156See marginal note on ch. 4:15.
157See marginal note on ch. 1:17. (also for vs. 2)
15: 2 by which also ye are being saved, if ye hold fast 158the word which I preached unto you, except ye believed 159in vain.
158Gk. with what word
159Or, without cause.
15: 3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
15: 4 and that he was buried; and that he hath been raised on the third day according to the scriptures;
15: 5 and that he appeared to Cephas; then to the twelve;
15: 6 after that he appeared to above five hundred brethren at once, of whom the greater part remain until now, but some are fallen asleep;
15: 7 after that he appeared to 160James; then to all the apostles;
160Or, Jacob;
15: 8 and last of all, as to the child untimely born, he appeared to me also.
15: 9 For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
15: 10 But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me did not become 161vain; but I labored more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God 162which was with me.
161Or, void; (and twice in vs. 14)
162So A 33 81 and the majority of lesser Gk. mss., copsa,bo,fay arm. p46 virtually alone reads which was for me. ℵ*B 1739 0243 vg omit which was
15: 11 Whether then it be I or they, so we preach, and so ye believed.
15: 12 Now if Christ is preached that he hath been raised from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead?
15: 13 But if there is no resurrection of the dead, neither hath Christ been raised:
15: 14 and if Christ hath not been raised, then is our preaching vain, 163your faith also is vain.
163So ℵA and a majority of lesser Gk. mss., copbo arm vg. B 1739 33 81 0243 copfay read our
15: 15 Yes, and we are found false witnesses of God; because we witnessed of God that he raised up 164Christ: whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead are not raised.
164Gk. the Christ:
15: 16 For if the dead are not raised, neither hath Christ been raised:
15: 17 and if Christ hath not been raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins.
15: 18 Then they also that are fallen asleep in Christ have perished.
15: 19 165If we have only hoped in Christ in this life, we are of all men most pitiable.
165Or, If in this life only we have hoped in Christ, etc.
15: 20 But now hath Christ been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of them that are asleep.
15: 21 For since by a man cometh death, by a man cometh also the resurrection of the dead.
15: 22 For 166as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all 167be made alive.
166Lit. as in the Adam all die, so also in the Christ shall all be made alive. Compare Ge 5:2?
167Or, be quickened. Cf. vss. 36, 45; Jo 5:21, Ro 8:11.
15: 23 But each in his own order: 168Christ the firstfruits; after that they that are Christ’s 169in his presence.
168Or, a firstfruit Christ (or, Anointed)
169Or, during his presence.
15: 24 Then cometh the end, whenever he shall deliver up the kingdom to 170God, even the Father; when he shall have abolished all rule and all authority and power.
170Or. the God and Father;
15: 25 For he must reign, till he hath put all his enemies under his feet.
15: 26 The last enemy is to be abolished, even death.
15: 27 For, He put all things in subjection under his feet. 171But when he saith, 172All things are put in subjection, it is evident that he is excepted who did subject all things unto him.
171Or, But when he shall have said, All things are put in subjection (evidently excepting him that did subject all things unto him), 28 when, I say, all things etc.
172Ps 8:6.
15: 28 And when all things have been subjected unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subjected to him that did subject all things unto him, that God may be all in all.
15: 29 Else what shall they do that are baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why then are they baptized for them?
15: 30 why do we also stand in jeopardy every hour?
15: 31 I protest by 173that glorying in you, 174brethren, which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily.
173Or, your glorying,
174So ℵBA 33 81 (cop) arm vg. p46 1739 0243 and a majority of lesser Gk. mss. omit brethren,
15: 32 If after the manner of men I fought with beasts at Ephesus, 175what doth it profit me? If the dead are not raised, let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.
175Or, what doth it profit me, if the dead are not raised? Let us eat etc.
15: 33 Be not deceived: Evil companionships corrupt good morals.
15: 34 Awake to soberness righteously, and sin not; for some have no knowledge of God: I speak this to move you to shame.
15: 35 But someone will say, How are the dead raised? and with what manner of body do they come?
15: 36 Thou foolish one, that which thou thyself sowest is not 176quickened except it die:
176Or, made alive
15: 37 and that which thou sowest, thou sowest not the body that shall be, but a bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other kind;
15: 38 but God giveth it a body even as it pleased him, and to each seed a body of its own.
15: 39 All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one flesh of men, and another flesh of beasts, and another flesh of birds, and another of fishes.
15: 40 There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another.
15: 41 There 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.
15: 42 So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption:
15: 43 it is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power:
15: 44 it is sown a 177natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. 178If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body.
177Gk. psychical soma; Or, body of the soul;
178Lit. If there is a body of the soul, there is also a body of the spirit.
15: 45 So also it is written, 179The first man Adam became a living soul. The last Adam became a 180life-giving spirit.
179Ge 2:7.
180Lit. life-making
15: 46 Howbeit that is not first which is spiritual, but that which is 181natural; afterwards that which is spiritual.
181Gk. psychical; or, of the soul
15: 47 The first man is out of the earth, earthy: the second man182 is out of heaven.
182So ℵ*BC 1739* 33 0243 cop(sa),bo vg. A 81 and a majority of lesser Gk. mss., arm add the Lord p46 virtually alone adds spiritual
15: 48 As was the earthy one, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly one, such are they also that are heavenly.
15: 49 And as we have borne the image of the earthy, 183we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.
183So B I 1881 copsa almost alone. But p46ℵCA 1739 33 81 0243 copbo vg read let us also bear
15: 50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.
15: 51 Behold, I tell you a mystery: 184We shall all fall asleep, but we shall not all be changed
184So ℵCA* 1739 33 0243* arm. B 81 and 575 lesser Gk. mss., cop read We shall not all fall asleep, but we shall all be changed p46 virtually alone reads We shall not all fall asleep, but neither shall we all be changed D* vg almost alone read We shall all be resurrected, but we shall not all be changed 436 and 6 lesser Gk. mss. read We shall all fall asleep, but we shall all be changed,
15: 52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, in the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
15: 53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
15: 54 But when 185this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written, 186Death was swallowed up 187in victory.
185So B(C) 33 81 and the majority of lesser Gk. mss. p46ℵ* 1739* 0243 copbo vg omit, this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and A arm almost alone reverse the order of the two clauses.
186Is 25:8.
187Or, victoriously.
15: 55 188O 189death, where is thy victory? O death, where is thy sting?
188Hos 13:14.
189So p46ℵ*BC 1739*vid copsa,bo vg. 33 81 0243 (arm) read Hades,
15: 56 But the sting of death is sin; and the power of sin is the law:
15: 57 but thanks be to God, who giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
15: 58 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor is not 190vain in the Lord.
190Or, void
