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Listen to 1 Corinthians 15:1-15
The Resurrection of Christ
15Now, brothers and sisters, I want to remind you of the gospel(A) I preached to you,(B) which you received and on which you have taken your stand. 2By this gospel you are saved,(C) if you hold firmly(D) to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain.
3For what I received(E) I passed on to you(F) as of first importance[a]: that Christ died for our sins(G) according to the Scriptures,(H) 4that he was buried,(I) that he was raised(J) on the third day(K) according to the Scriptures,(L) 5and that he appeared to Cephas,[b](M) and then to the Twelve.(N) 6After that, he appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers and sisters at the same time, most of whom are still living, though some have fallen asleep.(O) 7Then he appeared to James,(P) then to all the apostles,(Q) 8and last of all he appeared to me also,(R) as to one abnormally born.
9For I am the least of the apostles(S) and do not even deserve to be called an apostle, because I persecuted(T) the church of God.(U) 10But by the grace(V) of God I am what I am, and his grace to me(W) was not without effect. No, I worked harder than all of them(X)—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.(Y) 11Whether, then, it is I or they,(Z) this is what we preach, and this is what you believed.
The Resurrection of the Dead
12But if it is preached that Christ has been raised from the dead,(AA) how can some of you say that there is no resurrection(AB) of the dead?(AC) 13If there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised. 14And if Christ has not been raised,(AD) our preaching is useless and so is your faith. 15More than that, we are then found to be false witnesses about God, for we have testified about God that he raised Christ from the dead.(AE) But he did not raise him if in fact the dead are not raised.
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Footnotes
- 1 Corinthians 15:3 Or you at the first
- 1 Corinthians 15:5 That is, Peter
Cross references
- 1 Corinthians 15:1 : Isa 40:9; Ro 2:16
- 1 Corinthians 15:1 : S 1Co 3:6; S Gal 1:8
- 1 Corinthians 15:2 : Ro 1:16
- 1 Corinthians 15:2 : S Ro 11:22
- 1 Corinthians 15:3 : Gal 1:12
- 1 Corinthians 15:3 : S 1Co 11:2
- 1 Corinthians 15:3 : Isa 53:5; Jn 1:29; S Gal 1:4; 1Pe 2:24
- 1 Corinthians 15:3 : S Mt 26:24; S Lk 24:27; S 24:44; Ac 17:2; 26:22, 23
- 1 Corinthians 15:4 : Mt 27:59, 60
- 1 Corinthians 15:4 : S Ac 2:24
- 1 Corinthians 15:4 : S Mt 16:21
- 1 Corinthians 15:4 : Jn 2:21, 22; Ac 2:25, 30, 31
- 1 Corinthians 15:5 : Lk 24:34
- 1 Corinthians 15:5 : Mk 16:14; Lk 24:36-43
- 1 Corinthians 15:6 : ver 18, 20; S Mt 9:24
- 1 Corinthians 15:7 : S Ac 15:13
- 1 Corinthians 15:7 : Lk 24:33, 36, 37; Ac 1:3, 4
- 1 Corinthians 15:8 : Ac 9:3-6, 17; 1Co 9:1; Gal 1:16
- 1 Corinthians 15:9 : 2Co 12:11; Eph 3:8; 1Ti 1:15
- 1 Corinthians 15:9 : S Ac 8:3
- 1 Corinthians 15:9 : S 1Co 10:32
- 1 Corinthians 15:10 : S Ro 3:24
- 1 Corinthians 15:10 : S Ro 12:3
- 1 Corinthians 15:10 : 2Co 11:23; Col 1:29
- 1 Corinthians 15:10 : S Php 2:13
- 1 Corinthians 15:11 : Gal 2:6
- 1 Corinthians 15:12 : ver 4
- 1 Corinthians 15:12 : S Jn 11:24
- 1 Corinthians 15:12 : Ac 17:32; 23:8; 2Ti 2:18
- 1 Corinthians 15:14 : 1Th 4:14
- 1 Corinthians 15:15 : S Ac 2:24
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