1Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; 2By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. 3For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; 4And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures: 5And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve: 6After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep. 7After that, he was seen of James; then of all the apostles. 8And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time. 9For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. 10But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me. 11Therefore whether it were I or they, so we preach, and so ye believed. 12Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead? 13But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen: 14And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain. 15Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God; because we have testified of God that he raised up Christ: whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not. 16For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised: 17And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins. 18Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished. 19If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable. 20But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept. 21For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. 22For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. 23But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at his coming. 24Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power. 25For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet. 26The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death. 27For he hath put all things under his feet. But when he saith all things are put under him, it is manifest that he is excepted, which did put all things under him. 28And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all. 29Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? why are they then baptized for the dead? 30And why stand we in jeopardy every hour? 31I protest by your rejoicing which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily. 32If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if the dead rise not? let us eat and drink; for to morrow we die. 33Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners. 34Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame.
35But some man will say, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come? 36Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die: 37And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain: 38But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body. 39All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and another of birds. 40There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another. 41There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars: for one star differeth from another star in glory. 42So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption: 43It is sown in dishonour; 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. 45And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit. 46Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual. 47The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven. 48As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly. 49And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly. 50Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption. 51Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, 52In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. 53For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. 54So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory. 55O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? 56The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law. 57But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. 58Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
Àjíǹde Kristi
1Ǹjẹ́ ará, èmi ń sọ ìhìnrere náà dí mí mọ̀ fún un yín, tí mo ti wàásù fún un yín, èyí tí ẹ̀yin pẹ̀lú ti gbá, nínú èyí tí ẹ̀yin sì dúró. 2Nípasẹ̀ ìhìnrere yìí ni a fi ń gbà yín là pẹ̀lú, bí ẹ̀yin bá di ọ̀rọ̀ ti mo ti wàásù fún yín mú ṣinṣin. Bí bẹ́ẹ̀ kọ̀, ẹ̀yin kàn gbàgbọ́ lásán.
315.3: 1Kọ 11.23; 1Pt 2.24; Isa 53.5-12.Nítorí èyí tí mo rí gbà ṣáájú ohun gbogbo ní èmi pẹ̀lú ti fi lé e yín lọ́wọ́, bí Kristi ti kú nítorí ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ wá gẹ́gẹ́ bí ìwé mímọ́ tí wí. 415.4: Mt 16.21; Sm 16.8-9.Àti pé a sìnkú rẹ̀, àti pé ó jíǹde ní ọjọ́ kẹta gẹ́gẹ́ bí Ìwé Mímọ́ tí wí; 515.5: Lk 24.34; Mt 28.17.Àti pé ó farahàn Peteru, lẹ́yìn èyí, àwọn méjìlá 6Lẹ́yìn èyí, ó farahàn àwọn ará tí o jú ẹ̀ẹ́dẹ́gbẹ̀ta lọ lẹ́ẹ̀kan náà; ọ̀pọ̀ nínú wọn wà títí fi di ìsinsin yìí, ṣùgbọ́n àwọn díẹ̀ ti sùn. 7Lẹ́yìn èyí ni ó farahan Jakọbu; lẹ́yìn náà fún gbogbo àwọn aposteli. 815.8: 1Kọ 9.1; Ga 1.16; Ap 9.3-6.Àti níkẹyìn gbogbo wọn ó farahàn mí pẹ̀lú, bí ẹni tí a bí ṣáájú àkókò rẹ̀.
