1Now I make known to you, brothers, the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received, in which also you stand, 2by which also you are saved, if you hold fast the word which I preached to you, unless you believed in vain. 3For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Messiah died for our sins according to the scriptures; 4and that he was buried; and that he has been raised on the third day according to the scriptures; 5and that he appeared to Cephas; then to the twelve; 6then he appeared to more than five hundred brothers at once, of whom the greater part remain until now, but some have fallen asleep; 7then he appeared to James; then to all the apostles; 8and last of all, as to the child untimely born, he appeared to me also. 9For I am the least of the apostles, who am not fit to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the assembly of God. 10But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not found vain; but I labored more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me. 11Whether then it is I or they, so we preach, and so you believed. 12Now if Messiah is preached that he has been raised from the dead, how do some among you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? 13But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then Messiah has not been raised either: 14and if Messiah has not been raised, then our preaching is vain, your faith also is vain. 15Yes, and we are found false witnesses of God; because we witnessed of God that he raised up Messiah: whom he did not raise up, if indeed the dead are not raised. 16For if the dead are not raised, then Messiah has not been raised either: 17and if Messiah has not been raised, your faith is vain; you are still in your sins. 18Then those also who have fallen asleep in Messiah have perished. 19If we have only hoped in Messiah in this life, we are of all men most pitiable. 20But now Messiah has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who are asleep. 21For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. 22For as in Adam all die, so also in Messiah shall all be made alive. 23But each in his own order: Messiah the firstfruits; then those who are Messiah’s, at his coming. 24Then comes the end, when he shall deliver up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have abolished all rule and all authority and power. 25For he must reign, till he has put all his enemies under his feet. 26The last enemy that shall be abolished is death. 27For, He put all things in subjection under his feet. But when he says, All things are put in subjection, it is evident that he is excepted who subjected all things to him. 28And when all things have been subjected to him, then the Son himself also shall be subjected to him who subjected all things to him, that God may be all in all. 29Otherwise what shall those do who are baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why then are they baptized for them? 30why do we also stand in jeopardy every hour? 31I affirm by that glorying in you, brothers, which I have in Messiah Yeshua our Lord, I die daily. 32If according to the manner of men I fought with beasts at Ephesus, what does it profit me? If the dead are not raised, let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die. 33Do not be deceived: Evil companionships corrupt good morals. 34Awake to soberness righteously, and do not sin; for some have no knowledge of God: I speak this to move you to shame. 35But someone will say, How are the dead raised? and with what kind of body do they come? 36You foolish one, that which you yourself sow is not made alive unless it dies: 37and that which you sow, you do not sow the body that shall be, but a bare grain, perhaps of wheat, or of some other kind; 38but God gives it a body even as it pleased him, and to each seed a body of its own. 39All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one flesh of men, and another flesh of beasts, and another flesh of birds, and another of fishes. 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 differs from another star in glory. 42So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption: 43it is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power: 44it is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body. 45So also it is written, The first man Adam became a living soul. The last Adam became a life-giving spirit. 46However that is not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; then that which is spiritual. 47The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is of heaven. 48As is the earthy, such are those also who are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are those also who are heavenly. 49And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly. 50Now this I say, brothers, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; nor does corruption inherit incorruption. 51Behold, I tell you a mystery: We all shall not sleep, but we shall all be changed, 52in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. 53For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. 54But when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then the saying that is written shall come to pass, Death is swallowed up in victory. 55O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting? 56The sting of death is sin; and the power of sin is the Torah: 57but thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Yeshua Messiah. 58Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, since you know that your labor is not vain in the Lord.