1 Corinthians 15

NEW JERUSALEM	Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
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 would remind you, brethren, in what terms I preached to you the gospel, which you received, in which 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 you are saved, if you hold it fast--unless you 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 to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the scriptures,
4 and that he was buried; and that on the third day, he was raised to life, in accordance with thescriptures;	4 that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the scriptures,
5 and that he appeared to Cephas; and later to the Twelve;	5 and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve.
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 appeared to more than five hundred brethren at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have fallen asleep.
7 then he appeared to James, and then to all the apostles.	7 Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles.
8 Last of al he appeared to me too, as though I was a child born abnormally.	8 Last of all, as to one untimely born, he appeared also to me.
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, unfit 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 toward me was not in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them, though it was not I, but the grace of God which is with me.
11 Anyway, whether it was they or I, this is what we preach and what you believed.	11 Whether then it was I or they, so we preach and so you 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 is preached as raised from the dead, how can some of 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 is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ has not been raised;
14 and if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is without substance, and so is your faith.	14 if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain and your faith is in 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 We are even found to be misrepresenting God, because we testified of God that he raised Christ, whom he did not raise if it is true that the dead are not raised.
16 For, if the dead are not raised, neither is Christ;	16 For if the dead are not raised, then Christ has not been raised.
17 and if Christ has not been raised, your faith is pointless and you have not, after al , been releasedfrom your sins.	17 If Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile and you are still in your sins.
18 In addition, those who have fal en asleep in Christ are utterly lost.	18 Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished.
19 If our hope in Christ has been for this life only, we are of al people the most pitiable.	19 If for this life only we have hoped in Christ, we are of all men most to be pitied.
20 In fact, however, Christ has been raised from the dead, as the first-fruits of al who have fal enasleep.	20 But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who have fallen asleep.
21 As it was by one man that death came, so through one man has come the resurrection of the dead.	21 For as by a man came death, by a man has come also the resurrection of the dead.
22 Just as al die in Adam, so in Christ al wil be brought to life;	22 For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all 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 each in his own order: Christ the first fruits, then at his coming those who belong to Christ.
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 Then comes the end, when he delivers the kingdom to God the Father after destroying every rule and every authority and power.
25 For he is to be king until he has made his enemies his footstool,	25 For he must reign until he has 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 The last enemy to be destroyed is death.
27 But when it is said everything is subjected, this obviously cannot include the One who subjectedeverything to him.	27 "For God has put all things in subjection under his feet." But when it says, "All things are put in subjection under him," it is plain that 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 When all things are subjected to him, then the Son himself will also be subjected to him who put all things under him, that God may be everything to every one.
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 do people mean by being baptized on behalf of the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why are people baptized on their behalf?
30 And what about us? Why should we endanger ourselves every hour of our lives?	30 Why am I in peril 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 protest, brethren, by my pride in you which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die every day!
32 If I fought wild animals at Ephesus in a purely human perspective, what had I to gain by it?	32 What do I gain if, humanly speaking, I fought with beasts at Ephesus? If the dead are not raised, "Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die."
33 If the dead are not going to be raised, then Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we shall be dead.	33 Do not be deceived: "Bad company ruins good morals."
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 Come to your right mind, and sin no more. For some have no knowledge of God. I say this 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 one will ask, "How are the dead raised? With what kind of body do they come?"
36 How foolish! What you sow must die before it is given new life;	36 You foolish man! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies.
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 what you sow is not the body which is to be, but a bare kernel, perhaps of wheat or of some other grain.
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 gives it a body as he has chosen, and to each kind of seed its own 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 For not all flesh is alike, but there is one kind for men, another for animals, another for birds, and another for fish.
40 Then there are heavenly bodies and earthly bodies; the heavenly have a splendour of their own, andthe earthly a different splendour.	40 There are celestial bodies and there are terrestrial bodies; but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another.
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 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 It is the same too with the resurrection of the dead: what is sown is perishable, but what is raised isimperishable;	42 So is it with the resurrection of the dead. What is sown is perishable, what is raised is imperishable.
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 dishonor, it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness, it is raised 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 physical body, it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a physical body, there is also a spiritual body.
45 So the first man, Adam, as scripture says, became a living soul; and the last Adam has become alife-giving spirit.	45 Thus it is written, "The first man Adam became a living being"; the last Adam became a life-giving spirit.
46 But first came the natural body, not the spiritual one; that came only afterwards.	46 But it is not the spiritual which is first but the physical, and then the spiritual.
47 The first man, being made of earth, is earthly by nature; the second man is from heaven.	47 The first man was from the earth, a man of dust; the second man is from heaven.
48 The earthly man is the pattern for earthly people, the heavenly man for heavenly ones.	48 As was the man of dust, so are those who are of the dust; and as is the man of heaven, so are those who are of heaven.
49 And as we have borne the likeness of the earthly man, so we shal bear the likeness of the heavenlyone.	49 Just as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we shall also bear the image of the man of heaven.
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 I tell you this, brethren: flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.
51 Now I am going to tel you a mystery: we are not al going to fal asleep,	51 Lo! I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall 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 will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, 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 perishable nature must put on the imperishable, and this mortal nature 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 When the perishable puts on the imperishable, and the mortal puts 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 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 gives 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 steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.