1 Now I make known to you, brothers, the gospel which I preached to you, which you also received, in which you also stand,
2 by which also you are saved, if you hold fast the word which I preached to you, unless you believed in vain.
3 For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,
4 and that he was buried, and that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,
5 and that he was seen by Cephas, then by the twelve.
6 After that he was seen by more than five hundred brothers at once, of whom the greater part remain until now, but some have fallen asleep.
7 After that he was seen by James, then by all the apostles.
8 And last of all, as by one born out of due time, he was seen by me also.
9 For I am the least of the apostles, who am not worthy 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, but I labored more abundantly than they all; yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
11 Whether, then, it was I or they, so we preach, and so you believed.
12 Now if Christ is preached, that he has been raised from the dead, how do some among you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?
13 But if there is no resurrection of the dead, neither has Christ been raised;
14 and if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is empty, and your faith is also empty.
15 And we are also found false witnesses of God, because we testified of God that he raised the Christ, whom he did not raise, if indeed the dead are not raised.
16 For if the dead are not raised, neither has Christ been raised;
17 and if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins.
18 Then also those who fell asleep in Christ perished.
19 If in this life only we have hoped in Christ, we are of all men the most miserable.
20 But now Christ has been raised from the dead, and has become the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.
21 For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead.
22 For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive.
23 But each in his own order: Christ the firstfruits, afterward those who are Christ's at his coming.
24 Then comes the end, when he delivers up the kingdom to God, even the Father, when he has abolished all rule and all authority and power.
25 For he must reign until he has put all the enemies under his feet.
26 The last enemy to be abolished is death.
27 For he subjected all things under his feet. But when he says that all things have been subjected, it is evident that he is excepted who subjected all things to him.
28 And when all things have been subjected to him, then the Son himself also will be subjected to him who subjected all things to him, that God may be all in all.
29 Otherwise, what will they do who are baptized for the dead, if the dead are not raised at all? Why then are they baptized for the dead?
30 Why also do we stand in danger every hour?
31 I die daily; I affirm it by the boasting in you which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord.
32 If, in human terms, 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.
33 Do not be deceived: evil company corrupts good habits.
34 Become sober, as you ought, and do not sin; for some do not have the knowledge of God. I speak this to your shame.
35 But someone will say, "How are the dead raised? And with what body do they come?"
36 Foolish one! What you sow is not made alive unless it dies.
37 And what you sow, you do not sow the body that will be, but a bare grain, perhaps of wheat or of some other grain;
38 but God gives it a body as he has willed, and to each of the seeds its own body.
39 Not all flesh is the same flesh; but there is one flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fish, and another of birds.
40 There are also heavenly bodies and earthly bodies; but the glory of the heavenly is one thing, and that of the earthly 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 also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption.
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 natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.
45 So also it is written, "The first man Adam became a living soul"; the last Adam, a life-giving spirit.
46 However, the spiritual is not first, but the natural, and afterward the spiritual.
47 The first man is of the earth, earthy; the second man is the Lord from heaven.
48 As is the earthy, such also are the earthy; and as is the heavenly, such also are the heavenly.
49 And as we bore the image of the earthy, we will also bear the image of the heavenly.
50 And this I declare, brothers: that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does corruption inherit incorruption.
51 Look, I tell you a mystery: we will not all sleep, but we will 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 incorruptible, and we will be changed.
53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
54 And when this corruptible has put on incorruption, and this mortal has put on immortality, then the saying that is written will come to pass: "Death was swallowed up in victory."
55 "O death, where is your sting? O Hades, where is your victory?"
56 Now 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 brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.