哥林多前書 15

基督的復活

1 弟兄們，我要你們認清我先前傳給你們的福音；這福音你們領受了，又靠著它站立得住， 2 你們若能夠持守我傳給你們的信息，就必因這福音得救，否則你們是徒然相信。

3 我當日所領受又傳給你們的，最重要的就是：照聖經所說，基督為我們的罪死了， 4 而且埋葬了；又照聖經所說，第三天復活了， 5 還顯給磯法看，又顯給十二使徒看， 6 後來一次顯給五百多弟兄看，其中一大半到現在還在，卻也有已經睡了的。 7 以後他顯給雅各看，再顯給眾使徒看， 8 最後也顯給我看；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，因為我曾迫害過上帝的教會。 10 然而，由於上帝的恩典，我才成了今日的我，並且他所賜給我的恩典不是徒然的。我比眾使徒格外勞苦；其實不是我，而是上帝的恩典與我同在。 11 無論是我或是其他使徒，我們都如此傳，你們也都如此信了。

死人的復活

12 既然我們傳基督是從死人中復活了，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，基督就沒有復活了。 14 基督若沒有復活，我們所傳的就是枉然，你們所信的也是枉然。 15 這樣，我們甚至被當作是為上帝妄作見證的，因為我們見證上帝是使基督復活了。如果死人真的沒有復活，上帝就沒有使基督復活了。 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，你們的信就是徒然，你們仍活在罪裏。 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，就比所有的人更可憐了。

20 其實，基督已經從死人中復活，成為睡了之人初熟的果子。 21 既然死是因一人而來，死人復活也因一人而來。 22 在亞當裏眾人都死了；同樣，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；然後在他來的時候，是那些屬於基督的。 24 再後，終結到了，那時基督既將一切執政的、掌權的、有權能的都毀滅了，就把國交給父上帝。 25 因為基督必須掌權，等上帝把一切仇敵都放在他的腳下。 26 他要毀滅的最後仇敵就是死亡。 27 因為經上說：「上帝使萬物都服在他的腳下。」既然說萬物都服了他，那使萬物屈服的，很明顯地是不在其內了。 28 既然萬物服了他，那時，子也要自己順服那叫萬物服他的，好使上帝在萬物之中，在萬物之上。

29 不然，那些為死人受洗的，能做甚麼呢？如果死人不會復活，為甚麼替他們受洗呢？ 30 我們為甚麼要時刻冒險呢？ 31 弟兄們t，我在我們的主基督耶穌裏，指著你們—我所誇的極力地說，我天天冒死。 32 從人的觀點看來，我當日在以弗所同野獸搏鬥，對我有甚麼益處呢？如果死人沒有復活， 「讓我們吃吃喝喝吧！ 因為明天要死了。」

33 不要被欺騙了； 「濫交朋友敗壞品德。」

34 你們要醒悟為善，不再犯罪；因為有人不認識上帝。我說這話是要使你們羞愧。

復活的身體

35 但是有人會問：「死人怎樣復活呢？他們帶著甚麼身體來呢？」 36 無知的人哪，你所種的若不死就不能生。 37 並且你所種的不是那將來要有的形體，無論是麥子或別樣穀物，都不過是子粒。 38 但上帝隨自己的意思給它一個形體，並叫各樣子粒各有自己的形體。 39 不是所有的肉體都是同樣的：人是一個樣子，獸又是一個樣子，鳥又是一個樣子，魚又是一個樣子。 40 有天上的形體，也有地上的形體；但天上形體的榮光是一個樣子，地上形體的榮光又是一個樣子。 41 日有日的光輝，月有月的光輝，星有星的光輝；這星和那星的光輝也有區別。

42 死人復活也是這樣。所種的是會朽壞的，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 所種的是血肉的身體，復活的是靈性的身體。既有血肉的身體，也就有靈性的身體。 45 經上也是這樣記著說：「首先的人亞當成了有生命的人」；末後的亞當成了賜生命的靈。 46 但是，不是屬靈的在先，而是屬血肉的在先，然後才是屬靈的。 47 第一個人是出於地，是屬於塵土；第二個人是出於天。 48 那屬塵土的怎樣，凡屬塵土的也都怎樣；屬天的怎樣，凡屬天的也都怎樣。 49 就如我們既有屬塵土的形像，將來也必有屬天的形像。

50 弟兄們，我要告訴你們的是：血肉之軀不能承受上帝的國，必朽壞的也不能承受不朽壞的。 51 我如今把一件奧祕的事告訴你們：我們不是都要睡覺，而是都要改變， 52 就在一剎那，眨眼之間，號筒末次吹響的時候。因號筒要吹響，死人要復活成為不朽壞的，我們也要改變。 53 這會朽壞的必須變成t不朽壞的；這會死的總要變成不會死的。 54 當這會朽壞的變成不朽壞的，這會死的變成不會死的，那時經上所記「死亡已被勝利吞滅了」的話就應驗了。

55 「死亡啊！你得勝的權勢在哪裏？ 死亡啊！你的毒刺在哪裏？」

56 死亡的毒刺就是罪，罪的權勢就是律法。 57 感謝上帝，他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，不可動搖，常常竭力多做主工，因為你們知道，你們在主裏的勞苦不是徒然的。

1 CORINTHIANS 15

Christ Was Raised to Life

1 My friends, I want you to remember the message I preached and that you believed and trusted.

2 You will be saved by this message, if you hold firmly to it. But if you don't, your faith was all for nothing.

3  t I told you the most important part of the message exactly as it was told to me. This part is:
Christ died for our sins,
as the Scriptures say.

