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Ri cˈastajbel quiche (quixin) ri caminakiˈ

15  Wachˈalal, wacami nwajoˈ ntzijoj chic jun bey chiwe ri lokˈolaj chˈabel ri niyaˈo colotajic ri xintzijoj chiwe tek xicˈojeˈ iwuqˈui. Y riyix can xicˈul wi ri chˈabel ri xintzijoj chiwe, y can cof yixcˈo chupan. Y ruma ri chˈabel riˈ ntajin niwil ri colotajic. Pero rajawaxic chi riyix ma niyaˈ ta ca riche (rixin) chi queriˈ nikˈalajin chi can cˈo rejkalen chi xinimaj ri lokˈolaj chˈabel ri xintzijoj chiwe.

Ruma ri chˈabel ri xincˈul riyin, can ya chukaˈ chˈabel riˈ ri xincˈut chiwech. Y ri rucˈuˈx ronojel ri xincˈut chiwech, ya chi ri Cristo xcom ruma ri kamac, can achiˈel ri tzˈibatal ca chupan ri ruchˈabel ri Dios. Chi ri Cristo xmuk y pa rox kˈij xcˈastej pe, achiˈel ri tzˈibatal ca chupan ri ruchˈabel ri Dios. Y tek ri Cristo cˈastajnek chic pe, xucˈut riˈ chuwech ri Pedro, y cˈacˈariˈ xucˈut riˈ chiquiwech chi ye cablajuj discípulos. Cˈacˈariˈ tek xucˈut riˈ chiquiwech más ye wuˈoˈ ciento kachˈalal, tek quimolon quiˈ. Ye qˈuiy cˈa chique riyeˈ ri cˈa ye qˈues na, pero yecˈo chukaˈ ri ye caminek chic el. Y tek rucˈutun chic cˈa riˈ chiquiwech ri pa ciento kachˈalal riˈ, yacˈariˈ tek xucˈut chukaˈ riˈ chuwech ri Jacobo. Y ya tek rucˈutun chic riˈ chuwech ri kachˈalal riˈ, cˈacˈariˈ tek xucˈut riˈ chiquiwech quinojel ri ye ruˈapóstoles.

Y pa ruqˈuisbel xucˈut cˈa riˈ chinuwech riyin tek cˈa ma jane yinoc ta apóstol, ruma ri kˈij riˈ riyin xincˈulwachij cˈa achiˈel jun acˈal ri xa ma jane rukˈijul ta chi nalex. Riyin can nnaˈ wi cˈa chi xa ma rucˈamon ta (takal ta chuwij) chi nibix apóstol chuwe. Ruma riyin xa yin ti lawaloˈ oc que chiquiwech ri nicˈaj chic apóstoles, ruma riyin sibilaj cˈa xenwokotalaˈ ri iglesia ri riche (rixin) ri Dios, riche (rixin) chi xinben cˈa qˈuiy pokon chique. 10 Pero matiox chare ri Dios chi xuyaˈ ri rutzil chuwe, riche (rixin) chi xuben chuwe chi xinoc apóstol. Ri utzil riˈ can xuben cˈa chuwe chi sibilaj xisamej. Riyin más qˈuiy cˈa samaj xinben que chiquiwech ri nicˈaj chic apóstoles. Pero ma nbij ta cˈa chi yin cˈa riyin xibano ri samaj, ma que ta riˈ, xa can ya ri rutzil ri Dios ri xsamej pa nucˈaslen. 11 Pero xabachique ta na ri nitzijon ri ruchˈabel ri Dios, wi ye ri nicˈaj chic apóstoles o wi yin cˈa riyin, riˈ majun rubanon. Ruma xa can junan ri nikatzijoj, y jabel chi riyix can xinimaj wi ri chˈabel riˈ.

