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First Epistle to the Corinthians, Chapter 15

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Chapter 15 of 1 Corinthians—Revised Standard Version (RSV)

  1. ¶ Now I would remind you, brethren, in what terms I preached to you the gospel, which you received, in which you stand,
  2. by which you are saved, if you hold it fast—unless you believed in vain.
  3. ¶ For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the scriptures,
  4. that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the scriptures,
  5. and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve.
  6. Then he appeared to more than five hundred brethren at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have fallen asleep.
  7. Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles.
  8. Last of all, as to one untimely born, he appeared also to me.
  9. For I am the least of the apostles, unfit 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. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them, though it was not I, but the grace of God which is with me.
  11. Whether then it was I or they, so we preach and so you believed.
  12. ¶ Now if Christ is preached as raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?
  13. But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ has not been raised;
  14. if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain and your faith is in vain.
  15. We are even found to be misrepresenting God, because we testified of God that he raised Christ, whom he did not raise if it is true that the dead are not raised.
  16. For if the dead are not raised, then Christ has not been raised.
  17. If Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile and you are still in your sins.
  18. Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished.
  19. If for this life only we have hoped in Christ, we are of all men most to be pitied.
  20. ¶ But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who have fallen asleep.
  21. For as by a man came death, by a man has come also the resurrection of the dead.
  22. For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive.
  23. But each in his own order: Christ the first fruits, then at his coming those who belong to Christ.
  24. Then comes the end, when he delivers the kingdom to God the Father after destroying every rule and every authority and power.
  25. For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet.
  26. The last enemy to be destroyed is death.
  27. “For God[a] has put all things in subjection under his feet.” But when it says, “All things are put in subjection under him,” it is plain that he is excepted who put all things under him.
  28. When all things are subjected to him, then the Son himself will also be subjected to him who put all things under him, that God may be everything to every one.
  29. ¶ Otherwise, what do people mean by being baptized on behalf of the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why are people baptized on their behalf?
  30. Why am I in peril every hour?
  31. I protest, brethren, by my pride in you which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die every day!
  32. What do I gain if, humanly speaking, I fought with beasts at Ephesus? If the dead are not raised, “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.”
  33. Do not be deceived: “Bad company ruins good morals.”
  34. Come to your right mind, and sin no more. For some have no knowledge of God. I say this to your shame.
  35. ¶ But some one will ask, “How are the dead raised? With what kind of body do they come?”
  36. You foolish man! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies.
  37. And what you sow is not the body which is to be, but a bare kernel, perhaps of wheat or of some other grain.
  38. But God gives it a body as he has chosen, and to each kind of seed its own body.
  39. For not all flesh is alike, but there is one kind for men, another for animals, another for birds, and another for fish.
  40. There are celestial bodies and there are terrestrial bodies; 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 star differs from star in glory.
  42. ¶ So is it with the resurrection of the dead. What is sown is perishable, what is raised is imperishable.
  43. It is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness, it is raised in power.
  44. It is sown a physical body, it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a physical body, there is also a spiritual body.
  45. Thus it is written, “The first man Adam became a living being”; the last Adam became a life-giving spirit.
  46. But it is not the spiritual which is first but the physical, and then the spiritual.
  47. The first man was from the earth, a man of dust; the second man is from heaven.
  48. As was the man of dust, so are those who are of the dust; and as is the man of heaven, so are those who are of heaven.
  49. Just as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we shall[b] also bear the image of the man of heaven.
  50. I tell you this, brethren: flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.
  51. ¶ Lo! I tell 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 trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed.
  53. For this perishable nature must put on the imperishable, and this mortal nature must put on immortality.
  54. When the perishable puts on the imperishable, and the mortal puts on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written:
    ¶ “Death is swallowed up in victory.”
  55. “O death, where is thy victory?
    O death, where is thy sting?”
  56. ¶ The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.
  57. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
  58. ¶ Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Greek he
  2. ^ Other ancient authorities read let us

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Comments

  1. Kiamia DoelKiamia Doel
    Jan 9, 2025 23:00 GMT

    The NWT adds words to the text that are not in the greek Manuscripts to fit it's own doctrinal position for example

    Compare the wording of the NWT and the NKJV at Colossians 1:15-17

    NKJV says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.

    NWT says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God,the firstborn OF all creation;16 because by means of him all OTHER things were created in the heavens and on the earth, the things visible and the things invisible,whether they are thrones or lordships or governments or authorities. All OTHER things have been created through him and for him. 17 Also, he is before all OTHER things,and by means of him all OTHER things were made to exist,

    The word “other” is not in the Greek but they add it Why? So they can decieve their followers into thinking that Christ was created by the Father and that he then created other things, that is not what the Greek says.

    1. SmeSme
      Feb 27, 2025 11:17 GMT

      Truth is from God and those that follow him. As for lies? John8:44

      Kiamia, I noticed you used a modern version of kjv to make your point about the nwt.

      Why didn’t you use the original kjv of col1:15?

      Is it because it disproves your point? It proves the opposite of what you wrote?

      Here is kjv col1:15 ¶” Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn OF every creature:“

      Now I appeal to your Christian nature to correct your mistake as God is watching each of us, and let us bless the God of Jesus his father.

      Kjv 1Pe 1:3  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ….

  2. YanekYanek
    Dec 24, 2024 22:18 GMT

    Joshua, Jehovah’s Witnesses have never denied the deity of the Messiah in his prehuman existence. While on Earth he was fully 100% human. I do not mean he was a mere human, he was not affected by Adam’s unfaithful behavior, he was sinless.

  3. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  4. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  5. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  6. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  7. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  8. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  9. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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