare grain, perhaps of wheat or of ^[o]something else. ³⁸ But God gives it a body just as He wished, and ^(BG)to each of the seeds a body of its own. ³⁹ All flesh is not the same flesh, but there is one flesh of mankind, another flesh of animals, another flesh of birds, and another of fish. ⁴⁰ There are also heavenly bodies and earthly bodies, but the glory of the heavenly is one, and the glory of the earthly is another. ⁴¹ There is one glory of the sun, another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for star differs from star in glory.

^{42 (BH)}So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown ^[p](BI)a perishable body, it is raised ^[q](BJ)an imperishable body; ⁴³ it is sown in dishonor, it is raised in ^(BK)glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power; ⁴⁴ it is sown a ^(BL)natural body, it is raised a ^(BM)spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body. ⁴⁵ So also it is written: “The first ^(BN)man, Adam, became a living ^[r]person.” The ^(BO)last Adam was a ^(BP)life-giving spirit. ⁴⁶ However, the spiritual is not first, but the natural; then the spiritual. ⁴⁷ The first man is ^(BQ)from the earth, ^[s](BR)earthy; the second man is from heaven. ⁴⁸ As is the earthy one, so also are those who are earthy; and as is the heavenly one, ^(BS)so also are those who are heavenly. ⁴⁹ Just as we have ^(BT)borne the image of the earthy, ^[t]we ^(BU)will also bear the image of the heavenly.

The Mystery of Resurrection

⁵⁰ Now I say this, brothers and sisters, that ^(BV)flesh and blood cannot ^(BW)inherit the kingdom of God; nor does ^[u]the perishable inherit ^[v](BX)the imperishable. ⁵¹ Behold, I am telling you a ^[w](BY)mystery; we will not all sleep, but we will all be ^(BZ)changed, ⁵² in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet; for ^(CA)the trumpet will sound, and ^(CB)the dead will be raised ^[x]imperishable, and ^(CC)we will be changed. ⁵³ For this ^[y]perishable must put on ^[z](CD)the imperishable, and this ^(CE)mortal must put on immortality. ⁵⁴ But when this ^[aa]perishable puts on ^[ab]the imperishable, and this mortal puts on immortality, then will come about the saying that is written: “^(CF)Death has been swallowed up in victory. ^{55 (CG)}Where, O Death, is your victory? Where, O Death, is your sting?” ⁵⁶ The sting of ^(CH)death is sin, and ^(CI)the power of sin is the Law; ⁵⁷ but ^(CJ)thanks be to God, who gives us the ^(CK)victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

^{58 (CL)}Therefore, my beloved brothers and sisters, be firm, immovable, always excelling in ^(CM)the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

Footnotes

1. 1 Corinthians 15:2 Lit to what word I
2. 1 Corinthians 15:3 Lit among the first
3. 1 Corinthians 15:5 Peter’s Aramaic name
4. 1 Corinthians 15:7 Or Jacob
5. 1 Corinthians 15:8 Lit to an untimely birth
6. 1 Corinthians 15:9 Lit who am
7. 1 Corinthians 15:15 Or concerning
8. 1 Corinthians 15:15 I.e., the Messiah
9. 1 Corinthians 15:22 I.e., the Messiah
10. 1 Corinthians 15:27 Lit except the
11. 1 Corinthians 15:29 Or in behalf of
12. 1 Corinthians 15:29 Or in behalf of
13. 1 Corinthians 15:32 Lit according to man
14. 1 Corinthians 15:34 Lit righteously
15. 1 Corinthians 15:37 Lit some of the rest
16. 1 Corinthians 15:42 Lit in corruption
17. 1 Corinthians 15:42 Lit in incorruption
18. 1 Corinthians 15:45 Or soul
19. 1 Corinthians 15:47 Or made of dust, and so throughout the ch
20. 1 Corinthians 15:49 Two early mss let’s also
21. 1 Corinthians 15:50 Lit corruption
22. 1 Corinthians 15:50 Lit incorruption
23. 1 Corinthians 15:51 Or secret
24. 1 Corinthians 15:52 Lit incorruptible
25. 1 Corinthians 15:53 Lit corruptible
26. 1 Corinthians 15:53 Lit incorruption
27. 1 Corinthians 15:54 Lit corruptible
28. 1 Corinthians 15:54 Lit incorruption

