1 Corinthians 15

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1Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;34 cross-references: Galatians 1:6–12, 1 Peter 5:12, 1 Thessalonians 1:6, 2 Corinthians 1:24, 1 Corinthians 1:23–24
2By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.45 cross-references: Hebrews 3:6, Hebrews 2:1, 2 Timothy 1:9, Ephesians 2:8, 1 Corinthians 1:18
3For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;76 cross-references: 1 Peter 2:24, Galatians 1:4, Isaiah 53:1–12, 1 John 2:2, Galatians 1:12
4And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:47 cross-references: Hosea 6:2, Matthew 12:40, Psalms 16:10–11, Acts 13:29–37, Acts 26:22–23
5And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve:20 cross-references: Mark 16:14, 1 Corinthians 1:12, John 20:19–26, Acts 1:2–14, John 1:42
6After 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.19 cross-references: Matthew 28:10, Mark 16:7, Acts 13:36, 1 Corinthians 15:18, 2 Peter 3:4
7After that, he was seen of James; then of all the apostles.9 cross-references: Luke 24:50, Acts 1:2–12, Luke 24:33, Luke 24:36, Acts 12:17
8And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time.24 cross-references: 1 Corinthians 9:1, Acts 26:16, Acts 22:18, Acts 18:9, Acts 9:3–6
9For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.34 cross-references: Ephesians 3:7–8, 1 Timothy 1:13–15, Acts 8:3, 2 Corinthians 12:11, Acts 26:9–11
10But 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.77 cross-references: Philippians 4:13, 2 Corinthians 3:5, Philippians 2:13, Ephesians 3:7–8, Galatians 2:8
11Therefore whether it were I or they, so we preach, and so ye believed.5 cross-references: 1 Corinthians 15:3–4, 1 Corinthians 2:2
12Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead?22 cross-references: Acts 17:32, Acts 26:8, 2 Timothy 2:18, Acts 23:8, 1 Corinthians 15:13–19
13But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen:18 cross-references: John 11:25–26, Romans 8:11, 1 Thessalonians 4:14, Revelation 1:18, 1 Peter 1:3
14And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain.19 cross-references: 1 Corinthians 15:17, 1 Thessalonians 4:14, Matthew 15:9, Acts 17:31, James 2:20
15Yea, 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.19 cross-references: Acts 2:24, Job 13:7–10, 1 Corinthians 15:13, Exodus 23:3, Romans 3:7–8
16For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised:
17And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins.19 cross-references: Romans 4:25, 1 Peter 1:3, 1 Corinthians 15:14, Romans 8:33–34, 1 Peter 1:21
18Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished.13 cross-references: 1 Thessalonians 4:13–14, 1 Thessalonians 4:16, Revelation 14:13, 1 Corinthians 15:6
19If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.23 cross-references: Revelation 14:13, 1 Peter 1:21, 2 Timothy 1:12, 1 Corinthians 4:9–13, Acts 14:22
20But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept.36 cross-references: 1 Corinthians 15:23, Acts 26:23, Revelation 1:5, 1 Peter 1:3, Colossians 1:18
21For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead.14 cross-references: John 11:25, Romans 5:12–17, Romans 6:23, 1 Corinthians 15:22
22For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.15 cross-references: Romans 5:12–21, 1 Corinthians 15:45–49, John 5:21–29, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 3:6
23But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at his coming.28 cross-references: Galatians 3:29, Isaiah 26:19, 1 Corinthians 15:52, 1 Corinthians 15:20, 2 Corinthians 10:7
24Then 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.34 cross-references: Daniel 7:27, Daniel 7:14, Matthew 28:18, Daniel 2:44, Matthew 11:27
25For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet.46 cross-references: Hebrews 10:12–13, Psalms 110:1, Matthew 22:44, Psalms 2:6–10, Hebrews 1:13
26The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.14 cross-references: 2 Timothy 1:10, Revelation 21:4, 1 Corinthians 15:55, Revelation 20:14, Isaiah 25:8
27For 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.20 cross-references: Psalms 8:6, Matthew 28:18, Hebrews 2:8, Matthew 11:27, Ephesians 1:22
28And 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.21 cross-references: Colossians 3:11, 1 Corinthians 3:23, Ephesians 1:23, Philippians 3:21, John 14:28
29Else 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?7 cross-references: Romans 6:3–4, 1 Corinthians 15:16, Matthew 20:22, 1 Corinthians 15:32
30And why stand we in jeopardy every hour?17 cross-references: 2 Corinthians 6:9, Galatians 5:11, 2 Corinthians 11:23–27, 2 Corinthians 4:7–12, 1 Corinthians 15:31
31I protest by your rejoicing which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily.25 cross-references: 2 Corinthians 4:10–11, Romans 8:36, 1 Corinthians 4:9–13, Philippians 3:3, 1 Thessalonians 3:9
32If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if the dead rise not? let us eat and drink; for to morrow we die.37 cross-references: Isaiah 22:13, Luke 12:19, Isaiah 56:12, 2 Peter 2:12, Acts 18:19
33Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.54 cross-references: Proverbs 13:20, Matthew 24:4, 1 Corinthians 5:6, Proverbs 9:6, Ephesians 5:6
34Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame.41 cross-references: 1 Corinthians 6:5, Joel 1:5, Hebrews 5:11–12, Romans 13:11, Ephesians 5:14
35But some man will say, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come?17 cross-references: Ezekiel 37:3, 1 Corinthians 15:38–53, Romans 9:19, Philippians 3:21, Job 11:12
36Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die:13 cross-references: John 12:24, Luke 11:40, Luke 24:25, Romans 1:22, Luke 12:20
37And 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:
38But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body.7 cross-references: 1 Corinthians 3:7, Mark 4:26–29, Isaiah 61:11, Psalms 104:14, Genesis 1:11–12
39All 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.2 cross-references: Genesis 1:20–26
40There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another.
41There 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.13 cross-references: Deuteronomy 4:19, Psalms 19:4–6, Genesis 1:14, Job 31:26, Psalms 148:3–5
42So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption:26 cross-references: Matthew 13:43, Daniel 12:3, Romans 8:21, 1 Peter 1:4, Philippians 3:20–21
43It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power:17 cross-references: Colossians 3:4, Daniel 12:1, Philippians 3:10, Matthew 22:29–30, 2 Corinthians 13:4
44It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.5 cross-references: 1 Corinthians 15:50, Luke 24:31, John 20:26, John 20:19
45And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.60 cross-references: John 5:21, Genesis 2:7, Romans 8:2, Romans 8:10–11, John 6:63
46Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual.5 cross-references: Romans 6:6, Colossians 3:9–10, Ephesians 4:22–24
47The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven.39 cross-references: John 3:31, Genesis 2:7, Genesis 3:19, 2 Corinthians 5:1, 1 Corinthians 15:45
48As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly.7 cross-references: Genesis 5:3, Romans 5:12–21, Job 14:4, John 3:6, Philippians 3:20–21
49And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.13 cross-references: Romans 8:29, 2 Corinthians 3:18, Genesis 5:3, 2 Corinthians 4:10–11, Matthew 13:43
50Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.28 cross-references: John 3:3–6, Matthew 16:17, Ephesians 4:17, 2 Corinthians 5:1, Galatians 5:16
51Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,25 cross-references: 1 Thessalonians 4:14–17, Philippians 3:21, 1 Corinthians 15:20, Ephesians 1:9, 1 Corinthians 4:1
52In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.40 cross-references: 1 Thessalonians 4:16–17, Matthew 24:31, John 5:25, John 5:28, Isaiah 27:13
53For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.21 cross-references: 2 Corinthians 5:2–4, 1 John 3:2, Romans 2:7, Romans 13:12–14, Ephesians 4:24
54So 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.28 cross-references: Isaiah 25:8, Revelation 20:14, Hebrews 2:14–15, Revelation 21:4, Luke 20:36
55O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?26 cross-references: Hosea 13:14, Acts 2:27, Romans 5:14, Psalms 89:48, Ecclesiastes 2:15–16
56The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.21 cross-references: Romans 4:15, Galatians 3:10–13, Romans 7:5–13, Romans 6:23, Romans 5:12–13
57But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.25 cross-references: 2 Corinthians 2:14, Romans 8:37, 1 John 5:4–5, Proverbs 21:31, Revelation 12:11
58Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.108 cross-references: Galatians 6:9, 2 Chronicles 15:7, Hebrews 6:10, Philippians 2:16, 1 Corinthians 3:8

