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15 Ngayo'y ipinatatalastas ko sa inyo, mga kapatid, ang evangelio na sa inyo'y aking ipinangaral, na inyo namang tinanggap, na siya naman ninyong pinananatilihan,

Sa pamamagitan naman nito'y ligtas kayo kung matiyaga ninyong iingatan ang salitang ipinangaral ko sa inyo, maliban na kung kayo'y nagsipanampalataya nang walang kabuluhan.

Sapagka't ibinigay ko sa inyo una sa lahat, ang akin namang tinanggap: na si Cristo ay namatay dahil sa ating mga kasalanan, ayon sa mga kasulatan,

At siya'y inilibing; at siya'y muling binuhay nang ikatlong araw ayon sa mga kasulatan;

At siya'y napakita kay Cefas, at saka sa labingdalawa;

Pagkatapos ay napakita sa mahigit na limang daang kapatid na paminsan, na ang karamihan sa mga ito'y nangabubuhay hanggang ngayon, datapuwa't ang mga iba'y nangatulog na;

Saka napakita kay Santiago; at saka sa lahat ng mga apostol;

At sa kahulihulihan, tulad sa isang ipinanganak sa di kapanahunan, ay napakita naman siya sa akin.

Ako nga ang pinakamaliit sa mga apostol, at hindi ako karapatdapat na tawaging apostol, sapagka't pinagusig ko ang iglesia ng Dios.

10 Datapuwa't sa pamamagitan ng biyaya ng Dios, ako nga'y ako; at ang kaniyang biyaya na ibinigay sa akin ay hindi nawawalan ng kabuluhan; bagkus ako'y malabis na nagpagal kay sa kanilang lahat: bagaman hindi ako, kundi ang biyaya ng Dios na sumasa akin.

11 Maging ako nga o sila, ay gayon ang aming ipinangangaral, at gayon ang inyong sinampalatayanan.

12 Kung si Cristo nga'y ipinangangaral na siya'y muling binuhay sa mga patay, bakit ang ilan sa inyo ay nagsisipagsabi na walang pagkabuhay na maguli ng mga patay?

13 Datapuwa't kung walang pagkabuhay na maguli ng mga patay, ay hindi rin nga muling binuhay si Cristo:

14 At kung si Cristo'y hindi muling binuhay, ay walang kabuluhan nga ang aming pangangaral, wala rin namang kabuluhan ang inyong pananampalataya.

15 Oo, at kami ay nasusumpungang mga saksing bulaan tungkol sa Dios; sapagka't aming sinasaksihan tungkol sa Dios, na kaniyang muling binuhay si Cristo; na hindi siyang muling nabuhay, kung tunay nga ang mga patay ay hindi muling binubuhay.

16 Sapagka't kung hindi muling binubuhay ang mga patay, ay hindi rin nga muling binuhay si Cristo:

17 At kung si Cristo ay hindi muling binuhay, ang inyong pananampalataya ay walang kabuluhan kayo'y nasa inyong mga kasalanan pa.

18 Kung gayon nga, ang mga nangatutulog din naman kay Cristo ay pawang nangapahamak.

19 Kung sa buhay lamang na ito tayo nagsisiasa kay Cristo, ay tayo sa lahat ng mga tao ang lalong kahabaghabag.

20 Datapuwa't si Cristo nga'y muling binuhay sa mga patay na siya ay naging pangunahing bunga ng nangatutulog.

21 Sapagka't yamang sa pamamagitan ng tao'y dumating ang kamatayan, sa pamamagitan din naman ng tao'y dumating ang pagkabuhay na maguli sa mga patay.

22 Sapagka't kung paanong kay Adam ang lahat ay nangamamatay, gayon din naman kay Cristo ang lahat ay bubuhayin.

23 Datapuwa't ang bawa't isa'y sa kaniyang sariling katayuan; si Cristo ang pangunahing bunga; pagkatapos ay ang mga kay Cristo, sa kaniyang pagparito.

24 Kung magkagayo'y darating ang wakas, pagka ibibigay na niya ang kaharian sa Dios, sa makatuwid baga'y sa Ama; pagka lilipulin na niya ang lahat ng paghahari, at lahat ng kapamahalaan at kapangyarihan.