915.9: Ap 8.3.Nítorí èmi ni ẹni tí ó kéré jùlọ nínú àwọn aposteli, èmi ẹni tí kò yẹ láti pè ní aposteli, nítorí tí mo ṣe inúnibíni sí ìjọ ènìyàn Ọlọ́run. 10Ṣùgbọ́n nípa oore-ọ̀fẹ́ Ọlọ́run mo rí bí mo ti rí: oore-ọ̀fẹ́ rẹ̀ tí a fi fún mi kò sì jẹ́ asán; ṣùgbọ́n mó ṣiṣẹ́ lọ́pọ̀lọpọ̀ jú gbogbo wọn lọ: ṣùgbọ́n kì í ṣe èmi, bí kò ṣe oore-ọ̀fẹ́ Ọlọ́run tí ó wà pẹ̀lú mi. 11Nítorí náà ìbá à ṣe èmí tàbí àwọn ni, èyí ní àwa wàásù, èyí ní ẹ̀yin sì gbàgbọ́.
Àjíǹde òkú
12Ǹjẹ́ bí a bá wàásù Kristi pé ó tí jíǹde kúrò nínú òkú, èéha tí ṣe tí àwọn mìíràn nínú yín fi wí pé, àjíǹde òkú kò sí. 13Ṣùgbọ́n bí àjíǹde òkú kò sí, ǹjẹ́ Kristi kò jíǹde. 1415.14: 1Tẹ 4.14.Bí Kristi kò bá sì jíǹde, ǹjẹ́ asán ni ìwàásù wà, asán sì ni ìgbàgbọ́ yín pẹ̀lú. 15Ṣùgbọ́n jù bẹ́ẹ̀ lọ, a mú wa ni ẹlẹ́rìí èké fún Ọlọ́run; nítorí ti àwa jẹ́rìí Ọlọ́run pé ó jí Kristi dìde kúrò nínú òkú: ẹni tí òun kò jí dìde bí ó bá ṣe pé àwọn òkú kò jíǹde? 16Nítorí pé bi á kò bá jí àwọn òkú dìde, ǹjẹ́ a kò jí Kristi dìde, 17bí a kò bá sì jí Kristi dìde, asán ní ìgbàgbọ́ yín; ẹ̀yin wà nínú ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ yín síbẹ̀. 1815.18: 1Tẹ 4.16.Ǹjẹ́ àwọn pẹ̀lú tí ó sùn nínú Kristi ṣègbé. 19Bí ó bá ṣe pé kìkì ayé yìí nìkan ní àwa ní ìrètí nínú Kristi, àwa jásí òtòṣì jùlọ nínú gbogbo ènìyàn.
20Ǹjẹ́ nísinsin yìí Kristi tí jíǹde kúrò nínú òkú, ó sì dí àkọ́bí nínú àwọn tí ó sùn. 2115.21: Ro 5.12.Nítorí ìgbà tí ó jẹ́ pé nípa ènìyàn ní ikú ti wá, nípa ènìyàn ní àjíǹde òkú sì ti wá pẹ̀lú. 2215.22: Ro 5.14-18.Nítorí bí gbogbo ènìyàn ti kú nínú Adamu, bẹ́ẹ̀ ní a ó sì sọ gbogbo ènìyàn dí alààyè nínú Kristi. 2315.23: 1Tẹ 2.19.Ṣùgbọ́n olúkúlùkù ènìyàn ní ipá tirẹ̀: Kristi àkọ́bí; lẹ́yìn èyí àwọn tí ó jẹ́ tí Kristi ni wíwá rẹ̀. 24Nígbà náà ni òpin yóò dé, nígbà tí ó bá ti fi ìjọba fún Ọlọ́run Baba, nígbà tí ó bá pa gbogbo àṣẹ àti gbogbo ọlá àti agbára run. 2515.25: Sm 110.1.Nítorí ti òun gbọdọ̀ ti jẹ ọba kí òun to fi gbogbo àwọn ọ̀tá rẹ̀ sí abẹ́ ẹsẹ̀ rẹ̀. 26Ikú ní ọ̀tá ìkẹyìn tí a ó parun 2715.27: Sm 8.6; Ef 1.22.“Nítorí ó ti fi ohun gbogbo sábẹ́ ẹsẹ̀ rẹ̀.” Ṣùgbọ́n nígbà tí ó wí pé, “Ohun gbogbo ni á fi sí abẹ́ rẹ̀,” o dájú pé Ọlọ́run nìkan ṣoṣo ní kò sí ní abẹ́ rẹ̀, Òun ní ó fi ohun gbogbo sí abẹ́ àkóso Kristi. 2815.28: Fp 3.21.Nígbà tí a bá sì fi ohun gbogbo sí abẹ́ rẹ̀ tán, nígbà náà ni á ó fi ọmọ tìkára rẹ̀ pẹ̀lú sábẹ́ Ẹni tí ó fi ohun gbogbo sí abẹ́ rẹ̀, kí Ọlọ́run lè jásí ohun gbogbo nínú ohun gbogbo.
