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1 Corinthians 15:12-34 — The Resurrection of the Dead

1Cor.15.12-34

¹²Now if Christ is proclaimed as having been raised from the dead, how can some among you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? ¹³But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised. ¹⁴And if Christ has not been raised, then our proclamation is empty , and your faith is empty as well. ¹⁵And we are even found to be false witnesses of God, because we testified concerning God that he raised Christ, whom he did not raise if indeed the dead are not raised. ¹⁶For if the dead are not raised, then not even Christ has been raised. ¹⁷And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins. ¹⁸Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. ¹⁹If in this life only we have hoped in Christ, we are more to be pitied than all people. ²⁰But now Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep . ²¹For since through a man came death, through a man also came the resurrection of the dead. ²²For just as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive. ²³But each in his own order: Christ the firstfruits, then at his coming those who belong to Christ. ²⁴Then comes the end, when he hands over the kingdom to God the Father, when he abolishes every rule and every authority and power. ²⁵For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet. ²⁶The last enemy to be destroyed is death. ²⁷For, “He has put all things under his feet.” But when it says that all things have been subjected, it is clear that this excludes the One who subjected all things to him. ²⁸And when all things have been subjected to him, then the Son himself also will be subjected to the One who subjected all things to him, so that 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 ? ³⁰And why do we also face danger every hour? ³¹I die every day—by my boasting about you, brothers , which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord. ³²If from a merely human point of view I fought with wild beasts in Ephesus, what does it profit me? If the dead are not raised, “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.” ³³Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good morals.” ³⁴Sober up rightly, and do not go on sinning; for some have ignorance of God. I say this to your shame.

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4/11/2026

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