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1 Corinthians 15

He proveth the resurrection of the dead, 3 And first that Christ is risen: 22 Then that we shall rise, 52 And the manner how.
1.Moreover, *brethren, I declare unto you the Gospel, which I preached unto you, which ye have also received, and wherein ye continue,
2.And whereby ye are saved, if ye keep in memory, after what manner I preached it unto you, aexcept ye have believed in vain.
3.For first of all, I delivered unto you that which I breceived, how that Christ died for our sins according to the *Scriptures,
4.And that he was buried, and that he arose the third day according to the *Scriptures,
5.*And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the ctwelve.
6.After that, he was seen of mo then five hundred brethren at once: whereof many remain unto this present, and some also are a sleep.
7.After that, he was seen of James: then of all the Apostles.
8.*And last of all he was seen also of me as of one, born out of due time.
9.For I am the least of the Apostles, which am not mete to be called an Apostle, because I persecuted the Church of God.
10.*But by the dgrace of God, I am that I am: and his grace which is in me, was not in vain: but I laboured more abundantly then they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which is with me.
11.Wherefore whether it were I, or they, so we preach, and so have ye believed.
12.¶ Now if it be preached, that Christ is risen from the dead, how say some among you, that there is no resurrection of the dead?
13.For if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen.
14.And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching evain, and your ffaith is also vain.
15.And we are found also false witnesses of God: for we have testified of God, that he hath raised up Christ: whom he hath not raised up, if so be the dead be not raised.
16.For if the dead be not raised, then is Christ not raised.
17.And if Christ be not raised, your faith is gvain: ye are yet in your hsins.
18.And so they which are a sleep in Christ, are perished.
19.If in this life ^only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men the most miserable.
20.But now is Christ risen from the dead, and was made the *first ifruits of them that sleep.
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 kChrist shall lall be made alive,
23.But every man in his *own order: the first fruits is Christ, afterward, they that are of Christ, at his coming shall rise again.
24.Then shalbe the end, when he hath mdelivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father, when he hath put down all rule, and all authority and power.
25.For he must reign *till he hath put all his enemies under his feet.
26.The last enemy that shalbe destroyed, is death.
27.*For he hath put down all things under his feet. (And when he saith that all things are subdued to him, it is manifest that he is excepted, which did put down all things under him.)
28.And when all things shalbe subdued unto him, then shall the Son also him self be subject unto him, that did subdue all things under him, that God may be nall in all.
29.Els what shall they do which are baptised opfor dead? if the dead rise not at all, why are they then baptised for dead?
30.Why are we also in jeopardy every hour?
31.qBy our rejoicing which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily.
32.If I have fought with beasts at Ephesus after rthe manner of men, what advantageth it me, if the dead be not raised up? *let us eat and drink: for to morrow we shall die.
33.Be not deceived: *evil speakings corrupt good manners.
34.Awake to live righteously, 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 come they forth?
36.O fool, that which thou sowest, is not quickened, except it die.
37.And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shalbe, but bare corn, as it falleth, of wheat, or of some other.
38.But God giveth it a body at his pleasure, even to every seed his own body.
39.All flesh is not the same flesh, but there is one sflesh of men, & another flesh of beasts, & another of fishes, & another of birds.
40.There are also heavenly bodies, and earthly bodies: but the glory of the heavenly is one, & the glory of the earthly is another.
41.There is another glory of the tsun, 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. The body is sowen in corruption, and is raised in incorruption.
43.It is sowen in udishonour, and is raised in glory: it is sowen in weakness, and is raised in power.
44.It is sowen a natural body, and is raised a xspiritual body: there is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.
45.As it is also written, The first man *Adam was made a living soul: and the last Adam was made a yquickening Spirt.
46.Howbeit that was not first made which is spiritual: but that which is natural, and afterward that which is spiritual.
47.The first man is of the earth, earthly: the second man is the Lord zfrom heaven.
48.As is the earthly, such are they that are earthly: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly.
49.And as we have born the aimage of the earthly, so shall we bear the image of the heavenly.
50.This say I, brethren, that bflesh and blood can not inherit the kingdom of God, neither doeth corruption inherit incorruption.
51.Behold, I shewe you a secret thing, We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be cchanged,
52.In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye at the last *trumpet: for the trumpet shall blow, and the dead shall be raised up incorruptible, and we shalbe changed.
53.For this corruptible must put on incorruption: and this mortal must put on immortality.
54.So when this corruptible hath put on incorruption, and this mortal hath put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, *Death is swallowed up into victory.
55.|| *O death, where is thy sting! ô grave where is thy victory!
56.The sting of death is sin: and the dstrength of sin is the Law.
57.*But thanks be unto God which hath given us victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
58.Therefore my beloved brethren, be ye steadfast, unmoveable, abundant always in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know, that your labour is not in evain in the Lord.

