1 Now ARom 2:16; Gal 1:11I make known to you, brethren, the BRom 2:16; 1 Cor 3:6; 4:15gospel which I preached to you, which also you received, CRom 5:2; 11:20; 2 Cor 1:24in which also you stand, 2 by which also you are saved, ARom 11:22if you hold fast 1Lit to what word Ithe word which I preached to you, BGal 3:4unless you believed in vain.

3 For A1 Cor 11:23I delivered to you 1Lit among the firstas of first importance what I also received, that Christ died BJohn 1:29; Gal 1:4; Heb 5:1, 3; 1 Pet 2:24for our sins CIs 53:5-12; Matt 26:24; Luke 24:25-27; Acts 8:32f; 17:2f; 26:22according to the Scriptures, 4 and that He was buried, and that He was AMatt 16:21; John 2:20ff; Acts 2:24raised on the third day BPs 16:8ff; Acts 2:31; 26:22faccording to the Scriptures, 5 and that ALuke 24:34He appeared to B1 Cor 1:12Cephas, then CMark 16:14; Luke 24:36; John 20:19to the twelve. 6 After that He appeared to more than five hundred brethren at one time, most of whom remain until now, but some AActs 7:60; 1 Cor 15:18, 20have fallen asleep; 7 then He appeared to 1Or JacobAActs 12:17James, then to BLuke 24:33, 36f; Acts 1:3fall the apostles; 8 and last of all, as 1Lit to an untimely birthto one untimely born, AActs 9:3-8; 22:6-11; 26:12-18; 1 Cor 9:1He appeared to me also. 9 For I am A2 Cor 12:11; Eph 3:8; 1 Tim 1:15the least of the apostles, 1Lit who amand not fit to be called an apostle, because I BActs 8:3persecuted the church of God. 10 But by ARom 12:3the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me did not prove vain; but I B2 Cor 11:23; Col 1:29; 1 Tim 4:10labored even more than all of them, yet C1 Cor 3:6; 2 Cor 3:5; Phil 2:13not 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 AActs 17:32; 23:8; 2 Tim 2:18is no resurrection of the dead? 13 But if there is no resurrection of the dead, not even Christ has been raised; 14 and A1 Thess 4:14if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is vain, your faith also is vain. 15 Moreover we are even found to be false witnesses of God, because we testified 1Or concerningagainst God that He AActs 2:24raised 2I.e. the MessiahChrist, whom He did not raise, if in fact the dead are not raised. 16 For if the dead are not raised, not even Christ has been raised; 17 and if Christ has not been raised, your faith is worthless; ARom 4:25you are still in your sins. 18 Then those also who A1 Cor 15:6; 1 Thess 4:16; Rev 14:13have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. 19 If we have hoped in Christ in this life only, we are A1 Cor 4:9; 2 Tim 3:12of all men most to be pitied.

20 But now Christ AActs 2:24; 1 Pet 1:3has been raised from the dead, the BActs 26:23; 1 Cor 15:23; Rev 1:5first fruits of those who C1 Cor 15:6; 1 Thess 4:16; Rev 14:13are asleep. 21 For since ARom 5:12by a man came death, by a man also came the resurrection of the dead. 22 For ARom 5:14-18as in Adam all die, so also in 1I.e. the MessiahChrist all will be made alive. 23 But each in his own order: Christ AActs 26:23; 1 Cor 15:20; Rev 1:5the first fruits, after that B1 Cor 6:14; 15:52; 1 Thess 4:16those who are Christ’s at C1 Thess 2:19His coming, 24 then comes the end, when He hands over ADan 2:44; 7:14, 27; 2 Pet 1:11the kingdom to the BEph 5:20God and Father, when He has abolished CRom 8:38all rule and all authority and power. 25 For He must reign APs 110:1; Matt 22:44until He has put all His enemies under His feet. 26 The last enemy that will be A2 Tim 1:10; Rev 20:14; 21:4abolished is death. 27 For APs 8:6Hᴇ ʜᴀs ᴘᴜᴛ ᴀʟʟ ᴛʜɪɴɢs ɪɴ sᴜʙᴊᴇcᴛɪoɴ ᴜɴᴅᴇʀ Hɪs ꜰᴇᴇᴛ. But when He says, “BMatt 11:27; 28:18; Eph 1:22; Heb 2:8All things are put in subjection,” it is evident that He is excepted who put all things in subjection to Him. 28 When APhil 3:21all things are subjected to Him, then the Son Himself also will be subjected to the One who subjected all things to Him, so that B1 Cor 3:23; 12:6God may be all in all.