12 Y wi ri ruchˈabel ri Dios ri ntajin rutzijoxic nubij chi ri Cristo xcˈastej el chiquicojol ri caminakiˈ, ¿achique cˈa ruma tek yecˈo kachˈalal chicojol ri yebin chi ri caminakiˈ ma xquecˈastej ta el? 13 Ruma wi ta majun caminek xticˈastej el, ri Cristo man ta xcˈastej el chukaˈ. 14 Y wi ri Cristo xa man ta xcˈastej el, juyiˈ ta oc kawech kabanon, can man ta jun nicˈatzin wi ri nikatzijoj y majun chukaˈ nicˈatzin wi chi riyix xinimaj. 15 Y riqˈui riˈ nikˈalajin ta chi riyoj xa ma kitzij ta ri xkabij chrij ri Dios, tek xkabij chiwe chi Riyaˈ xucˈasoj el ri Cristo. Ruma xa ta kitzij chi majun cˈastajbel quiche (quixin) ri caminakiˈ, ri Cristo man ta chukaˈ xcˈastej el. 16 Ri yebin cˈa chi ri caminakiˈ ma xquecˈastej ta, xa ma kitzij ta ri niquibij ruma xa ta kitzij ri niquibij, ri Cristo man ta xcˈastej el. 17 Y wi ri Cristo man ta xcˈastej el, xa man ta jun xcˈatzin wi chi riyix xinimaj. Xa cˈa yixcˈo ta na chupan ri imac. 18 Y xa ta can kitzij chi queriˈ, ri xeniman el riche (rixin) ri Cristo, tek xecom el, xa ta pa kˈakˈ xebeka wi. 19 Ruma wi xaxu (xaxe wi) ta oc chuwech re ruwachˈulef koyoben chi ri Cristo cˈo ri nuyaˈ chake, xa ta can kitzij chi queriˈ, juyiˈ ta oc kawech que chiquiwech quinojel ri winek, ruma kacukuban apo kacˈuˈx riqˈui chi cˈo xtuyaˈ chake y xa majun.

20 Yacˈa ronojel riˈ xa ma kitzij ta. Ruma ri Cristo can xcˈastej wi el chiquicojol ri caminakiˈ. Ya cˈa Riyaˈ ri nabey ri xcˈastej el y rumariˈ can xquecˈasox na wi el ri nicˈaj chic caminakiˈ. 21 Ruma cˈa jun achi tek xpe ri camic chuwech re ruwachˈulef, y riˈ ya ri Adán. Y konojel cˈo cˈa ri camic pa kawiˈ. Queriˈ chukaˈ, ruma jun achi tek xquecˈastej el ri caminakiˈ. Y ri jun achi riˈ ya ri Cristo. 22 Riqˈui cˈa ri Adán xkil wi ri camic konojel. Y queriˈ chukaˈ riqˈui cˈa ri Cristo xtikil wi ri cˈaslen riche (rixin) xtibe kˈij xtibe sek. 23 Y ya cˈa ri Cristo ri nabey xcˈastej el. Y yacˈa tek xtipe chic jun bey, ya chic cˈa riyoj ri yoj riche (rixin) chic Riyaˈ ri xkojcˈastej el. Quecˈariˈ rucholajen ri nibanatej. 24 Y yacˈariˈ tek xtapon ri ruqˈuisbel. Ri Cristo xtichˈacon cˈa chiquij quinojel ri itzel tak espíritu, ri kˈatbel tak tzij, y ri cˈo uchukˈaˈ pa quikˈaˈ. Y tek chˈaconek chic chiquij quinojel, cˈacˈariˈ tek ri Cristo xtujech chic ri rajawaren pa rukˈaˈ ri Dios Tataˈixel. 25 Ruma rajawaxic chi ya ri Cristo ri aj kˈatbel tzij hasta que xtichˈacon chiquij quinojel ri yeˈetzelan riche (rixin), y xtuben chique chi xqueka pa rukˈaˈ pa raken. 26 Y ri ruqˈuisbel chique ri yeˈetzelan riche (rixin) ri xtuchup ruwech, ya cˈa ri camic. 27 Ruma ri Dios ronojel xuyaˈ pa rukˈaˈ ri Cristo. Y tek nubij ri tzˈibatal ca chi ri Dios ronojel xeruyaˈ xerukˈaˈ xeraken ri Cristo, can kˈalaj ri nubij chi ri Dios ma xoc ta pa rukˈaˈ ri Cristo. Ruma ya ri Dios ri xyaˈo ronojel pa rukˈaˈ. 28 Yacˈa tek ronojel jachon chic pa rukˈaˈ ri Cristo ri Cˈajolaxel, cˈacˈariˈ ri Cristo xtujech chukaˈ riˈ pa rukˈaˈ ri Dios. Y riqˈui riˈ, nikˈalajin chi ri Dios can nim wi y ya Riyaˈ ri nicˈojeˈ pa ruwiˈ ronojel.

