Saturday Passion Week Reading

1 Corinthians 15 (New American Standard Bible)

1 Corinthians 15
The Fact of Christ's Resurrection
1Now (A)I make known to you, brethren, the (B)gospel which I preached to you, which also you received, (C)in which also you stand,
2by which also you are saved, (D)if you hold fast the word which I preached to you, (E)unless you believed in vain.

3For (F)I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died (G)for our sins (H)according to the Scriptures,

4and that He was buried, and that He was (I)raised on the third day (J)according to the Scriptures,

5and that (K)He appeared to (L)Cephas, then (M)to the twelve.

6After that He appeared to more than five hundred brethren at one time, most of whom remain until now, but some (N)have fallen asleep;

7then He appeared to (O)James, then to (P)all the apostles;

8and last of all, as to one untimely born, (Q)He appeared to me also.

9For I am (R)the least of the apostles, and not fit to be called an apostle, because I (S)persecuted the church of God.

10But by (T)the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me did not prove vain; but I (U)labored even more than all of them, yet (V)not I, but the grace of God with me.

11Whether then it was I or they, so we preach and so you believed.

12Now if Christ is preached, that He has been raised from the dead, how do some among you say that there (W)is no resurrection of the dead?

13But if there is no resurrection of the dead, not even Christ has been raised;

14and (X)if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is vain, your faith also is vain.

15Moreover we are even found to be false witnesses of God, because we testified against God that He (Y)raised [a]Christ, whom He did not raise, if in fact the dead are not raised.

16For if the dead are not raised, not even Christ has been raised;

17and if Christ has not been raised, your faith is worthless; (Z)you are still in your sins.

18Then those also who (AA)have fallen asleep in Christ have perished.

19If we have hoped in Christ in this life only, we are (AB)of all men most to be pitied.

The Order of Resurrection
20But now Christ (AC)has been raised from the dead, the (AD)first fruits of those who (AE)are asleep.
21For since (AF)by a man came death, by a man also came the resurrection of the dead.

22For (AG)as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive.

23But each in his own order: Christ (AH)the first fruits, after that (AI)those who are Christ's at (AJ)His coming,

24then comes the end, when He hands over (AK)the kingdom to the (AL)God and Father, when He has abolished (AM)all rule and all authority and power.

25For He must reign (AN)until He has put all His enemies under His feet.

26The last enemy that will be (AO)abolished is death.

27For (AP)HE HAS PUT ALL THINGS IN SUBJECTION UNDER HIS FEET But when He says, "(AQ)All things are put in subjection," it is evident that He is excepted who put all things in subjection to Him.

28When (AR)all things are subjected to Him, then the Son Himself also will be subjected to the One who subjected all things to Him, so that (AS)God may be all in all.

29Otherwise, what will those do who are baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why then are they baptized for them?

30Why are we also (AT)in danger every hour?

31I affirm, brethren, by the boasting in you which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, (AU)I die daily.

32If from human motives I (AV)fought with wild beasts at (AW)Ephesus, what does it profit me? If the dead are not raised, (AX)LET US EAT AND DRINK, FOR TOMORROW WE DIE.

33(AY)Do not be deceived: "Bad company corrupts good morals."

34(AZ)Become sober-minded as you ought, and stop sinning; for some have (BA)no knowledge of God (BB)I speak this to your shame.

35But (BC)someone will say, "How are (BD)the dead raised? And with what kind of body do they come?"

36(BE)You fool! That which you (BF)sow does not come to life unless it dies;

37and that which you sow, you do not sow the body which is to be, but a bare grain, perhaps of wheat or of something else.

38But God gives it a body just as He wished, and (BG)to each of the seeds 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 fish.

40There are also heavenly bodies and earthly bodies, but the glory of the heavenly is one, and the glory of the earthly is another.

41There 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(BH)So also is the resurrection of the dead It is sown (BI)a perishable body, it is raised (BJ)an imperishable body;

43it is sown in dishonor, it is raised in (BK)glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power;

44it is sown a (BL)natural body, it is raised a (BM)spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body.

45So also it is written, "The first (BN)MAN, Adam, BECAME A LIVING SOUL " The (BO)last Adam became a (BP)life-giving spirit.

46However, the spiritual is not first, but the natural; then the spiritual.

