1 Corinthians 15 : 1 - 23
| 1 | Moreover, brethren, I declare to you the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received and in which you stand, |
| 2 | by which also you are saved, if you hold fast that word which I preached to you--unless you believed in vain. |
| 3 | For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: 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 by Cephas, then by the twelve. |
| 6 | After that He was seen by over five hundred brethren at once, of whom the greater part remain to the present, but some have fallen asleep. |
| 7 | After that He was seen by James, then by all the apostles. |
| 8 | Then last of all He was seen by me also, as by one born out of due time. |
| 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 by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me was not in vain; but I labored more abundantly than they all, yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me. |
| 11 | Therefore, whether it was I or they, so we preach and so you believed. |
| 12 | Now if Christ is preached that He has been raised from the dead, how do some among you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? |
| 13 | But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ is not risen. |
| 14 | And if Christ is not risen, then our preaching is empty and your faith is also empty. |
| 15 | Yes, and we are found false witnesses of God, because we have testified of God that He raised up Christ, whom He did not raise up--if in fact the dead do not rise. |
| 16 | For if the dead do not rise, then Christ is not risen. |
| 17 | And if Christ is not risen, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins! |
| 18 | Then also those who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. |
| 19 | If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men the most pitiable. |
| 20 | But now Christ is risen from the dead, and has become the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. |
| 21 | For since by man came death, by Man also came the resurrection of the dead. |
| 22 | For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ all shall be made alive. |
| 23 | But each one in his own order: Christ the firstfruits, afterward those who are Christ's at His coming. |
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