29 Wi xa man ta queriˈ, wi man ta yecˈastej pe ri caminakiˈ, ¿la yecˈo ta cami winek ri nicajoˈ chi yeban bautizar pa quiqˈuexel ri xa majun bey chic xquecˈastej pe? ¿La cˈo ta cami nicˈatzin wi tek queriˈ niquiben?

30 Wi xa man ta yecˈastej ri caminakiˈ, majun nicˈatzin wi chi riyoj nikayaˈ kiˈ pa camic ronojel kˈij ruma nikatzijoj ri ruchˈabel ri Cristo. 31 Can kitzij wi chi can jubaˈ ma yicamisex. Pero riyin nbij el chiwe chi ri wánima niquicot iwuma riyix chi xinimaj ri Kajaf Jesucristo, y riyix iwetaman chi can kitzij wi ri nbij y ma ntzˈuc ta el tzij. Kˈij kˈij jubaˈ ma nikil kacamic. 32 Riyin tek xintij nukˈij chi xisamej chiquicojol ri winek re waweˈ pan Efeso, winek ri can ye achiˈel itzel tak chicop, ma naˈoj ta quiche (quixin) winek ri xincusaj. Xa ta queriˈ xinben, ronojel ri tijoj pokonal ri xinkˈaxaj pa quikˈaˈ ri winek tek xeyacatej pe chuwij, man ta jun utz nucˈom pe chuwe. Y xa ta kitzij chi ri caminakiˈ man ta yecˈastej el, juyiˈ ta oc kawech kabanon, xa más ta utz chi nikaben achiˈel ri nibix: Kojwaˈ y kojucˈuyaˈ ruma xa chuaˈk cabij yojcom el.

33 Pero ma quixsach ta riqˈui re naˈoj reˈ. Ma quixoc ta cachibil ri xa ma utz ta quinaˈoj. Ruma wi xqueˈiwachibilaj, xa can xtiyojtej chukaˈ inaˈoj riyix y xqueˈibanalaˈ ri ma ye rucˈamon ta chi yeˈiben. 34 Tunaˈ cˈa iwech, tibanaˈ cˈa ri utz chi niben, y ma quixmacun ta chic. Queriˈ nbij chiwe ruma yecˈo chicojol ri ma quetaman ta ruwech ri Dios, y qˈuiy ri ma ya ta rubixic niquiben chare. Rumariˈ tek riyin nbij reˈ chiwe, riche (rixin) chi yixqˈuix ta cˈa jubaˈ.

35 Pero riqˈui jubaˈ yecˈo ri yebin: Wi ri caminakiˈ xquecˈastej chic el, ¿achique cami rubaniquil riˈ? ¿Achique cami rubanic nitzuˈun ri quichˈacul? 36 Ri nichˈobo cˈa queriˈ xa jun winek nacanic. Xa can majun runaˈoj. Ruma jun ijaˈtz cˈo ri nucˈut chkawech chrij riˈ. Tek ri ijaˈtz nbetic ca pan ulef, ri rij ri ijaˈtz nikˈey, yacˈariˈ tek nitzˈuc pe. Y queriˈ riyoj. 37 Y chukaˈ ri ijaˈtz ri nitic ka, ma ijaˈtz ta ri nbeˈel pe, ma que ta riˈ, ri nberuyaˈ pe ri ijaˈtz riˈ jun ticoˈn ri cˈo raken, cˈo ruxak. Y can que wi riˈ ronojel ijaˈtz ri yetic ka, wi trigo o jun chic ruwech ijaˈtz. 38 Ya ri Dios ri nibano chi tek nitic ka jun ijaˈtz riche (rixin) ri trigo pan ulef, trigo ntel pe. Y queriˈ chukaˈ ri nicˈaj chic ijaˈtz, tek yetic ka pan ulef, etaman achique riˈ ri yebeˈel pe, ruma ya ri Dios ri banayon ca chi queriˈ. 39 Y queriˈ chukaˈ qˈuiy ruwech chˈaculaj yecˈo. Ri kachˈacul riyoj winek ma junan ta riqˈui ri quichˈacul ri chicop, y ri quichˈacul ri aj xicˈ tak chicop ma junan ta riqˈui ri quichˈacul ri car y ri nicˈaj chic chicop. 40 Y queriˈ chukaˈ riyoj ri yojcˈo waweˈ chuwech re ruwachˈulef, ma junan ta kachˈacul quiqˈui ri yecˈo chilaˈ chicaj. Ruma ri rukˈij ri kachˈacul riyoj ma junan ta rukˈij riqˈui ri yecˈo chilaˈ chicaj. 41 Y queriˈ chukaˈ ri kˈij y ri icˈ, ma junan ta ri quisakil, y ma junan ta chukaˈ ri quisakil riyeˈ riqˈui ri quisakil ri chˈumilaˈ. Chukaˈ jun chˈumil can cˈo rucojol rusakil riqˈui jun chic chˈumil.

