哥林多前書 15

基督的復活

1 弟兄們，我如今把先前所傳給你們的福音告訴你們知道；這福音你們也領受了，又靠著站立得住， 2 並且你們若不是徒然相信，能以持守我所傳給你們的，就必因這福音得救。 3 我當日所領受又傳給你們的：第一，就是基督照聖經所說，為我們的罪死了， 4 而且埋葬了；又照聖經所說，第三天復活了， 5 並且顯給磯法看，然後顯給十二使徒看； 6 後來一時顯給五百多弟兄看，其中一大半到如今還在，卻也有已經睡了的。 7 以後顯給雅各看，再顯給眾使徒看， 8 末了也顯給我看；我如同未到產期而生的人一般。 9 我原是使徒中最小的，不配稱為使徒，因為我從前逼迫上帝的教會。 10 然而，我今日成了何等人，是蒙上帝的恩才成的，並且他所賜我的恩不是徒然的。我比眾使徒格外勞苦；這原不是我，乃是上帝的恩與我同在。 11 不拘是我，是眾使徒，我們如此傳，你們也如此信了。

死人的復活

12 既傳基督是從死裏復活了，怎麼在你們中間有人說沒有死人復活的事呢？ 13 若沒有死人復活的事，基督也就沒有復活了。 14 若基督沒有復活，我們所傳的便是枉然，你們所信的也是枉然； 15 並且明顯我們是為上帝妄作見證的，因我們見證上帝是叫基督復活了。若死人真不復活，上帝也就沒有叫基督復活了。 16 因為死人若不復活，基督也就沒有復活了。 17 基督若沒有復活，你們的信便是徒然，你們仍在罪裏。 18 就是在基督裏睡了的人也滅亡了。 19 我們若靠基督只在今生有指望，就算比眾人更可憐。

20 但基督已經從死裏復活，成為睡了之人初熟的果子。 21 死既是因一人而來，死人復活也是因一人而來。 22 在亞當裏眾人都死了；照樣，在基督裏眾人也都要復活。 23 但各人是按著自己的次序復活：初熟的果子是基督；以後，在他來的時候，是那些屬基督的。 24 再後，末期到了，那時基督既將一切執政的、掌權的、有能的都毀滅了，就把國交與父上帝。 25 因為基督必要作王，等上帝把一切仇敵都放在他的腳下。 26 儘末了所毀滅的仇敵就是死。 27 因為經上說：「上帝叫萬物都服在他的腳下。」既說萬物都服了他，明顯那叫萬物服他的，不在其內了。 28 萬物既服了他，那時子也要自己服那叫萬物服他的，叫上帝在萬物之上，為萬物之主。

29 不然，那些為死人受洗的，將來怎樣呢？若死人總不復活，因何為他們受洗呢？ 30 我們又因何時刻冒險呢？ 31 弟兄們，我在我主基督耶穌裏，指著你們所誇的口極力地說，我是天天冒死。 32 我若當日像尋常人，在以弗所同野獸戰鬥，那於我有甚麼益處呢？若死人不復活， 我們就吃吃喝喝吧！ 因為明天要死了。

33 你們不要自欺；濫交是敗壞善行。 34 你們要醒悟為善，不要犯罪，因為有人不認識上帝。我說這話是要叫你們羞愧。

復活的身體

42 死人復活也是這樣：所種的是必朽壞的，復活的是不朽壞的； 43 所種的是羞辱的，復活的是榮耀的；所種的是軟弱的，復活的是強壯的； 44 所種的是血氣的身體，復活的是靈性的身體。若有血氣的身體，也必有靈性的身體。 45 經上也是這樣記著說：「首先的人亞當成了有靈t的活人」；末後的亞當成了叫人活的靈。 46 但屬靈的不在先，屬血氣的在先，以後才有屬靈的。 47 頭一個人是出於地，乃屬土；第二個人是出於天。 48 那屬土的怎樣，凡屬土的也就怎樣；屬天的怎樣，凡屬天的也就怎樣。 49 我們既有屬土的形狀，將來也必有屬天的形狀。

50 弟兄們，我告訴你們說，血肉之體不能承受上帝的國，必朽壞的不能承受不朽壞的。 51 我如今把一件奧祕的事告訴你們：我們不是都要睡覺，乃是都要改變， 52 就在一霎時，眨眼之間，號筒末次吹響的時候。因號筒要響，死人要復活成為不朽壞的，我們也要改變。 53 這必朽壞的總要變成t不朽壞的，這必死的總要變成不死的。 54 這必朽壞的既變成不朽壞的，這必死的既變成不死的，那時經上所記「死被得勝吞滅」的話就應驗了。