47The first man is (BQ)from the earth, (BR)earthy; the second man is from heaven.

48As is the earthy, so also are those who are earthy; and as is the heavenly, (BS)so also are those who are heavenly.

49Just as we have (BT)borne the image of the earthy, [b]we (BU)will also bear the image of the heavenly.

The Mystery of Resurrection
50Now I say this, brethren, that (BV)flesh and blood cannot (BW)inherit the kingdom of God; nor does the perishable inherit (BX)the imperishable.
51Behold, I tell you a (BY)mystery; we will not all sleep, but we will all be (BZ)changed,

52in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet; for (CA)the trumpet will sound, and (CB)the dead will be raised imperishable, and (CC)we will be changed.

53For this perishable must put on (CD)the imperishable, and this (CE)mortal must put on immortality.

54But when this perishable will have put on the imperishable, and this mortal will have put on immortality, then will come about the saying that is written, "(CF)DEATH IS SWALLOWED UP in victory.

55"(CG)O DEATH, WHERE IS YOUR VICTORY? O DEATH, WHERE IS YOUR STING?"

56The sting of (CH)death is sin, and (CI)the power of sin is the law;

57but (CJ)thanks be to God, who gives us the (CK)victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

58(CL)Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in (CM)the work of the Lord, knowing that your toil is not in vain in the Lord.