25 Sapagka't kinakailangang siya'y maghari hanggang mailagay niya sa ilalim ng kaniyang mga talampakan ang lahat niyang mga kaaway.

26 Ang kahulihulihang kaaway na lilipulin ay ang kamatayan.

27 Sapagka't kaniyang pinasuko ang lahat ng mga bagay sa ilalim ng kaniyang paa. Datapuwa't kung sinasabi, ang lahat ng mga bagay ay pinasuko, ay maliwanag na itinangi yaong nagpasuko ng lahat ng mga bagay sa kaniya.

28 At kung ang lahat ng mga bagay ay mapasuko na sa kaniya, kung magkagayo'y ang Anak rin ay pasusukuin naman sa nagpasuko ng lahat ng mga bagay sa kaniya, upang ang Dios ay maging lahat sa lahat.

29 Sa ibang paraan, anong gagawin ng mga binabautismuhan dahil sa mga patay? Kung ang mga patay ay tunay na hindi muling binubuhay, bakit nga sila'y binabautismuhan dahil sa kanila?

30 Bakit baga naman tayo'y nanganganib bawa't oras?

31 Ipinahahayag ko alangalang sa ikaluluwalhati ninyo, mga kapatid, na taglay ko kay Cristo Jesus na Panginoon natin na araw-araw ay nasa panganib ng kamatayan ako.

32 Kung ako'y nakipagbaka sa Efeso laban sa mga ganid, ayon sa kaugalian ng tao, ano ang pakikinabangin ko? Kung ang mga patay ay hindi muling binubuhay, magsikain at magsiinom tayo yamang bukas tayo'y mangamamatay.

33 Huwag kayong padaya: Ang masasamang kasama ay sumisira ng magagandang ugali.

34 Gumising kayo ng ayon sa katuwiran, at huwag mangagkasala; sapagka't may mga ibang walang pagkakilala sa Dios: sinasabi ko ito upang kayo'y kilusin sa kahihiyan.

35 Datapuwa't sasabihin ng iba, Paanong muling bubuhayin ang mga patay? at anong anyo ng katawan ang iparirito nila?

36 Ikaw na mangmang, ang inyong inihahasik ay hindi binubuhay maliban na kung mamatay:

37 At ang iyong inihahasik ay hindi mo inihahasik ang katawang lilitaw, kundi ang butil lamang, na marahil ay trigo, o ibang bagay;

38 Datapuwa't ang Dios ay nagbibigay ng katawan dito ayon sa kaniyang minagaling, at sa bawa't binhi ay ang sariling katawan.

39 Hindi ang lahat ng laman ay magkasing-isang laman: kundi may laman sa mga tao, at ibang laman sa mga hayop, at ibang laman sa mga ibon, at ibang laman sa mga isda.

40 Mayroon namang mga katawang ukol sa langit, at mga katawang ukol sa lupa: datapuwa't iba ang kaluwalhatian ng ukol sa langit, at iba ang ukol sa lupa.

41 Iba ang kaluwalhatian ng araw, at iba ang kaluwalhatian ng buwan, at iba ang kaluwalhatian ng mga bituin; sapagka't ang isang bituin ay naiiba sa ibang bituin sa kaluwalhatian.

42 Gayon din naman ang pagkabuhay na maguli ng mga patay. Itinatanim na may kasiraan; binubuhay na maguli na walang kasiraan;

43 Itinatanim na may pagkasiphayo; binubuhay na maguli na may kaluwalhatian: itinatanim na may kahinaan; binubuhay na maguli na may kapangyarihan:

44 Itinatanim na may katawang ukol sa lupa; binubuhay na maguli na katawang ukol sa espiritu. Kung may katawang ukol sa lupa ay may katawang ukol sa espiritu naman.

45 Gayon din naman nasusulat, Ang unang taong si Adam ay naging kaluluwang buhay. Ang huling Adam ay naging espiritung nagbibigay buhay.

46 Bagaman ang ukol sa espiritu ay hindi siyang una, kundi ang ukol sa lupa: pagkatapos ang ukol sa espiritu.

47 Ang unang tao ay taga lupa na ukol sa lupa: ang ikalawang tao ay taga langit.

48 Kung ano ang ukol sa lupa, ay gayon din naman silang mga taga lupa: at kung ano ang ukol sa langit ay gayon din naman silang taga langit.