55 死啊！你得勝的權勢在哪裏？ 死啊！你的毒鉤在哪裏？

56 死的毒鉤就是罪，罪的權勢就是律法。 57 感謝上帝，使我們藉著我們的主耶穌基督得勝。 58 所以，我親愛的弟兄們，你們務要堅固，不可搖動，常常竭力多做主工；因為知道，你們的勞苦在主裏面不是徒然的。

1 Corinthians 15

Christ’s Resurrection

1 Now I want to make clear for you,t brothers and sisters,t the gospel that I preached to you, that you received and on which you stand,2 and by which you are being saved, if you hold firmly to the message I preached to you – unless you believed in vain.3 For I passed on to you as of first importancet what I also received – that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures,4 and that he was buried, and that he was raisedt on the third day according to the scriptures,5 and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve.6 Then he appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers and sisterst at one time, most of whom are still alive,t though some have fallen asleep.t7 Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles.8 Last of all, as though to one born at the wrong time,s he appeared to me also.9 For I am the least of the apostles, unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.10 But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me has not been in vain. In fact, I worked harder than all of them – yet not I, but the grace of God with me.

11 Whether then it was I or they, this is the way we preach and this is the way you believed.

No Resurrection?

12 Now if Christ is being preached as raised from the dead,t how can some of you say there is no resurrection of the dead?13 But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised.14 And if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is futile and your faith is empty.15 Also, we are found to be false witnesses about God, because we have testified against God that he raised Christ from the dead, when in reality he did not raise him, if indeed the dead are not raised.16 For if the dead are not raised, then not even Christ has been raised.17 And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is useless; you are still in your sins.18 Furthermore, those who have fallen asleept in Christ have also perished.

19 For if only in this life we have hope in Christ, we should be pitied more than anyone.
20 But now Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.21 For since death came through a man,t the resurrection of the dead also came through a man.t22 For just as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive.23 But each in his own order: Christ, the firstfruits; then when Christ comes, those who belong to him.t24 Thent comes the end,t when he hands over the kingdom to God the Father, when he has brought to an end all rule and all authority and power.25 For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet.26 The last enemy to be eliminated is death.27 For he has put everything in subjection under his feet.s But when it says “everything” has been put in subjection, it is clear that this does not include the one who put everything in subjection to him.

28 And when all things are subjected to him, then the Son himself will be subjected to the one who subjected everything to him, so that God may be all in all.
29 Otherwise, what will those do who are baptized for the dead?s If the dead are not raised at all, then why are they baptized for them?30 Why too are we in danger every hour?31 Every day I am in danger of death! This is as sure ast my boasting in you,s which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord.32 If from a human point of view I fought with wild beasts at Ephesus,s what did it benefit me? If the dead are not raised, let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.s33 Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good morals.”s

34 Sober up as you should, and stop sinning! For some have no knowledge of God – I say this to your shame!

The Resurrection Body

35 But someone will say, “How are the dead raised? With what kind of body will they come?”36 Fool! What you sow will not come to life unless it dies.37 And what you sow is not the body that is to be, but a bare seedt – perhaps of wheat or something else.38 But God gives it a body just as he planned, and to each of the seeds a body of its own.39 All flesh is not the same: People have one flesh, animals have another, birds and fish another.t40 And there are heavenly bodies and earthly bodies. The glory of the heavenly body is one sort and the earthly 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 It is the same with the resurrection of the dead. What is sown is perishable, what is raised is imperishable.t43 It is sown in dishonor, 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 So also it is written, “The first man, Adam, became a living person”;t the last Adam became a life-giving spirit.46 However, the spiritual did not come first, but the natural, and then the spiritual.47 The first man is from the earth, made of dust; the second man is from heaven.48 Like the one made of dust, so too are those made of dust, and like the one from heaven, so too those who are heavenly.

49 And just as we have borne the image of the man of dust, let us also bears the image of the man of heaven.
50 Now this is what I am saying, brothers and sisters:t Flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.51 Listen,t I will tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep,st but we will all be changed –52 in a moment, in the blinkingt of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.53 For this perishable body must put on the imperishable, and this mortal body must put on immortality.

54 Now when this perishable puts on the imperishable, and this mortal puts on immortality, then the saying that is written will happen,
“Death has been swallowed up in victory.”s

55 “Where, O death, is your victory?
Where, O death, is your sting?”s
56 The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.57 But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ!

58 So then, dear brothers and sisters,t be firm. Do not be moved! Always be outstanding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.