1Now, brothers, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, and in which you stand firm.stylusGalatians 1:6, Galatians 1:12, Galatians 1:6, Galatians 1:12, 1 Peter 5:122By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain.stylusHebrews 3:6, Hebrews 3:6, Hebrews 2:1, Hebrews 2:1, 2 Timothy 1:93For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,stylus1 Peter 2:24, 1 Peter 2:24, Galatians 1:4, Galatians 1:4, Isaiah 53:14that He was buried, that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,stylusHosea 6:2, Hosea 6:2, Matthew 12:40, Matthew 12:40, Psalms 16:105and that He appeared to Cephas and then to the Twelve.stylusMark 16:14, Mark 16:14, 1 Corinthians 1:12, John 20:19, John 20:266After that, He appeared to more than five hundred brothers at once, most of whom are still living, though some have fallen asleep.stylusMatthew 28:10, Matthew 28:10, Mark 16:7, Mark 16:7, Acts 13:367Then He appeared to James, then to all the apostles.stylusLuke 24:50, Luke 24:50, Acts 1:2, Acts 1:12, Acts 1:28And last of all He appeared to me also, as to one of untimely birth.stylus1 Corinthians 9:1, 1 Corinthians 9:1, Acts 26:16, Acts 22:18, Acts 26:169For I am the least of the apostles and am unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.stylusEphesians 3:7, Ephesians 3:8, Ephesians 3:7, Ephesians 3:8, 1 Timothy 1:1310But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace to me was not in vain. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.stylusPhilippians 4:13, Philippians 4:13, 2 Corinthians 3:5, 2 Corinthians 3:5, Philippians 2:1311Whether, then, it was I or they, this is what we preach, and this is what you believed.stylus1 Corinthians 15:3, 1 Corinthians 15:4, 1 Corinthians 2:2, 1 Corinthians 15:3, 1 Corinthians 15:412But if it is preached that Christ has been raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?stylusActs 17:32, Acts 26:8, Acts 17:32, Acts 26:8, 2 Timothy 2:1813If there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised.stylusJohn 11:25, John 11:26, Romans 8:11, John 11:25, John 11:2614And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is worthless, and so is your faith.stylus1 Corinthians 15:17, 1 Corinthians 15:17, 1 Thessalonians 4:14, 1 Thessalonians 4:14, Matthew 15:915In that case, we are also exposed as false witnesses about God. For we have testified about God that He raised Christ from the dead, but He did not raise Him if in fact the dead are not raised.stylusActs 2:24, Acts 2:24, Job 13:7, Job 13:10, Job 13:716For if the dead are not raised, then not even Christ has been raised.stylus17And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins.stylusRomans 4:25, Romans 4:25, 1 Peter 1:3, 1 Peter 1:3, 1 Corinthians 15:1418Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished.stylus1 Thessalonians 4:13, 1 Thessalonians 4:14, 1 Thessalonians 4:13, 1 Thessalonians 4:14, 1 Thessalonians 4:1619If our hope in Christ is for this life alone, we are to be pitied more than all men.stylusRevelation 14:13, Revelation 14:13, 1 Peter 1:21, 1 Peter 1:21, 2 Timothy 1:1220But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.stylus1 Corinthians 15:23, 1 Corinthians 15:23, Acts 26:23, Acts 26:23, Revelation 1:521For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man.stylusJohn 11:25, John 11:25, Romans 5:12, Romans 5:17, Romans 5:1222For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive.stylusRomans 5:12, Romans 5:21, Romans 5:12, Romans 5:21, 1 Corinthians 15:4523But each in his own turn: Christ the firstfruits; then at His coming, those who belong to Him.stylusGalatians 3:29, Isaiah 26:19, Galatians 3:29, Isaiah 26:19, 1 Corinthians 15:5224Then the end will come, when He hands over the kingdom to God the Father after He has destroyed all dominion, authority, and power.stylusDaniel 7:27, Daniel 7:27, Daniel 7:14, Daniel 7:14, Matthew 28:1825For He must reign until He has put all His enemies under His feet.stylusHebrews 10:12, Hebrews 10:13, Psalms 110:1, Hebrews 10:12, Hebrews 10:1326The last enemy to be destroyed is death.stylus2 Timothy 1:10, 2 Timothy 1:10, Revelation 21:4, 1 Corinthians 15:55, Revelation 21:427For “God has put everything under His feet.” Now when it says that everything has been put under Him, this clearly does not include the One who put everything under Him.stylusPsalms 8:6, Psalms 8:6, Matthew 28:18, Matthew 28:18, Hebrews 2:828And when all things have been subjected to Him, then the Son Himself will be made subject to Him who put all things under Him, so that God may be all in all.stylusColossians 3:11, 1 Corinthians 3:23, Colossians 3:11, 1 Corinthians 3:23, Ephesians 1:2329If these things are not so, what will those do who are baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why are people baptized for them?stylusRomans 6:3, Romans 6:4, Romans 6:3, Romans 6:4, 1 Corinthians 15:1630And why do we endanger ourselves every