49 At kung paanong tinaglay natin ang larawang ukol sa lupa, ay tataglayin din naman natin ang larawang ukol sa langit.

50 Sinasabi ko nga ito, mga kapatid, na ang laman at ang dugo ay hindi makapagmamana ng kaharian ng Dios; ni ang kasiraan ay magmamana ng walang kasiraan.

51 Narito, sinasaysay ko sa inyo ang isang hiwaga: hindi tayong lahat ay mangatutulog, nguni't tayong lahat ay babaguhin,

52 Sa isang sangdali, sa isang kisap-mata, sa huling pagtunog ng pakakak: sapagka't tutunog ang pakakak, at ang mga patay ay mangabubuhay na maguli na walang kasiraan, at tayo'y babaguhin.

53 Sapagka't kinakailangan na itong may kasiraan ay magbihis ng walang kasiraan, at itong may kamatayan ay magbihis ng walang kamatayan.

54 Datapuwa't pagka itong may kasiraan ay mabihisan ng walang kasiraan, at itong may kamatayan ay mabihisan ng walang kamatayan, kung magkakagayon ay mangyayari ang wikang nasusulat, Nilamon ng pagtatagumpay ang kamatayan.

55 Saan naroon, Oh kamatayan, ang iyong pagtatagumpay? Saan naroon, Oh kamatayan, ang iyong tibo?

56 Ang tibo ng kamatayan ay ang kasalanan; at ang kapangyarihan ng kasalanan ay ang kautusan:

57 Datapuwa't salamat sa Dios, na nagbibigay sa atin ng pagtatagumpay sa pamamagitan ng ating Panginoong Jesucristo.

58 Kaya nga, mga kapatid kong minamahal, kayo'y magsitatag, huwag makilos, na laging sumasagana sa gawa ng Panginoon, yamang nalalaman ninyo na hindi walang kabuluhan ang inyong gawa sa Panginoon.

The Resurrection of Christ

15 Now, 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. By this gospel you are saved,(C) if you hold firmly(D) to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain.

For 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) that he was buried,(I) that he was raised(J) on the third day(K) according to the Scriptures,(L) and that he appeared to Cephas,[b](M) and then to the Twelve.(N) After 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) Then he appeared to James,(P) then to all the apostles,(Q) and last of all he appeared to me also,(R) as to one abnormally born.

For 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) 10 But 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) 11 Whether, then, it is I or they,(Z) this is what we preach, and this is what you believed.

The Resurrection of the Dead

12 But 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) 13 If there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised. 14 And if Christ has not been raised,(AD) our preaching is useless and so is your faith. 15 More 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. 16 For if the dead are not raised, then Christ has not been raised either. 17 And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins.(AF) 18 Then those also who have fallen asleep(AG) in Christ are lost. 19 If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied.(AH)

20 But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead,(AI) the firstfruits(AJ) of those who have fallen asleep.(AK) 21 For since death came through a man,(AL) the resurrection of the dead(AM) comes also through a man. 22 For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive.(AN) 23 But each in turn: Christ, the firstfruits;(AO) then, when he comes,(AP) those who belong to him.(AQ) 24 Then the end will come, when he hands over the kingdom(AR) to God the Father after he has destroyed all dominion, authority and power.(AS) 25 For he must reign(AT) until he has put all his enemies under his feet.(AU) 26 The last enemy to be destroyed is death.(AV) 27 For he “has put everything under his feet.”[c](AW) Now when it says that “everything” has been put under him, it is clear that this does not include God himself, who put everything under Christ.(AX) 28 When he has done this, then the Son himself will be made subject to him who put everything under him,(AY) so that God may be all in all.(AZ)

29 Now if there is no resurrection, what will those do who are baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why are people baptized for them? 30 And as for us, why do we endanger ourselves every hour?(BA) 31 I face death every day(BB)—yes, just as surely as I boast about you in Christ Jesus our Lord. 32 If I fought wild beasts(BC) in Ephesus(BD) with no more than human hopes, what have I gained? If the dead are not raised,

