1 Corinthians 15

NEW JERUSALEM	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 I want to make quite clear to you, brothers, what the message of the gospel that I preached to you is;you accepted it and took your stand on it,	1 Now I make known unto you, brethren, the gospel which I preached to you, which also you have received, and wherein you stand;
2 and you are saved by it, if you keep to the message I preached to you; otherwise your coming tobelieve was in vain.	2 By which also you are saved, if you hold fast after what manner I preached unto you, unless you have believed in vain.
3 The tradition I handed on to you in the first place, a tradition which I had myself received, was thatChrist died for our sins, in accordance with the scriptures,	3 For I delivered unto you first of all, which I also received: how that Christ died for our sins, according to the scriptures:
4 and that he was buried; and that on the third day, he was raised to life, in accordance with thescriptures;	4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day, according to the scriptures:
5 and that he appeared to Cephas; and later to the Twelve;	5 And that he was seen by Cephas; and after that by the eleven.
6 and next he appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers at the same time, most of whom arestill with us, though some have fal en asleep;	6 Then he was seen by more than five hundred brethren at once: of whom many remain until this present, and some are fallen asleep.
7 then he appeared to James, and then to all the apostles.	7 After that, he was seen by James, then by all the apostles.
8 Last of al he appeared to me too, as though I was a child born abnormally.	8 And last of all, he was seen also by me, as by one born out of due time.
9 For I am the least of the apostles and am not real y fit to be called an apostle, because I had beenpersecuting the Church of God;	9 For I am the least of the apostles, who am not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
10 but what I am now, I am through the grace of God, and the grace which was given to me has notbeen wasted. Indeed, I have worked harder than all the others -- not I, but the grace of God which is with me.	10 But by the grace of God, I am what I am; and his grace in me hath not been void, but I have laboured more abundantly than all they: yet not I, but the grace of God with me.
11 Anyway, whether it was they or I, this is what we preach and what you believed.	11 For whether I, or they, so we preach, and so you have believed.
12 Now if Christ is proclaimed as raised from the dead, how can some of you be saying that there is no resurrection of the dead?	12 Now if Christ be preached, that he arose again from the dead, how do some among you say, that there is no resurrection of the dead?
13 If there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ cannot have been raised either,	13 But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then Christ is not risen again.
14 and if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is without substance, and so is your faith.	14 And if Christ be not risen again, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain.
15 What is more, we have proved to be false witnesses to God, for testifying against God that he raisedChrist to life when he did not raise him -- if it is true that the dead are not raised.	15 Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God: because we have given testimony against God, that he hath raised up Christ; whom he hath not raised up, if the dead rise not again.
16 For, if the dead are not raised, neither is Christ;	16 For if the dead rise not again, neither is Christ risen again.
17 and if Christ has not been raised, your faith is pointless and you have not, after al , been releasedfrom your sins.	17 And if Christ be not risen again, your faith is vain, for you are yet in your sins.
18 In addition, those who have fal en asleep in Christ are utterly lost.	18 Then they also that are fallen asleep in Christ, are perished.
19 If our hope in Christ has been for this life only, we are of al people the most pitiable.	19 If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.
20 In fact, however, Christ has been raised from the dead, as the first-fruits of al who have fal enasleep.	20 But now Christ is risen from the dead, the firstfruits of them that sleep :
21 As it was by one man that death came, so through one man has come the resurrection of the dead.	21 For by a man came death, and by a man the resurrection of the dead.
22 Just as al die in Adam, so in Christ al wil be brought to life;	22 And as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all shall be made alive.
23 but all of them in their proper order: Christ the first-fruits, and next, at his coming, those who belongto him.	23 But every one in his own order: the firstfruits Christ, then they that are of Christ, who have believed in his coming.
24 After that wil come the end, when he will hand over the kingdom to God the Father, having abolishedevery principality, every ruling force and power.	24 Afterwards the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God and the Father, when he shall have brought to nought all principality, and power, and virtue.
25 For he is to be king until he has made his enemies his footstool,	25 For he must reign, until he hath put all his enemies under his feet.
26 and the last of the enemies to be done away with is death, for he has put al things under his feet.	26 And the enemy death shall be destroyed last: For he hath put all things under his feet. And whereas he saith,
27 But when it is said everything is subjected, this obviously cannot include the One who subjectedeverything to him.	27 All things are put under him; undoubtedly, he is excepted, who put all things under him.
28 When everything has been subjected to him, then the Son himself wil be subjected to the One whohas subjected everything to him, so that God may be al in al .	28 And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then the Son also himself shall be subject unto him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all.
29 Otherwise, what are people up to who have themselves baptised on behalf of the dead? If the deadare not raised at al , what is the point of being baptised on their behalf?	29 Otherwise what shall they do that are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not again at all? why are they then baptized for them?
