1 Corinthians 15:1-32

1Now 1I make known to you, brothers and sisters, the 2gospel which I preached to you, which you also received, 3in which you also stand, 2by which you also are saved, 4if you hold firmly to 5the word which I preached to you, 6unless you believed in vain.

3For 7I handed down to you 8as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died 9for our sins 10according to the Scriptures, 4and that He was buried, and that He was 11raised on the third day 12according to the Scriptures, 5and that 13He appeared to 1415Cephas, then 16to the twelve. 6After that He appeared to more than five hundred brothers and sisters at one time, most of whom remain until now, but some 17have fallen asleep; 7then He appeared to 1819James, then to 20all the apostles; 8and last of all, as 21to one untimely born, 22He appeared to me also. 9For I am 23the least of the apostles, 24and not fit to be called an apostle, because I 25persecuted the church of God. 10But by 26the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me did not prove vain; but I 27labored even more than all of them, yet 28not I, but the grace of God with me. 11Whether then it was I or they, so we preach and so you believed.

12Now if Christ is preached, that He has been raised from the dead, how do some among you say that there 29is no resurrection of the dead? 13But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised; 14and 30if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain, your faith also is in vain. 15Moreover, we are even found to be false witnesses of God, because we testified 31against God that He 32raised 33Christ, whom He did not raise, if in fact the dead are not raised. 16For if the dead are not raised, then not even Christ has been raised; 17and if Christ has not been raised, your faith is worthless; 34you are still in your sins. 18Then also those who 35have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. 19If we have hoped in Christ only in this life, we are 36of all people most to be pitied.

20But the fact is, Christ 37has been raised from the dead, the 38first fruits of those who 39are asleep. 21For since 40by a man death came, by a Man also came the resurrection of the dead. 22For 41as in Adam all die, so also in 42Christ all will be made alive. 23But each in his own order: Christ 43the first fruits, after that 44those who are Christ’s at 45His coming, 24then comes the end, when He hands over 46the kingdom to our 47God and Father, when He has abolished 48all rule and all authority and power. 25For He must reign 49until He has put all His enemies under His feet. 26The last enemy that will be 50abolished is death. 27For 51He has put all things in subjection under His feet. But when He says, “52All things are put in subjection,” it is clear that 53this excludes the Father who put all things in subjection to Him. 28When 54all things are subjected to Him, then the Son Himself will also be subjected to the One who subjected all things to Him, so that 55God may be all in all.

29For otherwise, what will those do who are baptized 56for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why then are they baptized 57for them? 30Why are we also 58in danger every hour? 31I affirm, brothers and sisters, by the boasting in you which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, that 59I die daily. 32If 60from human motives I 61fought with wild beasts at 62Ephesus, what good is it to me? If the dead are not raised, 63let’s eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.