4  t He was buried,
and three days later
he was raised to life,
as the Scriptures say.

5  t Christ appeared to Peter, t
then to the twelve.

6 After this, he appeared
to more than five hundred
other followers.
Most of them are still alive,
but some have died.

7 He also appeared to James,
then to all of the apostles.

8  t Finally, he appeared to me, even though I am like someone who was born at the wrong time.t
9  t I am the least important of all the apostles. In fact, I caused so much trouble for God's church that I don't even deserve to be called an apostle. 10 But God treated me with undeserved grace! He made me what I am, and his grace wasn't wasted. I worked much harder than any of the other apostles, although it was really God's grace at work and not me.

11 But it doesn't matter if I preached or if they preached. All of you believed the message just the same.

God's People //Will Be Raised to Life

12 If we preach that Christ was raised from death, how can some of you say the dead will not be raised to life? 13 If they won't be raised to life, Christ himself wasn't raised to life. 14 And if Christ wasn't raised to life, our message is worthless, and so is your faith.

15 If the dead won't be raised to life, we have told lies about God by saying he raised Christ to life, when he really did not.
16 So if the dead won't be raised to life, Christ wasn't raised to life. 17 Unless Christ was raised to life, your faith is useless, and you are still living in your sins. 18 And those people who died after putting their faith in him are completely lost.

19 If our hope in Christ is good only for this life, we are worse off than anyone else.
20 But Christ has been raised to life! And he makes us certain that others will also be raised to life. 21 Just as we will die because of Adam, we will be raised to life because of Christ. 22 Adam brought death to all of us, and Christ will bring life to all of us. 23 But we must each wait our turn. Christ was the first to be raised to life, and his people will be raised to life when he returns.

24 Then after Christ has destroyed all powers and forces, the end will come, and he will give the kingdom to God the Father.
25  t Christ will rule until he puts all his enemies under his power, 26 and the last enemy he destroys will be death. 27 t When the Scriptures say he will put everything under his power, they don't include God. It was God who put everything under the power of Christ.

28 After everything is under the power of God's Son, he will put himself under the power of God, who put everything under his Son's power. Then God will mean everything to everyone.
29  t If the dead are not going to be raised to life, what will people do who are being baptized for them? Why are they being baptized for those dead people? 30 And why do we always risk our lives 31 and face death every day? The pride that I have in you because of Christ Jesus our Lord is what makes me say this.

32 t What do you think I gained by fighting wild animals in Ephesus? If the dead are not raised to life,
“Let's eat and drink.
Tomorrow we die.”
33 Don't fool yourselves. Bad friends will destroy you.

34 Be sensible and stop sinning. You should be embarrassed that some people still don't know about God.

What Our Bodies Will Be Like

35 Some of you have asked, “How will the dead be raised to life? What kind of bodies will they have?” 36 Don't be foolish. A seed must die before it can sprout from the ground. 37 Wheat seeds and all other seeds look different from the sprouts that come up. 38 This is because God gives everything the kind of body he wants it to have. 39 People, animals, birds, and fish are each made of flesh, but none of them are alike. 40 Everything in the heavens has a body, and so does everything on earth. But each one is very different from all the others.

41 The sun isn't like the moon, the moon isn't like the stars, and each star is different.
42 That's how it will be when our bodies are raised to life. These bodies will die, but the bodies that are raised will live forever. 43 These ugly and weak bodies will become beautiful and strong.

44 As surely as there are physical bodies, there are spiritual bodies. And our physical bodies will be changed into spiritual bodies.
45  t The first man was named Adam, and the Scriptures tell us that he was a living person. But Jesus, who may be called the last Adam, is a life-giving spirit. 46 We see that the one with a spiritual body did not come first. He came after the one who had a physical body. 47 The first man was made from the dust of the earth, but the second man came from heaven. 48 Everyone on earth has a body like the body of the one who was made from the dust of the earth. And everyone in heaven has a body like the body of the one who came from heaven.

49 Just as we are like the one who was made out of earth, we will be like the one who came from heaven.
50 My friends, I want you to know that our bodies of flesh and blood will decay. This means they cannot share in God's kingdom, which lasts forever. 51 t I will explain a mystery to you. Not every one of us will die, but we will all be changed. 52 It will happen suddenly, quicker than the blink of an eye. At the sound of the last trumpet the dead will be raised. We will all be changed, so we will never die again. 53 Our dead and decaying bodies will be changed into bodies that won't die or decay.

54 t The bodies we now have are weak and can die. But they will be changed into bodies that are eternal. Then the Scriptures will come true,
“Death has lost the battle!

55  t Where is its victory?
Where is its sting?”
56 Sin is what gives death its sting, and the Law is the power behind sin.

57 But thank God for letting our Lord Jesus Christ give us the victory!
58 My dear friends, stand firm and don't be shaken. Always keep busy working for the Lord. You know that everything you do for him is worthwhile.