King James Version · Under Rome
1 Corinthians 15
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Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; By which also ye are , if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have in . For I unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ for our according to ; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to : And that he was seen of , then of the twelve: After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part unto this present, but some are fallen asleep. After that, he was seen of ; then of all . And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time. For I am the least of , that am not meet to be called , because I persecuted of . But by the of I am what I am: and his which was bestowed upon me was not in ; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the of which was with me. Therefore whether it were I or they, so we preach, and so ye . Now if Christ be preached that he , how say some among you that there is no of ? But if there be no of , then is Christ not : And if Christ be not , then is our preaching , and your is also . Yea, and we are found false of ; because we have testified of that he up Christ: whom he not up, if so be that rise not. 16For if rise not, then is not Christ : And if Christ be not , your is ; ye are yet in your . Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are . If in this life only we have in Christ, we are of all men most miserable. But now is Christ from , and become the of them that slept. For since by man came , by man came also the of . For as in all , even so in Christ shall all be made alive. But every man in his own order: Christ the ; afterward they that are Christ’s at his coming. Then cometh the end, when he shall have up to , even ; when he shall have put down all rule and all and . For he must reign, till he hath put all . The last enemy that shall be destroyed is . For he hath put all things . But when he saith all things are put under him, it is manifest that he is excepted, which did put all things under him. And 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 may be all in all. Else what shall they do which are for , if rise not at all? why are they then for ? And why stand we in jeopardy every hour? I protest by your rejoicing which I have in Christ our , I daily. If after the manner of men I have fought with at , what advantageth it me, if rise not? let us eat and drink; for to morrow we . Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners. Awake to , and not; for some have not the knowledge of : I speak this to your . But some man will say, How are up? and with what body do they come? Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it : 37And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain: But giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every his own body. is not the same : but there is one kind of of men, another of , another of fishes, and another of birds. 40There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the of the celestial is one, and the of the terrestrial is another. There is one of the sun, and another of the moon, and another of the stars: for one star differeth from another star in . So also is the of . It is sown in corruption; it is in incorruption: It is sown in dishonour; it is in : it is sown in weakness; it is in : It is sown a natural body; it is a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body. And so , The first man was made a living ; the last was made a quickening . Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual. The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is from . As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the , such are they also that are . And as we have borne the of the earthy, we shall also bear the of the . Now this I say, brethren, that and cannot of ; neither doth corruption incorruption. Behold, I shew you a ; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the shall sound, and shall be incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. So 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, is swallowed up in victory. O , where is thy sting? O , where is thy victory? The sting of is ; and the strength of is . But thanks be to , which giveth us the victory through our . Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of , forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in in .
The 1611 translation, public domain. Its original printing included the Apocrypha, which is why the deuterocanonical books can be read here. Notes and cards are EKLI’s own.
Christians read this chapter differently
- Do we have an immortal soul? · 1 Corinthians 15:51-55
- What happens to a person between death and the resurrection? · 1 Corinthians 15:16-23
Every view at its strongest, with who holds it and what it has to answer for.
The world at this moment · Under Rome, 63 BC to AD 100 ›
Judea as a client kingdom and then a province. Roads, garrisons, taxes, crucifixion, and a common Greek language that let a message travel the empire faster than any before it.
- Rome
- The republic tears itself apart in civil war and comes out as an empire under Augustus. What follows is two centuries of relative peace across the whole Mediterranean, enforced by legions and paid for by taxes, with safe roads and safe sea lanes. Every one of Paul's journeys depends on that.
- Judea
- Governed first through Herod the Great, a client king of enormous ability and enormous brutality who rebuilds the temple into one of the wonders of the ancient world, then directly by Roman prefects. Crucifixion is the standard penalty for sedition and is used often and publicly.
- The wider world
- Greek is spoken from Spain to Syria, which means a letter written in Corinth can be read in Rome without translation. Jewish communities already exist in most major cities, which is where the first Christian preaching lands. Mystery religions, imperial cult, and philosophy all compete in the same marketplace.
- Further afield
- The Han dynasty rules China and trades silk westward along routes that touch the Roman world at second hand. In Britain the Roman conquest begins within a decade of the crucifixion.