42 Y quecˈariˈ, ri chˈaculaj ri xtiquicˈuaj ri caminakiˈ tek xquecˈastej el, ma junan ta chic riqˈui ri xquicˈuaj waweˈ chuwech re ruwachˈulef. Ruma ri xquicˈuaj waweˈ chuwech re ruwachˈulef xa nikˈey. Yacˈa ri chˈaculaj ri xtiquicˈuaj chilaˈ chicaj ma xtikˈey ta chic. 43 Ri quichˈacul cˈa ri xquicˈuaj waweˈ chuwech re ruwachˈulef majun rukˈij, yacˈa ri quichˈacul ri xtiquicˈuaj tek xquecˈastej el, can xticˈojeˈ wi rukˈij. Ri quichˈacul ri xquicˈuaj waweˈ, majun ruchukˈaˈ, yacˈa ri quichˈacul ri xtiquicˈuaj tek xquecˈastej el, can xticˈojeˈ ruchukˈaˈ. 44 Re chˈaculaj cˈa re kacˈuan wacami xaxu (xaxe wi) cˈa chuwech re ruwachˈulef nicˈatzin wi chake, pero riche (rixin) chi yojbe chilaˈ chicaj, nicˈatzin jun chˈaculaj riche (rixin) chilaˈ chicaj chake. Ri chˈaculaj caminek chic y nbemuk ca, jun chˈaculaj ri cˈa riche (rixin) na re ruwachˈulef, pero tek xticˈastej el, can jun chˈaculaj ri can riche (rixin) chic chilaˈ chicaj.

45 Y queriˈ nikˈalajin chupan ri ruchˈabel ri Dios ri tzˈibatal ca, chi ri nabey achi ri xubiniˈaj Adán tek xwinakirisex ruma ri Dios, nabey xuben ri ruchˈacul y cˈacˈariˈ xuyaˈ jun cˈaslen riche (rixin) re ruwachˈulef chare. Queriˈ ri tzˈibatal ca chupan ri ruchˈabel ri Dios. Yacˈa ri jun chic Adán, ri Cristo mismo, cˈo más rejkalen ruma ma xu (xe) ta wi cˈo rucˈaslen, xa can nuyaˈ cˈaslen riche (rixin) chilaˈ chicaj. 46 Pero nabey nicˈojeˈ ri kachˈacul riche (rixin) re ruwachˈulef, cˈacˈariˈ xticˈojeˈ ri kachˈacul riche (rixin) chilaˈ chicaj. Y ma ya ta cˈa ri kachˈacul riche (rixin) chilaˈ chicaj ri nicˈojeˈ nabey. 47 Ri nabey achi, can riche (rixin) wi re ruwachˈulef, ruma riqˈui ulef xban wi. Yacˈa ri jun chic achi, can aj chilaˈ chicaj wi. Y riˈ ya ri Cristo ri Ajaf. 48 Riyoj ri cˈa yojcˈo na waweˈ chuwech re ruwachˈulef, yoj junan cˈa riqˈui ri nabey achi ri xban riqˈui ulef. Yacˈa ri yecˈo chic chilaˈ chicaj, can ye achiˈel cˈa ri Cristo ri can aj chilaˈ chicaj. 49 Wacami riyoj xa junan cˈa kabanic riqˈui ri nabey achi ri xban riqˈui ulef, pero xtapon jun kˈij tek xkoj‑oc el achiˈel ri Cristo ri can aj chilaˈ chicaj.

50 Riyin nwajoˈ wachˈalal, chi riyix niwetamaj chi re kachˈacul re kacˈuan wacami chuwech re ruwachˈulef ma xticowin ta xtibecˈojeˈ pa rajawaren ri Dios, ruma ri kachˈacul xa nikˈey, y ri pa rajawaren ri Dios ma xticˈojeˈ ta jun cosa ri xa nikˈey.

