1 Corinthians 15:1–28

Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you ^athe gospel ^bwhich I preached unto you, which also you have ^freceived, and ^cwherein ye stand; ²by which also ye are ^dsaved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, ^eunless ye have believed in vain. ³For ^fI delivered unto you first of all that which I also ^freceived, how that Christ died ^gfor our sins ^haccording to the scriptures; ⁴and that he was buried, and that he rose again ⁱthe third day ^jaccording to the scriptures: ⁵and that ^khe was seen of ^lCephas, then ^mof the twelve: ⁶after that, he was seen of ⁿabove five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part ^oremain unto this present, but some are ^pfallen asleep. ⁷After that, he was seen of ^qJames; then of ^rall the apostles. ⁸And ^slast of all ^the was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time. ⁹For ^uI am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because ^xI persecuted the church of God. ¹⁰But ^yby the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but ^zI laboured more abundantly than they all: ^ayet not I, but the grace of God which was with me. ¹¹Therefore whether it were I or they, so we preach, and so ye believed.

¹²Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, ^bhow say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead? ¹³But if there be no resurrection of the dead, ^cthen is Christ not risen: ¹⁴and if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain. ¹⁵Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God; because we have testified of God ^dthat he raised up Christ: whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not. ¹⁶For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised: ¹⁷and if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ^eye are yet in your sins. ¹⁸Then they also which are ^ffallen asleep in Christ are perished. ¹⁹If in this life only we have hope in Christ, ^gwe are of all men most miserable. ²⁰But now ^his Christ risen from the dead, and ⁱbecome the firstfruits of them that ^fslept ²¹For ^ksince by man came death, ^lby man came also the resurrection of the dead. ²²For ^mas in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. ²³But every man in his own order: ⁱChrist the firstfruits; ⁿafterward they that are Christ’s ^oat his coming. ²⁴Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up ^pthe kingdom to ^ppGod, even the Father; when he shall have ^qput down all ^rrule and all authority and ^rpower. ²⁵For he must reign, ^still he hath put all enemies under his feet. ²⁶The last enemy that shall be ^qtdestroyed is death. ²⁷For ^uhe hath put all things under his feet. But when ^whe saith, all things are put under him, it is manifest that he is excepted, which did put all things under him. ²⁸And when ^xall things shall be subdued unto him, then ^yshall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all.