1 Corinthians 15:1–11

Week 12

First Epistle to the Corinthians, conceived 159

Brethren, if it is preached of Christ that He rose from the dead, how do some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? If there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ has not risen either; and if Christ is not risen, then our preaching is in vain, and your faith is also in vain. Moreover, we would also be false witnesses about God, because we would testify about God that He raised up Christ, Whom He did not resurrect, if, that is, the dead are not raised; for if the dead do not rise, then Christ is not risen. And if Christ is not risen, then your faith is in vain: you are still in your sins. That is why those who died in Christ perished. And if we hope in Christ only in this life, then we are the most miserable of all people.

1 Corinthians 15:12–19

Monday 10 Week

First Epistle to the Corinthians, conceived 160

Brethren, Christ is risen from the dead, the firstfruits of them that slept. For as death is through man, so is the resurrection of the dead through man. As in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive, each in his own order: Christ is the firstborn, then Christ's, at His coming. And then the end, when He will deliver up the kingdom to God and the Father, when He will abolish all authority and all authority and power. For He must reign until He puts all enemies under His feet. And the last enemy to be destroyed is death, because He has subdued all things under His feet. But when it is said that all things are subject to Him, it is clear that except Him who subjected all things to Him. And when all things are subject to Him, then the Son Himself will submit to Him who subjected all things to Him, that God may be all in all.

1 Corinthians 15:20–28

In Memory of the Dead (Thursday)

First Epistle to the Corinthians, conceived 161

Brethren, what do those who are baptized do for the dead? If the dead are not resurrected at all, then why are they baptized for the dead? Why are we also hourly subjected to calamities? I die every day: I bear witness of this by your praise, brethren, which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord. According to human reasoning, when I wrestled with the beasts in Ephesus, what profit did it do me if the dead did not rise? Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we will die! Do not be deceived: bad associations corrupt good morals. Sober up as you should, and do not sin; for to your shame I say, some of you do not know God. But someone will say: How will the dead be raised? And in what body will they come? Reckless! What you sow will not come to life unless it dies. And when you sow, you do not sow the body to come, but the bare grain that will happen, wheat or whatever it is; but God gives him a body as He wills, and to each seed his own body.

1 Corinthians 15:29–38

Tuesday, the 10th Week