51 Yacˈa wacami nwajoˈ cˈa nbij jun tzij chiwe, ri xa cˈa ma jane qˈuiy ta kˈij tikˈalajsex ruma ri Dios. Ma konojel ta xkojcom el, pero konojel xtijalatej el ri kachˈacul. 52 Tek xtikˈajan ri ruqˈuisbel trompeta, yariˈ tek xtijalatej el ri kachˈacul, y xa pa ti jumej xkojjalatej el achiˈel tayup ka jubaˈ runakˈ awech. Tek xtikˈajan cˈa ri trompeta riˈ, yacˈariˈ tek xquecˈastej el ri caminakiˈ ri xquinimaj el ri Cristo, pero riqˈui chic quichˈacul ri ma nikˈey ta chic tek xquecˈastej el. Y riyoj ri cˈa yoj qˈues na yacˈariˈ tek xtijalatej el ri kachˈacul. 53 Ri chˈaculaj ri kacˈuan wacami, xa nikˈey y nichuwir, y rumariˈ rajawaxic chi nijalatej. Nicˈatzin chi nikacˈuaj jun chˈaculaj ri ma nikˈey ta ni ma nichuwir ta. Y queriˈ chukaˈ ri chˈaculaj ri kacˈuan wacami xa nicom, y rajawaxic chi nijalatej, riche (rixin) chi nikacˈuaj ta jun chˈaculaj ri ma nicom ta chic. 54 Y yacˈa tek xtibanatej ronojel riˈ, tek ri kachˈacul xtijalatej, y tek ma xtikˈey ta chic, ma xtichuwir ta chic, y chukaˈ ma xticom ta chic, yacˈariˈ tek nibanatej ri tzˈibatal ca chupan ri ruchˈabel ri Dios, tek nubij: Ri camic xchˈacatej. 55 Y rumariˈ riyit camic, ¿la cˈa cˈo na cami awuchukˈaˈ riche (rixin) chi nayaˈ kˈaxomal chake? Majun chic. Riyit camic, ¿la cˈa yachˈacon na cami? Ya mani chic. Queriˈ nubij ri tzˈibatal ca. 56 Xa ruma ri mac tek nipe ri camic pa kawiˈ. Y ruma chi riyoj can yojcˈo pa rukˈaˈ ri mac, rumariˈ ri ley riche (rixin) ri Dios, nuyaˈ rucˈayewal pa kawiˈ. 57 Pero matiox chare ri Dios chi Riyaˈ xutek pe ri Kajaf Jesucristo chkacolic y rumariˈ tek nuben chake chi yojchˈacon.

58 Y rumariˈ, wachˈalal ri sibilaj yixinwajoˈ, nbij cˈa chiwe: Can cof quixcˈojeˈ riqˈui ri Dios, y ma tiyaˈ ta ca ri kitzij. Can ma quixtaneˈ ta chi niben ri rusamaj ri Ajaf, y jabel tibanaˈ chare. Riyix iwetaman chi ronojel ri niben pa rusamaj ri Ajaf, can cˈo rajel ruqˈuexel ri xtuyaˈ chiwe.

The Resurrection of Christ

15 Now, brothers and sisters, I want to remind you of the gospel(A) I preached to you,(B) which you received and on which you have taken your stand. By this gospel you are saved,(C) if you hold firmly(D) to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain.

For what I received(E) I passed on to you(F) as of first importance[a]: that Christ died for our sins(G) according to the Scriptures,(H) that he was buried,(I) that he was raised(J) on the third day(K) according to the Scriptures,(L) and that he appeared to Cephas,[b](M) and then to the Twelve.(N) After that, he appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers and sisters at the same time, most of whom are still living, though some have fallen asleep.(O) Then he appeared to James,(P) then to all the apostles,(Q) and last of all he appeared to me also,(R) as to one abnormally born.

For I am the least of the apostles(S) and do not even deserve to be called an apostle, because I persecuted(T) the church of God.(U) 10 But by the grace(V) of God I am what I am, and his grace to me(W) was not without effect. No, I worked harder than all of them(X)—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.(Y) 11 Whether, then, it is I or they,(Z) this is what we preach, and this is what you believed.