“Let us eat and drink,
    for tomorrow we die.”[d](BE)

33 Do not be misled:(BF) “Bad company corrupts good character.”[e](BG) 34 Come back to your senses as you ought, and stop sinning; for there are some who are ignorant of God(BH)—I say this to your shame.(BI)

The Resurrection Body

35 But someone will ask,(BJ) “How are the dead raised? With what kind of body will they come?”(BK) 36 How foolish!(BL) What you sow does not come to life unless it dies.(BM) 37 When you sow, you do not plant the body that will be, but just a seed, perhaps of wheat or of something else. 38 But God gives it a body as he has determined, and to each kind of seed he gives its own body.(BN) 39 Not all flesh is the same: People have one kind of flesh, animals have another, birds another and fish another. 40 There are also heavenly bodies and there are earthly bodies; but the splendor of the heavenly bodies is one kind, and the splendor of the earthly bodies is another. 41 The sun has one kind of splendor,(BO) the moon another and the stars another;(BP) and star differs from star in splendor.

42 So will it be(BQ) with the resurrection of the dead.(BR) The body that is sown is perishable, it is raised imperishable;(BS) 43 it is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory;(BT) it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power; 44 it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body.(BU)

If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body. 45 So it is written: “The first man Adam became a living being”[f];(BV) the last Adam,(BW) a life-giving spirit.(BX) 46 The spiritual did not come first, but the natural, and after that the spiritual.(BY) 47 The first man was of the dust of the earth;(BZ) the second man is of heaven.(CA) 48 As was the earthly man, so are those who are of the earth; and as is the heavenly man, so also are those who are of heaven.(CB) 49 And just as we have borne the image of the earthly man,(CC) so shall we[g] bear the image of the heavenly man.(CD)

50 I declare to you, brothers and sisters, that flesh and blood(CE) cannot inherit the kingdom of God,(CF) nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.(CG) 51 Listen, I tell you a mystery:(CH) We will not all sleep,(CI) but we will all be changed(CJ) 52 in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound,(CK) the dead(CL) will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. 53 For the perishable(CM) must clothe itself with the imperishable,(CN) and the mortal with immortality. 54 When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come true: “Death has been swallowed up in victory.”[h](CO)

55 “Where, O death, is your victory?
    Where, O death, is your sting?”[i](CP)

56 The sting of death is sin,(CQ) and the power of sin is the law.(CR) 57 But thanks be to God!(CS) He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.(CT)

58 Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord,(CU) because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.(CV)

Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 15:3 Or you at the first
  2. 1 Corinthians 15:5 That is, Peter
  3. 1 Corinthians 15:27 Psalm 8:6
  4. 1 Corinthians 15:32 Isaiah 22:13
  5. 1 Corinthians 15:33 From the Greek poet Menander
  6. 1 Corinthians 15:45 Gen. 2:7
  7. 1 Corinthians 15:49 Some early manuscripts so let us
  8. 1 Corinthians 15:54 Isaiah 25:8
  9. 1 Corinthians 15:55 Hosea 13:14

The Resurrection of Christ

15 Now I would remind you, brothers,[a] of the gospel (A)I preached to you, which you received, (B)in which you stand, and by which (C)you are being saved, if you (D)hold fast to the word I preached to you—(E)unless you believed in vain.

For (F)I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died (G)for our sins (H)in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised (I)on the third day (J)in accordance with the Scriptures, and that (K)he appeared to Cephas, then (L)to the twelve. Then he appeared to more than five hundred brothers at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have fallen asleep. Then he appeared to (M)James, then (N)to all the apostles. Last of all, as to one untimely born, (O)he appeared also to me. For (P)I am the least of the apostles, unworthy to be called an apostle, because (Q)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. On the contrary, (R)I worked harder than any of them, (S)though it was not I, but the grace of God that is with me. 11 Whether then it was I or they, so we preach and so you believed.

