I. CORINTHIANS CHAPTER XV.

MOREOVER, brethren, I declare unto you the 
gospel which I preached unto you, which also 
ye have received, wherein ye stand;
2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in 
memory what I preached unto you, unless ye 
have believed in vain.
3 For I delivered unto you first of all, that 
which I also received, how that Christ died for our 
sins according to the scriptures;
4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again 
the third day according to the scriptures:
5 And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the 
twelve:
6 After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep.
7 After that, he was seen of James; then of all 
the apostles.
8 And last of all he was seen of me also, as of 
one born out of due time.
9 For I am the least of the apostles, that am not 
meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted 
the church of God.  
10 But by the grace of God I am what I am: 
and his grace which was bestowed upon me, was not in 
vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all:
yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me. 
11 Therefore whether it were I or they, so we 
preach, and so ye believed.
12 Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the 
dead, how say some among you that there is no 
resurrection of the dead?
13 But if there be no resurrection of the dead, 
then is Christ not risen:
14 And if Christ not be risen, then is our preaching 
in vain, and your faith is also vain.
15 Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God;
because we have testified of God that he raised up
Christ: whom he raised not up, if so be that the 
dead rise not.
16 For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised:
17 And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain;
ye are yet in your sins.
18 Then they also which are fallen asleep in 
Christ are perished.
19 If in this life only, we have hope in Christ,
we are of all men most miserable. 
20 But now is Christ risen from the dead, and 
become the first-fruits of them that slept.
21 For since by man came death, by man came
also the resurrection of the dead.
22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ 
shall all be made alive.
23 But every man in his own order: Christ the 
first-fruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his 
coming.
24 Then cometh the end, when he shall have
delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father;
when he shall have put down all rule, and all authority,
and power.
25 For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies 
under his feet.
26 The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.
27 For he hath put all things under his feet.
But when he saith all things are put under him, it is 
manifest that he is excepted which did put all things 
under him.
28 And when all things shall be subdued unto 
him, then shall the Son also himself be subject unto 
him that put all things under him, that God may be 
all in all.
29 Else what shall they do, which are baptized 
for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? why are 
they then baptized for the dead?
30 And why stand we in jeopardy every hour?
31 I protest by your rejoicing which I have in 
Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily.
32 If after the manner of men I have fought
with beasts at Esphesus, what advantageth it me, if 
the dead rise not? let us eat and drink; for tomorrow 
we die.
33 Be not deceived: Evil communications corrupt
good manners.
34 Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for 
some have not the knowledge of God. I speak 
this to your shame.
35 But some man will say, How are the dead 
raised up? and with what body do they come?
36 Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not
quickened except it die:
37 And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not 
that body that shall be, but bare grain; it may 
chance of wheat, or of some other grain:
38 But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased 
him, and to every seed his own body.
39 All flesh is not the same flesh; but there is
one kind  of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts,
another of fishes, and another of birds.
40 There are also celestial bodies, and bodies 
terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial is one, and 
the glory  of the terrestrial is another.
41 There is one glory of the sun, and another 
glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; 
for one star differeth from another star in glory.
42 So also is the resurrection of the dead. It
is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruption:
43 It is sown in dishonour, it is raised in glory
it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power:
44 It is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual
body.
45 And so it is written, The first man Adam
was made a living soul, the last Adam was made
a quickening spirit.
46 Howbeit, that was not first which is spiritual, 
but that which is natural; and afterward that which 
is spiritual.
47 The first man is of the earth, earthy: the 
second man is the Lord from heaven.
48 As is earthy, such are they also that are 
earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also 
that are heavenly.
49 And as we have borne the image of the earthy,
we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.
50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood
cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth 
corruption inherit incorruption.
51 Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall
not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at 
the last trump: for the last trumpet shall sound, and 
the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall
be changed.
53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, 
and this mortal must put on immortality.
54 So when this corruptible shall have put on 
incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on 
immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying 
that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.
55 O death, where is they sting? O grave, 
where is thy victory?
56 The sting of death is sin; and the strength of 
sin is the law.
57 But thanks be to God, which giveth us the 
victory, through our Lord Jesus Christ. 
58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye steadfast,
unmoveable, always abounding in the work of 
the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour
is not in vain in the Lord.