hour?stylus2 Corinthians 6:9, 2 Corinthians 6:9, Galatians 5:11, 2 Corinthians 11:23, 2 Corinthians 11:2731I face death every day, brothers, as surely as I boast about you in Christ Jesus our Lord.stylus2 Corinthians 4:10, 2 Corinthians 4:11, 2 Corinthians 4:10, 2 Corinthians 4:11, Romans 8:3632If I fought wild beasts in Ephesus for human motives, what did I gain? If the dead are not raised, “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.”stylusIsaiah 22:13, Isaiah 22:13, Luke 12:19, Isaiah 56:12, Luke 12:1933Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good character.”stylusProverbs 13:20, Proverbs 13:20, Matthew 24:4, Matthew 24:4, 1 Corinthians 5:634Sober up as you ought, and stop sinning; for some of you are ignorant of God. I say this to your shame.stylus1 Corinthians 6:5, 1 Corinthians 6:5, Joel 1:5, Joel 1:5, Hebrews 5:1135But someone will ask, “How are the dead raised? With what kind of body will they come?”stylusEzekiel 37:3, Ezekiel 37:3, 1 Corinthians 15:38, 1 Corinthians 15:53, 1 Corinthians 15:3836You fool! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies.stylusJohn 12:24, John 12:24, Luke 11:40, Luke 11:40, Luke 24:2537And what you sow is not the body that will be, but just a seed, perhaps of wheat or something else.stylus38But God gives it a body as He has designed, and to each kind of seed He gives its own body.stylus1 Corinthians 3:7, 1 Corinthians 3:7, Mark 4:26, Mark 4:29, Isaiah 61:1139Not all flesh is the same: Men have one kind of flesh, animals have another, birds another, and fish another.stylusGenesis 1:20, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:20, Genesis 1:2640There are also heavenly bodies and earthly bodies. But the splendor of the heavenly bodies is of one degree, and the splendor of the earthly bodies is of another.stylus41The sun has one degree of splendor, the moon another, and the stars another; and star differs from star in splendor.stylusDeuteronomy 4:19, Deuteronomy 4:19, Psalms 19:4, Psalms 19:6, Genesis 1:1442So will it be with the resurrection of the dead: What is sown is perishable; it is raised imperishable.stylusMatthew 13:43, Daniel 12:3, Matthew 13:43, Daniel 12:3, Romans 8:2143It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power.stylusColossians 3:4, Colossians 3:4, Daniel 12:1, Philippians 3:10, Matthew 22:2944It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body.stylus1 Corinthians 15:50, 1 Corinthians 15:50, Luke 24:31, Luke 24:31, John 20:2645So it is written: “The first man Adam became a living being;” the last Adam a life-giving spirit.stylusJohn 5:21, John 5:21, Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:7, Romans 8:246The spiritual, however, was not first, but the natural, and then the spiritual.stylusRomans 6:6, Colossians 3:9, Colossians 3:10, Ephesians 4:22, Ephesians 4:2447The first man was of the dust of the earth, the second man from heaven.stylusJohn 3:31, John 3:31, Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:7, Genesis 3:1948As was the earthly man, so also are those who are of the earth; and as is the heavenly man, so also are those who are of heaven.stylusGenesis 5:3, Genesis 5:3, Romans 5:12, Romans 5:21, Job 14:449And just as we have borne the likeness of the earthly man, so also shall we bear the likeness of the heavenly man.stylusRomans 8:29, Romans 8:29, 2 Corinthians 3:18, 2 Corinthians 3:18, Genesis 5:350Now I declare to you, brothers, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.stylusJohn 3:3, John 3:6, John 3:3, John 3:6, Matthew 16:1751Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed—stylus1 Thessalonians 4:14, 1 Thessalonians 4:17, 1 Thessalonians 4:14, 1 Thessalonians 4:17, Philippians 3:2152in an instant, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.stylus1 Thessalonians 4:16, 1 Thessalonians 4:17, 1 Thessalonians 4:16, 1 Thessalonians 4:17, Matthew 24:3153For the perishable must be clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality.stylus2 Corinthians 5:2, 2 Corinthians 5:4, 2 Corinthians 5:2, 2 Corinthians 5:4, 1 John 3:254When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come to pass: “Death has been swallowed up in victory.”stylusIsaiah 25:8, Isaiah 25:8, Revelation 20:14, Revelation 20:14, Hebrews 2:1455“Where, O Death, is your victory? Where, O Death, is your sting?”stylusHosea 13:14, Hosea 13:14, Acts 2:27, Romans 5:14, Psalms 89:4856The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.stylusRomans 4:15, Romans 4:15, Galatians 3:10, Galatians 3:13, Galatians 3:1057But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ!stylus2 Corinthians 2:14, 2 Corinthians 2:14, Romans 8:37, Romans 8:37, 1 John 5:458Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast and immovable. Always excel in the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.stylusGalatians 6:9, Galatians 6:9, 2 Chronicles 15:7, 2 Chronicles 15:7, Hebrews 6:10