1 Corinthians 15:19,53
1 Corinthians 15:16-20 The Message (MSG)
If corpses can’t be raised, then Christ wasn’t, because he was indeed dead. And if Christ weren’t raised, then all you’re doing is wandering about in the dark, as lost as ever. It’s even worse for those who died hoping in Christ and resurrection, because they’re already in their graves. If all we get out of Christ is a little inspiration for a few short years, we’re a pretty sorry lot. But the truth is that Christ has been raised up, the first in a long legacy of those who are going to leave the cemeteries.
1 Corinthians 15:51-57 The Message (MSG)
But let me tell you something wonderful, a mystery I’ll probably never fully understand. We’re not all going to die—but we are all going to be changed. You hear a blast to end all blasts from a trumpet, and in the time that you look up and blink your eyes—it’s over. On signal from that trumpet from heaven, the dead will be up and out of their graves, beyond the reach of death, never to die again. At the same moment and in the same way, we’ll all be changed. In the resurrection scheme of things, this has to happen: everything perishable taken off the shelves and replaced by the imperishable, this mortal replaced by the immortal. Then the saying will come true: Death swallowed by triumphant Life! Who got the last word, oh, Death? Oh, Death, who’s afraid of you now? It was sin that made death so frightening and law-code guilt that gave sin its leverage, its destructive power. But now in a single victorious stroke of Life, all three—sin, guilt, death—are gone, the gift of our Master, Jesus Christ. Thank God!
1 Corinthians 15:19 King James Version (KJV)
If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.
1 Corinthians 15:53 King James Version (KJV)
For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
1 Corinthians 15:19 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
If we have hoped in Christ in this life only, we are of all men most to be pitied.
1 Corinthians 15:53 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
For this perishable must put on the imperishable, and this mortal must put on immortality.
1 Corinthians 15:19 New Century Version (NCV)
If our hope in Christ is for this life only, we should be pitied more than anyone else in the world.
1 Corinthians 15:53 New Century Version (NCV)
This body that can be destroyed must clothe itself with something that can never be destroyed. And this body that dies must clothe itself with something that can never die.
1 Corinthians 15:19 American Standard Version (ASV)
If we have only hoped in Christ in this life, we are of all men most pitiable.
1 Corinthians 15:53 American Standard Version (ASV)
For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
1 Corinthians 15:19 New International Version (NIV)
If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied.
1 Corinthians 15:53 New International Version (NIV)
For the perishable must clothe itself with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality.
1 Corinthians 15:19 New King James Version (NKJV)
If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men the most pitiable.
I Corinthians 15:53 New King James Version (NKJV)
For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
1 Corinthians 15:19 Amplified Bible (AMP)
If we who are [abiding] in Christ have hoped only in this life [and this is all there is], then we are of all people most miserable and to be pitied.
1 Corinthians 15:53 Amplified Bible (AMP)
For this perishable [part of us] must put on the imperishable [nature], and this mortal [part of us that is capable of dying] must put on immortality [which is freedom from death].
1 Corinthians 15:19 New Living Translation (NLT)
And if our hope in Christ is only for this life, we are more to be pitied than anyone in the world.
1 Corinthians 15:53 New Living Translation (NLT)
For our dying bodies must be transformed into bodies that will never die; our mortal bodies must be transformed into immortal bodies.
1 Corinthians 15:19 The Passion Translation (TPT)
If the only benefit of our hope in Christ is limited to this life on earth, we deserve to be pitied more than all others!
1 Corinthians 15:53 The Passion Translation (TPT)
For we will discard our mortal “clothes” and slip into a body that is imperishable. What is mortal now will be exchanged for immortality.