{"collection":"Bible & Christianity","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/bib/kjv/co1015.htm","path":"bib/kjv/co1015.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/bib/kjv/co1015.htm","text":"1\u00a0Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;\n \n2\u00a0By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.\n \n3\u00a0For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;\n \n4\u00a0And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:\n \n5\u00a0And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve:\n \n6\u00a0After 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.\n \n7\u00a0After that, he was seen of James; then of all the apostles.\n \n8\u00a0And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time.\n \n9\u00a0For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.\n \n10\u00a0But 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.\n \n11\u00a0Therefore whether it were I or they, so we preach, and so ye believed.\n \n12\u00a0Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead?\n \n13\u00a0But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen:\n \n14\u00a0And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain.\n \n15\u00a0Yea, 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.\n \n16\u00a0For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised:\n \n17\u00a0And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins.\n \n18\u00a0Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished.\n \n19\u00a0If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.\n \n20\u00a0But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept.\n \n21\u00a0For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead.\n \n22\u00a0For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.\n \n23\u00a0But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming.\n \n24\u00a0Then 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.\n \n25\u00a0For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet.\n \n26\u00a0The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.\n \n27\u00a0For 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.\n \n28\u00a0And 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.\n \n29\u00a0Else 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?\n \n30\u00a0And why stand we in jeopardy every hour?\n \n31\u00a0I protest by your rejoicing which I have in Christ Jesus our LORD, I die daily.\n \n32\u00a0If 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.\n \n33\u00a0Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.\n \n34\u00a0Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame.\n \n35\u00a0But some man will say, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come?\n \n36\u00a0Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die:\n \n37\u00a0And 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:\n \n38\u00a0But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body.\n \n39\u00a0All 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.\n \n40\u00a0There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another.\n \n41\u00a0There 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.\n \n42\u00a0So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption:\n \n43\u00a0It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power:\n \n44\u00a0It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.\n \n45\u00a0And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.\n \n46\u00a0Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual.\n \n47\u00a0The first man is of the earth, earthy; the second man is the Lord from heaven.\n \n48\u00a0As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly.\n \n49\u00a0And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.\n \n50\u00a0Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.\n \n51\u00a0Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,\n \n52\u00a0In 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.\n \n53\u00a0For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.\n \n54\u00a0So 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.\n \n55\u00a0O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?\n \n56\u00a0The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.\n \n57\u00a0But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.\n \n58\u00a0Therefore, 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.","title":"King James Version: 1 Corinthians: 1 Corinthians Chapter 15","type":"page"}