KJ3 Literal Translation
1 Corinthians 15
3 By Christ’s resurrection, 12 he proves the necessity of our resurrection.
1Now, brothers, I make known to you the gospel which I preached to you, which you also received, in which you also stand,
2through which you also are being saved, if you hold fast the Word which I preached to you, except if not you believed in vain.
3For I gave over to you among the first things what I also received, that Christ died in behalf of our sins, according to the Scriptures,
4and that He was buried, and that He has been raised the third day, according to the Scriptures,
5and that He appeared to Cephas, and then to the Twelve.
6Then He appeared to more than five hundred brothers at once, of whom the most remain until now, but some also fell asleep.
7Then He appeared to James, then to all the apostles;
8and last of all, even as if to an untimely birth He also appeared to me.
9For I am the least of the apostles, who am not sufficient 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 toward me has not been fruitless, but I labored more abundantly than all of them, yet not I, but the grace of God with me.
11Whether therefore I or those, so we preach, and so you believed.
12But if Christ is being preached, that He has been raised from the dead ones, how do some among you say there is not a resurrection of the dead ones?
13But if there is not a resurrection of the dead ones, neither has Christ been raised.
14But if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is worthless, and your faith is also worthless.
15And also we are found to be false witnesses of God, because we witnessed according to God that He raised Christ, whom He did not raise, if then dead ones are not raised.
16For if dead ones are not raised, Christ has not been raised.
17But if Christ has not been raised, your faith is vain; you are still in your sins.
18And then the ones that fell asleep in Christ perished.
19If we only have hope in Christ in this life, we are of all men most pitiable.
20But now Christ has been raised from the dead ones; He became the firstfruit of the ones having fallen asleep.
21For since death is through man, also through a Man is a resurrection of dead ones;
22for as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive.
23But each one in his own order: Christ, the firstfruit; afterward the ones of Christ in His coming.
24Then is the end, whenever He gives over the kingdom to God, even the Father, whenever He causes to cease all rule and all authority and power.
25For it is right for Him to reign until He puts all the hostile ones under His feet; Psa. 110:1
26the last hostile thing caused to cease is death.
27For “He subjected all things under His feet;” but when He says that all things have been subjected, it is evident that this it except the One having subjected all things to Him. Psa. 8:6
28But when all things are subjected to Him, then the Son Himself also will be put in subjection to the One who has subjected all things to Him, that God may be all things in all.
29Otherwise, what will they do, the ones being baptized on behalf of the dead ones? If the dead ones are not at all raised, why indeed are they baptized on behalf of the dead ones?
30Why are we also in danger every hour?
31According to a day I die, by your boasting, which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord.
32If according to man I fought with beasts in Ephesus, what is the profit to me if the dead ones are not raised? (“Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die”). Isa. 22:13.)
33Do not be led astray; bad companionships corrupt good habits.
34Be sober uprightly, and do not sin; for some have ignorance of God. I speak to your shame.
35But someone will say, How are dead ones raised? And with what body do they come?
36Foolish ones! What you sow is not made alive if not it dies.
37And what you sow, you do not sow the body that is going to be, but a naked grain, (if it may be of wheat, or of some of the rest),
38but God gives it a body according as He willed, and to each one of the seeds its own body.
39Not every flesh is the same flesh, but, indeed, another flesh of men, and another flesh of beasts, and another of fish, and another of birds.
40And there are heavenly bodies, and earthly bodies. But the glory of the heavenly is truly different, and the ones of the earthly one different;
41another glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for star differs from star in glory.
42So also the resurrection of dead ones. 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; there is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.
45So also it has been written, “The” first “man”, Adam, “became a living soul;” the last Adam a Spirit giving life. Gen. 2:7
46But not the spiritual first, but the natural; afterward the spiritual.
47The first man was out of earth, an earthy one. The second Man was the Lord out of Heaven. Gen. 2:7
48Such as is the earthy man, such also are the earthy ones. And such as is the heavenly Man, such also are the heavenly ones.
49And as we bore the image of the earthy man, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly Man.
50And I say this, brothers, that flesh and blood are not able to inherit the kingdom of God, nor does corruption inherit incorruption.
51Behold, I tell a mystery to you: we shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed.
52In a moment, in a glance of an eye, at the last trumpet; for a trumpet will sound, and the dead ones will be raised incorruptible, and we shall all be changed.
53For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal one must put on immortality.
54But when this corruptible shall put on incorruption, and this mortal one shall put on immortality, then will come to pass the Word, the one having been written, “Death was swallowed up in victory.” Isa. 25:8
55“O death, where is your sting? Hades, where is your victory?” Hos. 13:14
56Now the sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the Law;
57but thanks be to God, the One giving us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ!
58So that, my beloved brothers, you be firm, immovable, abounding in the work of the Lord always, knowing that your your labor is not fruitless in the Lord.
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