29Ní báyìí, bí kò bá sí àjíǹde, kín ní ète àwọn ènìyàn tí wọn ń tẹ bọ omi nítorí òkú? Bí àwọn òkú kò bá jíǹde rárá, nítorí kín ni a ṣe ń bamitiisi wọn nítorí wọn? 30Nítorí kín ní àwa sì ṣe ń bẹ nínú ewu ni wákàtí gbogbo? 31Mo sọ nípa ayọ̀ tí mo ní lórí yín nínú Kristi Jesu Olúwa wá pé, èmi ń kú lójoojúmọ́. 3215.32: 2Kọ 8–9; Isa 22.13.Kí a wí bí ènìyàn, bí mo bá ẹranko jà ní Efesu, àǹfààní kín ni ó jẹ́ fún mi? Bí àwọn òkú kò bá jíǹde,
“Ẹ jẹ́ kí a máa jẹ, kí á máa mú;
nítorí ní ọlá ni àwa ó kú.”
33Kí a má tàn yín jẹ́, “Ẹgbẹ́ búburú bá ìwà rere jẹ́.” 3415.34: Ro 13.11.Ẹ jí ìjí òdodo, kí ẹ má sì dẹ́ṣẹ̀; nítorí àwọn ẹlòmíràn kò ni imọ̀ Ọlọ́run, mo sọ èyí kí ojú ba à lè tiyín.
Àjíǹde ara
35Ṣùgbọ́n ẹnìkan yóò wí pé, “Báwo ni àwọn òkú yóò ṣe jíǹde? Irú ara wó ni wọn ó padà sí?” 3615.36: Jh 12.24.Ìwọ aláìmòye, ohun tí ìwọ fúnrúgbìn kì í yè bí kò ṣe pé ó ba kú: 37Àti èyí tí ìwọ fúnrúgbìn, kì í ṣe ara tí ń bọ̀ ni ìwọ fúnrúgbìn, ṣùgbọ́n èso lásán ni, ìbá à ṣe alikama, tàbí irú mìíràn. 3815.38: Gẹ 1.11.Ṣùgbọ́n Ọlọ́run fún ún ni ara bí o tí wù ú, àti fún olúkúlùkù irúgbìn ara tirẹ̀. 39Gbogbo ẹran-ara kì í ṣe ẹran-ara kan náà: ṣùgbọ́n ọ̀tọ̀ ni ẹran-ara ti ènìyàn, ọ̀tọ̀ ni ẹran-ara ti ẹranko, ọ̀tọ̀ ní ti ẹja, ọ̀tọ̀ sì ní tí ẹyẹ. 40Ará ti òkè ọ̀run ń bẹ, ara ti ayé pẹ̀lú sì ń bẹ: ṣùgbọ́n ògo ti òkè ọ̀run ọ̀tọ̀, àti ògo ti ayé ọ̀tọ̀. 41Ọ̀tọ̀ ni ògo ti oòrùn, ọ̀tọ̀ ni ògo ti òṣùpá, ọ̀tọ̀ sì ni ògo ti ìràwọ̀; ìràwọ̀ ṣá yàtọ̀ sí ìràwọ̀ ni ògo.