29 Otherwise, what will those do who are baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why then are they baptized for them? 30 Why are we also A2 Cor 11:26in danger every hour? 31 I affirm, brethren, by the boasting in you which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, ARom 8:36I die daily. 32 If 1Lit according to manfrom human motives I A2 Cor 1:8fought with wild beasts at BActs 18:19; 1 Cor 16:8Ephesus, what does it profit me? If the dead are not raised, CIs 22:13; 56:12; Luke 12:19ʟᴇᴛ ᴜs ᴇᴀᴛ ᴀɴᴅ ᴅʀɪɴᴋ, ꜰoʀ ᴛoᴍoʀʀow wᴇ ᴅɪᴇ. 33 A1 Cor 6:9Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good morals.” 34 ARom 13:11Become sober-minded 1Lit righteouslyas you ought, and stop sinning; for some have BMatt 22:29; Acts 26:8no knowledge of God. C1 Cor 6:5I speak this to your shame.

35 But ARom 9:19someone will say, “How are BEzek 37:3the dead raised? And with what kind of body do they come?” 36 ALuke 11:40You fool! That which you BJohn 12:24sow 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 1Lit some of the restsomething else. 38 But God gives it a body just as He wished, and AGen 1:11to each of the seeds a body of its own. 39 All flesh is not the same flesh, but there is one flesh of men, and another flesh of beasts, and 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, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for star differs from star in glory.

42 ADan 12:3; Matt 13:43So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown 1Lit in corruptionBRom 8:21; 1 Cor 15:50; Gal 6:8a perishable body, it is raised 2Lit in incorruptionCRom 2:7an imperishable body; 43 it is sown in dishonor, it is raised in APhil 3:21; Col 3:4glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power; 44 it is sown a A1 Cor 2:14natural body, it is raised a B1 Cor 15:50spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body. 45 So also it is written, “The first AGen 2:7ᴍᴀɴ, Adam, ʙᴇcᴀᴍᴇ ᴀ ʟɪvɪɴɢ soᴜʟ.” The BRom 5:14last Adam became a CJohn 5:21; 6:57f; Rom 8:2life-giving spirit. 46 However, the spiritual is not first, but the natural; then the spiritual. 47 The first man is AJohn 3:31from the earth, 1Lit made of dustBGen 2:7; 3:19earthy; the second man is from heaven. 48 As is the earthy, so also are those who are earthy; and as is the heavenly, APhil 3:20fso also are those who are heavenly. 49 Just as we have AGen 5:3borne the image of the earthy, 1Two early mss read let us alsowe BRom 8:29will also bear the image of the heavenly.

50 Now I say this, brethren, that AMatt 16:17; John 3:5fflesh and blood cannot B1 Cor 6:9inherit the kingdom of God; nor does 1Lit corruptionthe perishable inherit 2Lit incorruptionCRom 2:7the imperishable. 51 Behold, I tell you a A1 Cor 13:2mystery; we will not all sleep, but we will all be B2 Cor 5:2, 4changed, 52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet; for AMatt 24:31the trumpet will sound, and BJohn 5:28the dead will be raised 1Lit incorruptibleimperishable, and C1 Thess 4:15, 17we will be changed. 53 For this 1Lit corruptibleperishable must put on 2Lit incorruptionARom 2:7the imperishable, and this B2 Cor 5:4mortal must put on immortality. 54 But when this 1V 53, note 1perishable will have put on 2V 53, note 2the imperishable, and this mortal will have put on immortality, then will come about the saying that is written, “AIs 25:8Dᴇᴀᴛʜ ɪs swᴀʟʟowᴇᴅ ᴜᴘ in victory. 55  “AHos 13:14O ᴅᴇᴀᴛʜ, wʜᴇʀᴇ ɪs ʏoᴜʀ vɪcᴛoʀʏ? O ᴅᴇᴀᴛʜ, wʜᴇʀᴇ ɪs ʏoᴜʀ sᴛɪɴɢ?” 56 The sting of ARom 5:12death is sin, and BRom 3:20; 4:15; 7:8the power of sin is the law; 57 but ARom 7:25; 2 Cor 2:14thanks be to God, who gives us the BRom 8:37; Heb 2:14f; 1 John 5:4; Rev 21:4victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

58 A2 Pet 3:14Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in B1 Cor 16:10the work of the Lord, knowing that your toil is not in vain in the Lord.