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All things under his feet Psalms 8:6 and 1 Corinthians 15:27
The psalm gives humankind dominion over creation. Paul reads it of the risen Christ, the last Adam, under whose feet God places every enemy including death — with the one exception of God the Father himself.
Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die Isaiah 22:13 and 1 Corinthians 15:32
Isaiah condemns Jerusalem's partying when it should repent. Paul quotes the careless slogan to show what life looks like if there is no resurrection.
Death is swallowed up in victory Isaiah 25:8 and 1 Corinthians 15:54
Isaiah foresees God swallowing up death for ever at his feast for all peoples. Paul quotes it as the outcome of the resurrection, when the perishable puts on the imperishable.
O death, where is your sting? Hosea 13:14 and 1 Corinthians 15:55
In Hosea the questions to death and the grave may be a summons for judgement. Paul turns them into a taunt of victory: through Christ death has lost its sting, which is sin.
I know that my Redeemer lives Job 19:25 and 1 Corinthians 15:52
In deep suffering Job declares his redeemer lives and that he will see God in his flesh. Paul describes the moment that hope becomes reality: at the last trumpet the dead will be raised imperishable.
The first Adam and the last Adam Genesis 2:7 and 1 Corinthians 15:45
Genesis says God breathed into Adam and he became a living soul. Paul quotes it and sets Christ beside Adam as the 'last Adam' who became a life-giving spirit: Adam heads the old humanity, Christ the new, risen one.
In Adam all die, in Christ all made alive Genesis 3:19 and 1 Corinthians 15:22
After the fall Adam is told he will return to dust. Paul's resurrection chapter answers that sentence: as death came through one man, resurrection comes through another man, Christ.
Firstfruits Leviticus 23:10 and 1 Corinthians 15:20
Israel offered the first sheaf of the harvest to God as a pledge of the full harvest. Paul calls the risen Christ the firstfruits of those who have died: his resurrection guarantees theirs. He rose on the day after the Sabbath, when this offering was made.

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