4215.42: Da 12.3.Gẹ́gẹ́ bẹ́ẹ̀ sí ni àjíǹde òkú. A gbìn ín ní ìdíbàjẹ́; a sí jì í dìde ni àìdíbàjẹ́: 43A gbìn ín ni àìní ọlá, a sí jí i dìde ni ògo; a gbìn ín ni àìlera, a sì jí í dìde ní agbára. 44A gbìn ín ni, ara ẹran a sì jí i dìde ni ara ti ẹ̀mí.
Bí ara ẹran bá ń bẹ, ara ẹ̀mí náà sì ń bẹ. 4515.45: Gẹ 2.7.Bẹ́ẹ̀ ní a si kọ ọ́ pé, “Adamu ọkùnrin ìṣáájú, alààyè ọkàn ni a dá a;” Adamu ìkẹyìn ẹ̀mí ìsọnidààyè. 46Ṣùgbọ́n èyí tí í ṣe tí ẹ̀mí kọ ní ó kọ́kọ́ ṣáájú, bí kò ṣe èyí tí í ṣe tí ara ọkàn, lẹ́yìn náà èyí ti í ṣe ti ẹ̀mí. 47Ọkùnrin ìṣáájú ti inú erùpẹ̀ wá gẹ́gẹ́ bí ẹni erùpẹ̀: ọkùnrin èkejì láti ọ̀run wá ni. 48Bí ẹni erùpẹ̀ ti rí, irú bẹ́ẹ̀ sì ni àwọn tí í ṣe erùpẹ̀: bí ẹni tí ọ̀run ti rí, irú bẹ́ẹ̀ sì ni àwọn tí í ṣe tí ọ̀run. 49Bí àwa ti rú àwòrán ẹni erùpẹ̀, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni àwa ó sì rú àwòrán ẹni ti ọ̀run.
50Ará, ǹjẹ́ èyí ní mo wí pé, ara àti ẹ̀jẹ̀ kò lè jogún ìjọba Ọlọ́run, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni ìdíbàjẹ́ kò lé jogún àìdíbàjẹ́. 51Kíyèsi í, ohun ìjìnlẹ̀ ni mo sọ fún un yín: gbogbo wá kì yóò sùn, ṣùgbọ́n gbogbo wá ní a ó paláradà, 52Lọ́gán, ni ìṣẹ́jú kan, nígbà ìpè ìkẹyìn: nítorí ìpè yóò dún, a ó sì jí àwọn òkú dìde ní àìdíbàjẹ́, a ó sì pa wá láradà. 53Nítorí pé ara ìdíbàjẹ́ yìí kò lè ṣàìgbé ìdíbàjẹ́ wọ̀, àti ara kíkú yìí kò lè ṣàìgbé ara àìkú wọ̀. 5415.54: Isa 25.8.Ṣùgbọ́n nígbà tí ará ìdíbàjẹ́ yìí bá ti gbé àìdíbàjẹ́ wọ̀, ti ara kíkú yìí bá sí ti gbé àìkú wọ̀ bẹ́ẹ̀ tan, nígbà náà ni ọ̀rọ̀ ti a kọ yóò ṣẹ pé, “A gbé ikú mí ní ìṣẹ́gun.”
55“Ikú, oró rẹ dà?
Ikú, ìṣẹ́gun rẹ́ dà?”
56Oró ikú ni ẹ̀ṣẹ̀; àti agbára ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ ni òfin 57Ṣùgbọ́n ọpẹ́ ní fún Ọlọ́run ẹni tí ó fì ìṣẹ́gun fún wá nípa Olúwa wá Jesu Kristi!
58Nítorí náà ẹ̀yin ará mi olùfẹ́ ẹ máa dúró ṣinṣin, láìyẹsẹ̀, kí ẹ máa pọ̀ si í ní iṣẹ́ Olúwa nígbà gbogbo, ní ìwọ̀n bí ẹ̀yin ti mọ̀ pé iṣẹ́ yin kì í ṣe asán nínú Olúwa.
