And I make known to you, my brothers, the gospel which I preached to you, and which you received, and in which you stand,

and by which you have life. By what word I preached to you, if you remember, unless you believed in vain.

For I delivered to you from the first, as I received, that Mashiyach died on account of our sins, as it is written:

and that he was buried and rose on the third day, as it is written:

and that he was seen by Keefa, and after him by the twelve:

and after that, he was seen by more than five hundred brothers at once, many of whom are standing until now, and some of them have slept.

And after these he was seen by Ya'akov, and after him by all the apostles.

But last of them all, as to one untimely born, he was seen also by me.

For I am the least of the apostles, and I am not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of Elohim.

But by the grace of Elohim I am what I am, and his grace that was in me was not empty; but I labored more than all of them—not I, but his grace that was with me.

Whether I then or they, so we proclaim, and so you believed.

But if Mashiyach is proclaimed that he rose from the house of the dead, how is it that there are some among you who say there is no life of the dead?

And if there is no giving of life to the dead, Mashiyach also has not risen.

And if Mashiyach has not risen, our preaching is empty, and your faith also is empty.

And we too are found false witnesses of Elohim, for we have testified of Elohim that he raised Mashiyach, when he did not raise him.

For if the dead do not rise, Mashiyach also has not risen.

And if Mashiyach has not risen, your faith is empty, and you are still in your sins.

And also those who have fallen asleep in Mashiyach have perished.

And if in this life only we hope in the Mashiyach, we are more miserable than all the sons of men.

But now Mashiyach has risen from among the dead, and has become the first-fruits of those who sleep.

And as by a man came death, so also by a man comes the life of the dead.

For as in Adam all the sons of men die, so also in the Mashiyach all live.

each one in his order; Mashiyach was the first-fruits; afterwards those who are of Mashiyach, at his coming.

And then will be the end, when he delivers the kingdom to Elohim the Father, when he has abolished every ruler and every authority and every power.

For he is going to reign until he puts all his enemies under his feet.

And the last enemy, death, is abolished.

For he has subjected all under his feet. But when it says that everything is subjected to him, it is known that he is excepted who subjected all to him.

And when all is subjected to him, then the Son himself will be subjected to him who subjected all to him, so that Elohim will be all in all.

Otherwise, what will they do who are immersed for the dead, if the dead do not rise? Why are they immersed for the dead?

And why also do we stand in peril every hour?

I swear by your boasting, my brothers, which I have in our Master Y'shua the Mashiyach, that I die every day.

If as among men I was thrown to wild beasts at Ephesus, what did I gain? If the dead do not rise, let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.

Do not be deceived; evil talk corrupts good minds.

Awaken your hearts righteously and do not sin, for there are people in whom there is no knowledge of Elohim; I say this to your shame.

Someone among you will say, How do the dead rise, and with what body do they come?

Fool! The seed that you sow does not live unless it dies.

And what you sow, you do not sow the body that is to be, but the naked grain of wheat or of barley or of the rest of the seeds.

But Elohim gives it a body as he wills, and to each one of the seeds a body of its nature.

But not every body is the same, for another is the body of a son of man, and another of a beast, and another of a bird, and another of a fish.

And there are heavenly bodies and there are earthly bodies, but another is the glory of the heavenly bodies and another of the earthly.

And another is the glory of the sun, and another the glory of the moon, and another the glory of the stars, and a star exceeds a star in glory.

So also the life of the dead: they are sown in corruption, they rise without corruption.

They are sown in dishonor, they rise in glory. They are sown in weakness, they rise in power.

It is sown a soulish body, it rises a spiritual body. For there is a body of the soul, and there is a body of the spirit.

So also it is written: Adam the first man became a living soul; and the last Adam became a life-giving spirit.

But the spiritual was not first, but the soulish, and then the spiritual.

The first man is of dust from the earth; the second man is Master YHWH from heaven.

As is the one of dust, so also are those of dust; and as is the one from heaven, so also are the heavenly.

And as we have worn the likeness of him who is from the dust, so we will wear the likeness of him who is from heaven.

But this I say, my brothers, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of heaven, and corruption does not inherit incorruption.

I tell you a mystery: we will not all sleep, but we will all be changed,

in a moment, as in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet, when it sounds, and the dead will rise without corruption, and we will be changed.

For this which is corruptible is ready to put on incorruption, and this which dies to put on immortality.

And when this which is corruptible puts on incorruption, and this which dies puts on immortality, then will take place the word that is written: Death is swallowed up in victory.

Where is your sting, death? Or where is your victory, Sheol?

But the sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.

But thanks to Elohim who gives us the victory through our Master Y'shua the Mashiyach.

So then, my brothers and my beloved, be steadfast and do not be shaken, but be abounding at all times in the work of Master YHWH, knowing that your labor is not empty in Master YHWH.