Footnotes:
a.1 Corinthians 15:15 I.e. the Messiah
b.1 Corinthians 15:49 Two early mss read let us also
Cross references:
A.1 Corinthians 15:1 : Rom 2:16; Gal 1:11
B.1 Corinthians 15:1 : Rom 2:16; 1 Cor 3:6; 4:15
C.1 Corinthians 15:1 : Rom 5:2; 11:20; 2 Cor 1:24
D.1 Corinthians 15:2 : Rom 11:22
E.1 Corinthians 15:2 : Gal 3:4
F.1 Corinthians 15:3 : 1 Cor 11:23
G.1 Corinthians 15:3 : John 1:29; Gal 1:4; Heb 5:1, 3; 1 Pet 2:24
H.1 Corinthians 15:3 : Is 53:5-12; Matt 26:24; Luke 24:25-27; Acts 8:32; 17:2; 26:22
I.1 Corinthians 15:4 : Matt 16:21; John 2:20-ff; Acts 2:24
J.1 Corinthians 15:4 : Ps 16:8-ff; Acts 2:31; 26:22
K.1 Corinthians 15:5 : Luke 24:34
L.1 Corinthians 15:5 : 1 Cor 1:12
M.1 Corinthians 15:5 : Mark 16:14; Luke 24:36; John 20:19
N.1 Corinthians 15:6 : Acts 7:60; 1 Cor 15:18, 20
O.1 Corinthians 15:7 : Acts 12:17
P.1 Corinthians 15:7 : Luke 24:33, 36; Acts 1:3
Q.1 Corinthians 15:8 : Acts 9:3-8; 22:6-11; 26:12-18; 1 Cor 9:1
R.1 Corinthians 15:9 : 2 Cor 12:11; Eph 3:8; 1 Tim 1:15
S.1 Corinthians 15:9 : Acts 8:3
T.1 Corinthians 15:10 : Rom 12:3
U.1 Corinthians 15:10 : 2 Cor 11:23; Col 1:29; 1 Tim 4:10
V.1 Corinthians 15:10 : 1 Cor 3:6; 2 Cor 3:5; Phil 2:13
W.1 Corinthians 15:12 : Acts 17:32; 23:8; 2 Tim 2:18
X.1 Corinthians 15:14 : 1 Thess 4:14
Y.1 Corinthians 15:15 : Acts 2:24
Z.1 Corinthians 15:17 : Rom 4:25
AA.1 Corinthians 15:18 : 1 Cor 15:6; 1 Thess 4:16; Rev 14:13
AB.1 Corinthians 15:19 : 1 Cor 4:9; 2 Tim 3:12
AC.1 Corinthians 15:20 : Acts 2:24; 1 Pet 1:3
AD.1 Corinthians 15:20 : Acts 26:23; 1 Cor 15:23; Rev 1:5
AE.1 Corinthians 15:20 : 1 Cor 15:6; 1 Thess 4:16; Rev 14:13
AF.1 Corinthians 15:21 : Rom 5:12
AG.1 Corinthians 15:22 : Rom 5:14-18
AH.1 Corinthians 15:23 : Acts 26:23; 1 Cor 15:20; Rev 1:5
AI.1 Corinthians 15:23 : 1 Cor 6:14; 15:52; 1 Thess 4:16
AJ.1 Corinthians 15:23 : 1 Thess 2:19
AK.1 Corinthians 15:24 : Dan 2:44; 7:14, 27; 2 Pet 1:11
AL.1 Corinthians 15:24 : Eph 5:20
AM.1 Corinthians 15:24 : Rom 8:38
AN.1 Corinthians 15:25 : Ps 110:1; Matt 22:44
AO.1 Corinthians 15:26 : 2 Tim 1:10; Rev 20:14; 21:4
AP.1 Corinthians 15:27 : Ps 8:6
AQ.1 Corinthians 15:27 : Matt 11:27; 28:18; Eph 1:22; Heb 2:8
AR.1 Corinthians 15:28 : Phil 3:21
AS.1 Corinthians 15:28 : 1 Cor 3:23; 12:6
AT.1 Corinthians 15:30 : 2 Cor 11:26
AU.1 Corinthians 15:31 : Rom 8:36
AV.1 Corinthians 15:32 : 2 Cor 1:8
AW.1 Corinthians 15:32 : Acts 18:19; 1 Cor 16:8
AX.1 Corinthians 15:32 : Is 22:13; 56:12; Luke 12:19
AY.1 Corinthians 15:33 : 1 Cor 6:9
AZ.1 Corinthians 15:34 : Rom 13:11
BA.1 Corinthians 15:34 : Matt 22:29; Acts 26:8
BB.1 Corinthians 15:34 : 1 Cor 6:5
BC.1 Corinthians 15:35 : Rom 9:19
BD.1 Corinthians 15:35 : Ezek 37:3
BE.1 Corinthians 15:36 : Luke 11:40
BF.1 Corinthians 15:36 : John 12:24
BG.1 Corinthians 15:38 : Gen 1:11
BH.1 Corinthians 15:42 : Dan 12:3; Matt 13:43
BI.1 Corinthians 15:42 : Rom 8:21; 1 Cor 15:50; Gal 6:8
BJ.1 Corinthians 15:42 : Rom 2:7
BK.1 Corinthians 15:43 : Phil 3:21; Col 3:4
BL.1 Corinthians 15:44 : 1 Cor 2:14
BM.1 Corinthians 15:44 : 1 Cor 15:50
BN.1 Corinthians 15:45 : Gen 2:7
BO.1 Corinthians 15:45 : Rom 5:14
BP.1 Corinthians 15:45 : John 5:21; 6:57; Rom 8:2
BQ.1 Corinthians 15:47 : John 3:31
BR.1 Corinthians 15:47 : Gen 2:7; 3:19
BS.1 Corinthians 15:48 : Phil 3:20
BT.1 Corinthians 15:49 : Gen 5:3
BU.1 Corinthians 15:49 : Rom 8:29
BV.1 Corinthians 15:50 : Matt 16:17; John 3:5
BW.1 Corinthians 15:50 : 1 Cor 6:9
BX.1 Corinthians 15:50 : Rom 2:7
BY.1 Corinthians 15:51 : 1 Cor 13:2
BZ.1 Corinthians 15:51 : 2 Cor 5:2, 4
CA.1 Corinthians 15:52 : Matt 24:31
CB.1 Corinthians 15:52 : John 5:28
CC.1 Corinthians 15:52 : 1 Thess 4:15, 17
CD.1 Corinthians 15:53 : Rom 2:7
CE.1 Corinthians 15:53 : 2 Cor 5:4
CF.1 Corinthians 15:54 : Is 25:8
CG.1 Corinthians 15:55 : Hos 13:14
CH.1 Corinthians 15:56 : Rom 5:12
CI.1 Corinthians 15:56 : Rom 3:20; 4:15; 7:8
CJ.1 Corinthians 15:57 : Rom 7:25; 2 Cor 2:14
CK.1 Corinthians 15:57 : Rom 8:37; Heb 2:14; 1 John 5:4; Rev 21:4
CL.1 Corinthians 15:58 : 2 Pet 3:14
CM.1 Corinthians 15:58 : 1 Cor 16:10