1 Corinthians 15:1–28

¹And I make known to you, brethren, the good news that I proclaimed to you, which also ye did receive, in which also ye have stood, ²through which also ye are being saved, in what words I proclaimed good news to you, if ye hold fast, except ye did believe in vain, ³for I delivered to you first, what also I did receive, that Christ died for our sins, according to the Writings, ⁴and that he was buried, and that he hath risen on the third day, according to the Writings, ⁵and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve, ⁶afterwards he appeared to above five hundred brethren at once, of whom the greater part remain till now, and certain also did fall asleep; ⁷afterwards he appeared to James, then to all the apostles. ⁸And last of all—as to the untimely birth—he appeared also to me, ⁹for I am the least of the apostles, who am not worthy to be called an apostle, because I did persecute the assembly of God, ¹⁰and by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace that is towards me came not in vain, but more abundantly than they all did I labour, yet not I, but the grace of God that is with me; ¹¹whether, then, I or they, so we preach, and so ye did believe.

¹²And if Christ is preached, that out of the dead he hath risen, how say certain among you, that there is no rising again of dead persons? ¹³and if there be no rising again of dead persons, neither hath Christ risen; ¹⁴and if Christ hath not risen, then void is our preaching, and void also your faith, ¹⁵and we also are found false witnesses of God, because we did testify of God that He raised up the Christ, whom He did not raise if then dead persons do not rise; ¹⁶for if dead persons do not rise, neither hath Christ risen, ¹⁷and if Christ hath not risen, vain is your faith, ye are yet in your sins; ¹⁸then, also, those having fallen asleep in Christ did perish; ¹⁹if in this life we have hope in Christ only, of all men we are most to be pitied.

²⁰And now, Christ hath risen out of the dead—the first-fruits of those sleeping he became, ²¹for since through man is the death, also through man is a rising again of the dead, ²²for even as in Adam all die, so also in the Christ all shall be made alive, ²³and each in his proper order, a first-fruit Christ, afterwards those who are the Christ’s, in his presence, ²⁴then—the end, when he may deliver up the reign to God, even the Father, when he may have made useless all rule, and all authority and power— ²⁵for it behoveth him to reign till he may have put all the enemies under his feet— ²⁶the last enemy is done away—death; ²⁷for all things He did put under his feet, and, when one may say that all things have been subjected, it is evident that He is excepted who did subject the all things to him, ²⁸and when the all things may be subjected to him, then the Son also himself shall be subject to Him, who did subject to him the all things, that God may be the all in all.