30 And what about us? Why should we endanger ourselves every hour of our lives?	30 Why also are we in danger every hour?
31 I swear by the pride that I take in you, in Christ Jesus our Lord, that I face death every day.	31 I die daily, I protest by your glory, brethren, which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord.
32 If I fought wild animals at Ephesus in a purely human perspective, what had I to gain by it?	32 If (according to man) I fought with beasts at Ephesus, what doth it profit me, if the dead rise not again? Let us eat and drink, for to morrow we shall die.
33 If the dead are not going to be raised, then Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we shall be dead.	33 Be not seduced: Evil communications corrupt good manners.
34 So do not let anyone lead you astray, 'Bad company corrupts good ways.' Wake up from your stuporas you should and leave sin alone; some of you have no understanding of God; I tel you this to instil someshame in you.	34 Awake, ye just, and sin not. For some have not the knowledge of God, I speak it to your shame.
35 Someone may ask: How are dead people raised, and what sort of body do they have when theycome?	35 But some man will say: How do the dead rise again? or with what manner of body shall they come?
36 How foolish! What you sow must die before it is given new life;	36 Senseless man, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die first.
37 and what you sow is not the body that is to be, but only a bare grain, of wheat I dare say, or someother kind;	37 And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not the body that shall be; but bare grain, as of wheat, or of some of the rest.
38 it is God who gives it the sort of body that he has chosen for it, and for each kind of seed its own kindof body.	38 But God giveth it a body as he will: and to every seed its proper body.
39 Not al flesh is the same flesh: there is human flesh; animals have another kind of flesh, birds anotherand fish yet another.	39 All flesh is not the same flesh: but one is the flesh of men, another of beasts, another of birds, another of fishes.
40 Then there are heavenly bodies and earthly bodies; the heavenly have a splendour of their own, andthe earthly a different splendour.	40 And there are bodies celestial, and bodies terrestrial: but, one is the glory of the celestial, and another of the terrestrial.
41 The sun has its own splendour, the moon another splendour, and the stars yet another splendour;and the stars differ among themselves in splendour.	41 One is the glory of the sun, another the glory of the moon, and another the glory of the stars. For star differeth from star in glory.
42 It is the same too with the resurrection of the dead: what is sown is perishable, but what is raised isimperishable;	42 So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption, it shall rise in incorruption.
43 what is sown is contemptible but what is raised is glorious; what is sown is weak, but what is raisedis powerful;	43 It is sown in dishonour, it shall rise in glory. It is sown in weakness, it shall rise in power.
44 what is sown is a natural body, and what is raised is a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, thereis a spiritual body too.	44 It is sown a natural body, it shall rise a spiritual body. If there be a natural body, there is also a spiritual body, as it is written:
45 So the first man, Adam, as scripture says, became a living soul; and the last Adam has become alife-giving spirit.	45 The first man Adam was made into a living soul; the last Adam into a quickening spirit.
46 But first came the natural body, not the spiritual one; that came only afterwards.	46 Yet that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; afterwards that which is spiritual.
47 The first man, being made of earth, is earthly by nature; the second man is from heaven.	47 The first man was of the earth, earthly: the second man, from heaven, heavenly.
48 The earthly man is the pattern for earthly people, the heavenly man for heavenly ones.	48 Such as is the earthly, such also are the earthly: and such as is the heavenly, such also are they that are heavenly.
49 And as we have borne the likeness of the earthly man, so we shal bear the likeness of the heavenlyone.	49 Therefore as we have borne the image of the earthly, let us bear also the image of the heavenly.
50 What I am saying, brothers, is that mere human nature cannot inherit the kingdom of God: what isperishable cannot inherit what is imperishable.	50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot possess the kingdom of God: neither shall corruption possess incorruption.
51 Now I am going to tel you a mystery: we are not al going to fal asleep,	51 Behold, I tell you a mystery. We shall all indeed rise again: but we shall not all be changed.
52 but we are al going to be changed, instantly, in the twinkling of an eye, when the last trumpetsounds. The trumpet is going to sound, and then the dead wil be raised imperishable, and we shal be changed,	52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall rise again incorruptible: and we shall be changed.
53 because this perishable nature of ours must put on imperishability, this mortal nature must put onimmortality.	53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption; and this mortal must put on immortality.
54 And after this perishable nature has put on imperishability and this mortal nature has put onimmortality, then wil the words of scripture come true: Death is swal owed up in victory.	54 And when this mortal hath put on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written: Death is swallowed up in victory.
55 Death, where is your victory? Death, where is your sting?	55 O death, where is thy victory? O death, where is thy sting?
56 The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin comes from the Law.	56 Now the sting of death is sin: and the power of sin is the law.
57 Thank God, then, for giving us the victory through Jesus Christ our Lord.	57 But thanks be to God, who hath given us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
58 So, my dear brothers, keep firm and immovable, always abounding in energy for the Lord's work,being sure that in the Lord none of your labours is wasted.	58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye steadfast and unmoveable; always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.