Cross references

1. 1 Corinthians 15:1 : Rom 2:16; Gal 1:11
2. 1 Corinthians 15:1 : Rom 2:16; 1 Cor 3:6; 4:15
3. 1 Corinthians 15:1 : Rom 5:2; 11:20; 2 Cor 1:24
4. 1 Corinthians 15:2 : Rom 11:22
5. 1 Corinthians 15:2 : Gal 3:4
6. 1 Corinthians 15:3 : 1 Cor 11:23
7. 1 Corinthians 15:3 : John 1:29; Gal 1:4; Heb 5:1, 3; 1 Pet 2:24
8. 1 Corinthians 15:3 : Is 53:5-12; Matt 26:24; Luke 24:25-27; Acts 8:32f; 17:2f; 26:22
9. 1 Corinthians 15:4 : Matt 16:21; John 2:20ff; Acts 2:24
10. 1 Corinthians 15:4 : Ps 16:8ff; Acts 2:31; 26:22f
11. 1 Corinthians 15:5 : Luke 24:34
12. 1 Corinthians 15:5 : 1 Cor 1:12
13. 1 Corinthians 15:5 : Mark 16:14; Luke 24:36; John 20:19
14. 1 Corinthians 15:6 : Acts 7:60; 1 Cor 15:18, 20
15. 1 Corinthians 15:7 : Acts 12:17
16. 1 Corinthians 15:7 : Luke 24:33, 36f; Acts 1:3f
17. 1 Corinthians 15:8 : Acts 9:3-8; 22:6-11; 26:12-18; 1 Cor 9:1
18. 1 Corinthians 15:9 : 2 Cor 12:11; Eph 3:8; 1 Tim 1:15
19. 1 Corinthians 15:9 : Acts 8:3
20. 1 Corinthians 15:10 : Rom 12:3
21. 1 Corinthians 15:10 : 2 Cor 11:23; Col 1:29; 1 Tim 4:10
22. 1 Corinthians 15:10 : 1 Cor 3:6; 2 Cor 3:5; Phil 2:13
23. 1 Corinthians 15:12 : Acts 17:32; 23:8; 2 Tim 2:18
24. 1 Corinthians 15:14 : 1 Thess 4:14
25. 1 Corinthians 15:15 : Acts 2:24
26. 1 Corinthians 15:17 : Rom 4:25
27. 1 Corinthians 15:18 : 1 Cor 15:6; 1 Thess 4:16; Rev 14:13
28. 1 Corinthians 15:19 : 1 Cor 4:9; 2 Tim 3:12
29. 1 Corinthians 15:20 : Acts 2:24; 1 Pet 1:3
30. 1 Corinthians 15:20 : Acts 26:23; 1 Cor 15:23; Rev 1:5
31. 1 Corinthians 15:20 : 1 Cor 15:6; 1 Thess 4:16; Rev 14:13
32. 1 Corinthians 15:21 : Rom 5:12
33. 1 Corinthians 15:22 : Rom 5:14-18
34. 1 Corinthians 15:23 : Acts 26:23; 1 Cor 15:20; Rev 1:5
35. 1 Corinthians 15:23 : 1 Cor 6:14; 15:52; 1 Thess 4:16
36. 1 Corinthians 15:23 : 1 Thess 2:19
37. 1 Corinthians 15:24 : Dan 2:44; 7:14, 27; 2 Pet 1:11
38. 1 Corinthians 15:24 : Eph 5:20
39. 1 Corinthians 15:24 : Rom 8:38
40. 1 Corinthians 15:25 : Ps 110:1; Matt 22:44
41. 1 Corinthians 15:26 : 2 Tim 1:10; Rev 20:14; 21:4
42. 1 Corinthians 15:27 : Ps 8:6
43. 1 Corinthians 15:27 : Matt 11:27; 28:18; Eph 1:22; Heb 2:8
44. 1 Corinthians 15:28 : Phil 3:21
45. 1 Corinthians 15:28 : 1 Cor 3:23; 12:6
46. 1 Corinthians 15:30 : 2 Cor 11:26
47. 1 Corinthians 15:31 : Rom 8:36
48. 1 Corinthians 15:32 : 2 Cor 1:8
49. 1 Corinthians 15:32 : Acts 18:19; 1 Cor 16:8
50. 1 Corinthians 15:32 : Is 22:13; 56:12; Luke 12:19
51. 1 Corinthians 15:33 : 1 Cor 6:9
52. 1 Corinthians 15:34 : Rom 13:11
53. 1 Corinthians 15:34 : Matt 22:29; Acts 26:8
54. 1 Corinthians 15:34 : 1 Cor 6:5
55. 1 Corinthians 15:35 : Rom 9:19
56. 1 Corinthians 15:35 : Ezek 37:3
57. 1 Corinthians 15:36 : Luke 11:40
58. 1 Corinthians 15:36 : John 12:24
59. 1 Corinthians 15:38 : Gen 1:11
60. 1 Corinthians 15:42 : Dan 12:3; Matt 13:43
61. 1 Corinthians 15:42 : Rom 8:21; 1 Cor 15:50; Gal 6:8
62. 1 Corinthians 15:42 : Rom 2:7
63. 1 Corinthians 15:43 : Phil 3:21; Col 3:4
64. 1 Corinthians 15:44 : 1 Cor 2:14
65. 1 Corinthians 15:44 : 1 Cor 15:50
66. 1 Corinthians 15:45 : Gen 2:7
67. 1 Corinthians 15:45 : Rom 5:14
68. 1 Corinthians 15:45 : John 5:21; 6:57f; Rom 8:2
69. 1 Corinthians 15:47 : John 3:31
70. 1 Corinthians 15:47 : Gen 2:7; 3:19
71. 1 Corinthians 15:48 : Phil 3:20f
72. 1 Corinthians 15:49 : Gen 5:3
73. 1 Corinthians 15:49 : Rom 8:29
74. 1 Corinthians 15:50 : Matt 16:17; John 3:5f
75. 1 Corinthians 15:50 : 1 Cor 6:9
76. 1 Corinthians 15:50 : Rom 2:7
77. 1 Corinthians 15:51 : 1 Cor 13:2
78. 1 Corinthians 15:51 : 2 Cor 5:2, 4
79. 1 Corinthians 15:52 : Matt 24:31
80. 1 Corinthians 15:52 : John 5:28
81. 1 Corinthians 15:52 : 1 Thess 4:15, 17
82. 1 Corinthians 15:53 : Rom 2:7
83. 1 Corinthians 15:53 : 2 Cor 5:4
84. 1 Corinthians 15:54 : Is 25:8
85. 1 Corinthians 15:55 : Hos 13:14
86. 1 Corinthians 15:56 : Rom 5:12
87. 1 Corinthians 15:56 : Rom 3:20; 4:15; 7:8
88. 1 Corinthians 15:57 : Rom 7:25; 2 Cor 2:14
89. 1 Corinthians 15:57 : Rom 8:37; Heb 2:14f; 1 John 5:4; Rev 21:4
90. 1 Corinthians 15:58 : 2 Pet 3:14
91. 1 Corinthians 15:58 : 1 Cor 16:10