Notes

1-*.
Gal. 1.11.
2-a.
If you believe to be saved by the Gospel, you must believe also the resurrection of the dead, which is one of the principle points thereof, or else your belief is but vain.
3-*.
Isa. 53.5, 1 Pet. 2.24.
3-b.
He shows that nothing ought to be taught, which we have not learned by God’s word.
4-*.
Jon. 2.1.
5-*.
John 20.19.
5-c.
Although Judas wanted, yet they were so called still.
8-*.
Act. 9.4 and 22.6. Rom. 9.3.
10-*.
Eph. 3.7 and 8.
10-d.
For he was but the instrument, and minister and gives the whole glory to God.
14-e.
Christ’s death is not effectual except he rise from death.
14-f.
For if Christ be swallowed up of death, there remains no hope of life any more.
17-g.
As mortification, and remission of sins depend on Christ’s death: so our quickening and restoring to life stand in his resurrection.
17-h.
You are not forgiven nor sanctified.
19-^.
Or, only for this life’s sake.
20-*.
Col. 1.18, Rev. 1.5.
20-i.
As by the offering of the first fruit the whole fruit is sanctified, so by Christ which is the first that is raised, all have assurance of the resurrection.
22-k.
Who rose first from the dead to take possession in our flesh for us his members.
22-l.
To wit, the faithful.
23-*.
1 Thes. 4.15.
24-m.
Christ as he is man and head of the Church is said to be subject to God: but in respect of the world, is King of heaven and earth. This kingdom stands in governing the faithful: and overcoming the adversaries, even death the chiefest, which done, Christ being perfected with all his members, shall as he is man, and head of the Church, with his fellow heirs deliver his kingdom, and be subject to God with whom and the holie Ghost in Godhead his is equal.
25-*.
Psal. 110.1, Act, 2.34, Ebr. 1.13 and 10.13.
27-*.
Psal. 8.6, Ebr. 2.8.
28-n.
We shall be perfectly fulfilled with his glory and felicity.
29-o.
That is, as dead, and because they were but newly come to Christ, would be baptised before they died.
29-p.
Except these things be true of Christ’s kingdom and his subjection, what shall become of them whom the Church daily baptises, for to destroy death in them which is the end of baptism, and so they to rise again?
31-q.
I take to witness all my sorrows, wherein I may justly rejoice in the Lord, that I have sustained them among you.
32-*.
Isa.22.13, Wis. 2.6.
32-r.
That is, having regard to this present life, and not to God’s glory, and to life everlasting.
33-*.
Menander in Thaidi.
39-s.
There is one substance as touching the flesh both of man and beast, but the difference is as touching the quality.
41-t.
Even as the sun and the moon being of one substance differ in dignity: so in the resurrection our bodies shall have more excellent qualities then they have now.
43-u.
For what is more vile to look upon then the dead carcass?
44-x.
Not changing the substance, but made partaker of the divine nature.
45-*.
Gen. 2.7.
45-y.
Christ brings us from heaven the Spirit of life.
47-z.
This is attribute to Christ as concerning his divinity, not in respect of his humanity whose flesh has this glory by the power of God who dwells in it.
49-a.
Both in substance and form we are earthly.
50-b.
This natural body as it is now, till it be made new by the Spirit of Christ.
51-c.
When the Lord comes to judgement, some of the Saints shall be alive, whom he will change even as if they were dead, so that this change is instead of death to them.
52-*.
Mat. 24.31, 1 Thes. 4.16.
54-*.
Isa. 25.8, Rev. 7.17.
55-*.
Hos. 13.14, Ebr. 2.14.
55-||.
O death, where is thy victory! O grave where is thy sting!
56-d.
Sin first brought in death and gives it power over us, and the strength of sin is the Law, because it does reveal the judgement of God against us: or else the chief cause of our destruction is in ourselves.
57-*.
1 John 5.5.
58-e.
The hope of resurrection causes the faithful to surmount all difficulties.