Sha'ul�s First Letter to the Corinthians, Chapter 15
{15:1} Now I declare to you, brothers, the Good News which I
preached to you, which also you received, in which you also stand,
{15:2} by which also you are saved, if you hold firmly the word which
I preached to you -- unless you believed in vain. {15:3} For I
delivered to you first of all that which also I received: that Messiah
died for our sins according to the Scriptures, {15:4} that he was
buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the
Scriptures, {15:5} and that he appeared to Kefa, then to the twelve.
{15:6} Then he appeared to over five hundred brothers at once, most of
whom remain until now, but some have also fallen asleep. {15:7} Then
he appeared to Ya`akov, then to all the apostles, {15:8} and last of
all, as to the child born at the wrong time, he appeared to me also.
{15:9} For I am the least of the apostles, who is not worthy to be
called an apostle, because I persecuted the assembly of God. {15:10}
But by the grace of God I am what I am. His grace which was bestowed
on me was not found vain, but I worked more than all of them; yet not
I, but the grace of God which was with me. {15:11} Whether then it is
I or they, so we preach, and so you believed. {15:12} Now if Messiah
is preached, that he has been raised from the dead, how do some among
you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? {15:13} But if
there is no resurrection of the dead, neither has Messiah been raised.
{15:14} If Messiah has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain,
and your faith also is in vain. {15:15} Yes, we are found false
witnesses of God, because we testified about God that he raised up
Messiah, whom he didn't raise up, if it is so that the dead are not
raised. {15:16} For if the dead aren't raised, neither has Messiah
been raised. {15:17} If Messiah has not been raised, your faith is
vain; you are still in your sins. {15:18} Then they also who are
fallen asleep in Messiah have perished. {15:19} If we have only hoped
in Messiah in this life, we are of all men most pitiable. {15:20} But
now Messiah has been raised from the dead. He became the first fruits
of those who are asleep. {15:21} For since death came by man, the
resurrection of the dead also came by man. {15:22} For as in Adam all
die, so also in Messiah all will be made alive. {15:23} But each in
his own order: Messiah the first fruits, then those who are Messiah's,
at his coming. {15:24} Then the end comes, when he will deliver up the
kingdom to God, even the Father; when he will have abolished all rule
and all authority and power. {15:25} For he must reign until he has
put all his enemies under his feet. {15:26} The last enemy that will
be abolished is death. {15:27} For, "He put all things in subjection
under his feet." But when he says, "All things are put in subjection,"
it is evident that he is excepted who subjected all things to him.
{15:28} When all things have been subjected to him, then the Son will
also himself be subjected to him who subjected all things to him, that
God may be all in all. {15:29} Or else what will they do who are
immersed for the dead? If the dead aren't raised at all, why then are
they immersed for the dead? {15:30} Why do we also stand in jeopardy
every hour? {15:31} I die daily, by your boasting which I have in
Messiah Yeshua our Lord. {15:32} If I fought with animals at Ephesus
like men, what does it profit me? If the dead are not raised, then
"let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die." {15:33} Don't be
deceived! "Evil companionships corrupt good morals." {15:34} Wake up
righteously, and don't sin, for some have no knowledge of God. I say
this to your shame. {15:35} But some one will say, "How are the dead
raised?" and, "With what kind of body do they come?" {15:36} You
foolish one, that which you yourself sow is not made alive unless it
dies. {15:37} That which you sow, you don't sow the body that will be,
but a bare grain, maybe of wheat, or of some other kind. {15:38} But
God gives it a body even as it pleased him, and to each seed a body of
its own. {15:39} All flesh is not the same flesh, but there is one
flesh of men, another flesh of animals, another of fish, and another
of birds. {15:40} There are also celestial bodies, and terrestrial
bodies; but the glory of the celestial differs from that of the
terrestrial. {15:41} There is one glory of the sun, another glory of
the moon, and another glory of the stars; for one star differs from
another star in glory. {15:42} So also is the resurrection of the
dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption. {15:43}
It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness;
it is raised in power. {15:44} It is sown a natural body; it is raised
a spiritual body. There is a natural body and there is also a
spiritual body. {15:45} So also it is written, "The first man, Adam,
became a living soul." The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.
{15:46} However that which is spiritual isn't first, but that which is
natural, then that which is spiritual. {15:47} The first man is of the
[1>]eretz[<1], made of dust. The second man is the Lord from heaven.
{15:48} As is the one made of dust, such are those who are also made
of dust; and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly.
{15:49} As we have borne the image of those made of dust, let's also
bear the image of the heavenly. {15:50} Now I say this, brothers, that
flesh and blood can't inherit the kingdom of God; neither does
corruption inherit incorruption. {15:51} Behold, I tell you a mystery.
We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed, {15:52} in a
moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last [2>]shofar[<2]. For
the [3>]shofar[<3] will sound, and the dead will be raised
incorruptible, and we will be changed. {15:53} For this corruptible
must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
{15:54} But when this corruptible will have put on incorruption, and
this mortal will have put on immortality, then what is written will
happen: "Death is swallowed up in victory."
{15:55} "Death, where is your sting?
She'ol, where is your victory?"
{15:56} The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.
{15:57} But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our
Lord Yeshua the Messiah. {15:58} Therefore, my beloved brothers, be
steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the Lord's work, because you
know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.
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Footnotes:
[1] {15:47} earth
[2] {15:52} trumpet
[3] {15:52} trumpet
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