The Resurrection of the Dead

12 Now if Christ is proclaimed as raised from the dead, (T)how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? 13 But if there is no resurrection of the dead, (U)then not even Christ has been raised. 14 And if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain and your faith is in vain. 15 We are even found to be misrepresenting God, because we testified about God that (V)he raised Christ, whom he did not raise if it is true that the dead are not raised. 16 For if the dead are not raised, not even Christ has been raised. 17 And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile and (W)you are still in your sins. 18 Then those also who (X)have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. 19 If in Christ we have hope[b] in this life only, (Y)we are of all people most to be pitied.

20 But in fact (Z)Christ has been raised from the dead, (AA)the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. 21 For as (AB)by a man came death, (AC)by a man has come also the resurrection of the dead. 22 For (AD)as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive. 23 But each in his own order: Christ the firstfruits, then (AE)at his coming (AF)those who belong to Christ. 24 Then comes the end, when he delivers (AG)the kingdom to God the Father after destroying (AH)every rule and every authority and power. 25 For he must reign (AI)until he has put all his enemies under his feet. 26 The last enemy to be (AJ)destroyed is death. 27 For (AK)“God[c] has put all things in subjection under his feet.” But when it says, “all things are put in subjection,” it is plain that he is excepted who put all things in subjection under him. 28 When (AL)all things are subjected to him, then the Son himself will also be subjected to him who put all things in subjection under him, that (AM)God may be all in all.

29 Otherwise, what do people mean by being baptized on behalf of the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why are people baptized on their behalf? 30 Why are we (AN)in danger every hour? 31 I protest, brothers, by (AO)my pride in you, which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, (AP)I die every day! 32 What do I gain if, humanly speaking, (AQ)I fought with beasts at Ephesus? If the dead are not raised, (AR)“Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.” 33 (AS)Do not be deceived: (AT)“Bad company ruins good morals.”[d] 34 (AU)Wake up from your drunken stupor, as is right, and do not go on sinning. For (AV)some have no knowledge of God. (AW)I say this to your shame.

The Resurrection Body

35 But someone will ask, (AX)“How are the dead raised? With what kind of body do they come?” 36 You foolish person! (AY)What you sow does not come to life unless it dies. 37 And what you sow is not the body that is to be, but a bare kernel, perhaps of wheat or of some other grain. 38 But God gives it a body as he has chosen, and to each kind of seed its own body. 39 For not all flesh is the same, but there is one kind for humans, another for animals, another for birds, and another for fish. 40 There are heavenly bodies and earthly bodies, but the glory of the heavenly is of one kind, and the glory of the earthly is of 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 (AZ)So is it with the resurrection of the dead. What is sown is perishable; what is raised is imperishable. 43 It is sown in dishonor; (BA)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. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body. 45 Thus it is written, (BB)“The first man Adam became a living being”;[e] (BC)the last Adam became a (BD)life-giving spirit. 46 But it is not the spiritual that is first but the natural, and then the spiritual. 47 (BE)The first man was from the earth, (BF)a man of dust; (BG)the second man is from heaven. 48 As was the man of dust, so also are those who are of the dust, and as is the man of heaven, (BH)so also are those who are of heaven. 49 Just (BI)as we have borne the image of the man of dust, (BJ)we shall[f] also bear the image of the man of heaven.

Mystery and Victory

50 I tell you this, brothers: (BK)flesh and blood (BL)cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. 51 Behold! I tell you a mystery. (BM)We shall not all sleep, (BN)but we shall all be changed, 52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For (BO)the trumpet will sound, and (BP)the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed. 53 For this perishable body must put on the imperishable, and (BQ)this mortal body must put on immortality. 54 When the perishable puts on the imperishable, and the mortal puts on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written:

(BR)“Death is swallowed up in victory.”
55 (BS)“O death, where is your victory?
    O death, where is your sting?”

56 The sting of death is sin, and (BT)the power of sin is the law. 57 But thanks be to God, (BU)who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

58 (BV)Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in (BW)the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord (BX)your labor is not in vain.

Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 15:1 Or brothers and sisters; also verses 6, 31, 50, 58
  2. 1 Corinthians 15:19 Or we have hoped
  3. 1 Corinthians 15:27 Greek he
  4. 1 Corinthians 15:33 Probably from Menander's comedy Thais
  5. 1 Corinthians 15:45 Greek a living soul
  6. 1 Corinthians 15:49 Some manuscripts let us