For I delivered to you at the first that which I also received: that Messiah died for our sins according to the Scriptures,
and that He was buried, and that He was raised the third day, according to the Scriptures,
and that He was seen by Kĕpha, then by the twelve.
After that He was seen by over five hundred brothers at one time, of whom the greater part remain till now, but some have fallen asleep.
After that He was seen by Ya‛aqoḇ, then by all the emissaries.
And last of all He was seen by me also, as if to one born prematurely.
For I am the least of the emissaries, who am not worthy to be called an emissary, because I persecuted the assembly of Elohim.
But by the favour of Elohim I am what I am, and His favour toward me was not in vain, but I laboured much more than they all, yet not I, but the favour of Elohim with me.
Whether, then, it was I or they, so we proclaimed and so you believed.
And if Messiah is proclaimed that He has been raised from the dead, how do some among you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?
And if there is no resurrection of the dead, then Messiah has not been raised.
And if Messiah has not been raised, then our proclaiming is empty, and your belief also empty,
and we are also found false witnesses of Elohim, because we have witnessed of Elohim that He raised up Messiah, whom He did not raise up, if then the dead are not raised.
For if the dead are not raised, then neither Messiah has been raised.
And if Messiah has not been raised, your belief is to no purpose, you are still in your sins!
Then also those who have fallen asleep in Messiah have perished.
If in this life only we have expectation in Messiah, we are of all men the most wretched.
But now Messiah has been raised from the dead, and has become the first-fruit of those having fallen asleep.
For since death is through a man, resurrection of the dead is also through a Man.
For as all die in Aḏam, so also all shall be made alive in Messiah.
And each in his own order: Messiah the first-fruits, then those who are of Messiah at His coming,
then the end, when He delivers up the reign to Elohim the Father, when He has brought to naught all rule and all authority and power.
For He has to reign until He has put all enemies under His feet.
The last enemy to be brought to naught is death.
For “He has put all under His feet.” But when He says “all are put under Him,” it is clear that He who put all under Him is excepted.
And when all are made subject to Him, then the Son Himself shall also be subject to Him who put all under Him, in order that Elohim be all in all.
Otherwise, what shall they do who are immersed for the dead, if the dead are not raised at all? Why indeed are they immersed for the dead?
And why do we stand in danger every hour?
I affirm, by the boasting in you which I have in Messiah יהושע our Master, I die day by day.
If, as men do, I have fought with beasts at Ephesos, of what good is it to me? If the dead are not raised, “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.”
Do not be led astray, “Evil company corrupts good habits.”
Wake up to soberness, righteously, and do not sin, for some do not have the knowledge of Elohim. I speak this to your shame.
But someone might say, “How are the dead raised up? And with what body do they come?”
Senseless one! What you sow is not made alive unless it dies.
And as to what you sow: you do not sow the body which is to be, but a bare grain, it might be wheat or some other grain.
But Elohim gives it a body as He wishes, and to each seed a body of its own.
All flesh is not the same flesh, but there is one flesh of men, and another flesh of beasts, and another of fishes, and another of birds.
And there are heavenly bodies and earthly bodies, but the esteem of the heavenly is truly one, and the esteem of the earthly is another
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