The Resurrection of the Dead

12 But if it is preached that Christ has been raised from the dead,(AA) how can some of you say that there is no resurrection(AB) of the dead?(AC) 13 If there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised. 14 And if Christ has not been raised,(AD) our preaching is useless and so is your faith. 15 More than that, we are then found to be false witnesses about God, for we have testified about God that he raised Christ from the dead.(AE) But he did not raise him if in fact the dead are not raised. 16 For if the dead are not raised, then Christ has not been raised either. 17 And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins.(AF) 18 Then those also who have fallen asleep(AG) in Christ are lost. 19 If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied.(AH)

20 But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead,(AI) the firstfruits(AJ) of those who have fallen asleep.(AK) 21 For since death came through a man,(AL) the resurrection of the dead(AM) comes also through a man. 22 For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive.(AN) 23 But each in turn: Christ, the firstfruits;(AO) then, when he comes,(AP) those who belong to him.(AQ) 24 Then the end will come, when he hands over the kingdom(AR) to God the Father after he has destroyed all dominion, authority and power.(AS) 25 For he must reign(AT) until he has put all his enemies under his feet.(AU) 26 The last enemy to be destroyed is death.(AV) 27 For he “has put everything under his feet.”[c](AW) Now when it says that “everything” has been put under him, it is clear that this does not include God himself, who put everything under Christ.(AX) 28 When he has done this, then the Son himself will be made subject to him who put everything under him,(AY) so that God may be all in all.(AZ)

29 Now if there is no resurrection, what will those do who are baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why are people baptized for them? 30 And as for us, why do we endanger ourselves every hour?(BA) 31 I face death every day(BB)—yes, just as surely as I boast about you in Christ Jesus our Lord. 32 If I fought wild beasts(BC) in Ephesus(BD) with no more than human hopes, what have I gained? If the dead are not raised,

“Let us eat and drink,
    for tomorrow we die.”[d](BE)

33 Do not be misled:(BF) “Bad company corrupts good character.”[e](BG) 34 Come back to your senses as you ought, and stop sinning; for there are some who are ignorant of God(BH)—I say this to your shame.(BI)

The Resurrection Body

35 But someone will ask,(BJ) “How are the dead raised? With what kind of body will they come?”(BK) 36 How foolish!(BL) What you sow does not come to life unless it dies.(BM) 37 When you sow, you do not plant the body that will be, but just a seed, perhaps of wheat or of something else. 38 But God gives it a body as he has determined, and to each kind of seed he gives its own body.(BN) 39 Not all flesh is the same: People have one kind of flesh, animals have another, birds another and fish another. 40 There are also heavenly bodies and there are earthly bodies; but the splendor of the heavenly bodies is one kind, and the splendor of the earthly bodies is another. 41 The sun has one kind of splendor,(BO) the moon another and the stars another;(BP) and star differs from star in splendor.

42 So will it be(BQ) with the resurrection of the dead.(BR) The body that is sown is perishable, it is raised imperishable;(BS) 43 it is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory;(BT) it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power; 44 it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body.(BU)

If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body. 45 So it is written: “The first man Adam became a living being”[f];(BV) the last Adam,(BW) a life-giving spirit.(BX) 46 The spiritual did not come first, but the natural, and after that the spiritual.(BY) 47 The first man was of the dust of the earth;(BZ) the second man is of heaven.(CA) 48 As was the earthly man, so are those who are of the earth; and as is the heavenly man, so also are those who are of heaven.(CB) 49 And just as we have borne the image of the earthly man,(CC) so shall we[g] bear the image of the heavenly man.(CD)

50 I declare to you, brothers and sisters, that flesh and blood(CE) cannot inherit the kingdom of God,(CF) nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.(CG) 51 Listen, I tell you a mystery:(CH) We will not all sleep,(CI) but we will all be changed(CJ) 52 in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound,(CK) the dead(CL) will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. 53 For the perishable(CM) must clothe itself with the imperishable,(CN) and the mortal with immortality. 54 When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come true: “Death has been swallowed up in victory.”[h](CO)

55 “Where, O death, is your victory?
    Where, O death, is your sting?”[i](CP)

56 The sting of death is sin,(CQ) and the power of sin is the law.(CR) 57 But thanks be to God!(CS) He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.(CT)

58 Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord,(CU) because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.(CV)

Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 15:3 Or you at the first
  2. 1 Corinthians 15:5 That is, Peter
  3. 1 Corinthians 15:27 Psalm 8:6
  4. 1 Corinthians 15:32 Isaiah 22:13
  5. 1 Corinthians 15:33 From the Greek poet Menander
  6. 1 Corinthians 15:45 Gen. 2:7
  7. 1 Corinthians 15:49 Some early manuscripts so let us
  8. 1 Corinthians 15:54 Isaiah 25:8
  9. 1 Corinthians 15:55 Hosea 13:14