The Resurrection of Christ

1 Corinthians 15

1 Now I would remind you, brothers, 1 of the gospel g I preached to you, which you received, h in which you stand, 2 and by which i you are being saved, if you j hold fast to the word I preached to you - k unless you believed in vain.

3 For l I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died m for our sins n in accordance with the Scriptures, 4 that he was buried, that he was raised o on the third day p in accordance with the Scriptures, 5 and that q he appeared to Cephas, then r to the twelve. 6 Then he appeared to more than five hundred brothers at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have fallen asleep. 7 Then he appeared to s James, then t to all the apostles. 8 Last of all, as to one untimely born, u he appeared also to me. 9 For v I am the least of the apostles, unworthy to be called an apostle, because w I persecuted the church of God. 10 But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not in vain. On the contrary, x I worked harder than any of them, y though it was not I, but the grace of God that is with me. 11 Whether then it was I or they, so we preach and so you believed.

  1. Cross References
    2 Timothy 2:8
    Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead, the offspring of David, as preached in my gospel.
    1 Corinthians 3:6
    I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth.
  2. Cross References
    Romans 5:2
    Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
    2 Corinthians 1:24
    Not that we lord it over your faith, but we work with you for your joy, for you stand firm in your faith.
    1 Peter 5:12
    By Silvanus, a faithful brother as I regard him, I have written briefly to you, exhorting and declaring that this is the true grace of God. Stand firm in it.
  3. Cross References
    1 Corinthians 1:18
    For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
  4. Cross References
    1 Corinthians 11:2
    Now I commend you because you remember me in everything and maintain the traditions even as I delivered them to you.
    Hebrews 3:6
    But Christ is faithful over God's house as a son. And we are his house if indeed we hold fast our confidence and our boasting in our hope.
    Hebrews 3:14
    For we have come to share in Christ, if indeed we hold our original confidence firm to the end.
  5. Cross References
    Galatians 3:4
    Did you suffer so many things in vain - if indeed it was in vain?
  6. Cross References
    1 Corinthians 11:23
    For I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took bread.
    Galatians 1:12
    For I did not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it, but I received it through a revelation of Jesus Christ.
  7. Cross References
    John 1:29
    The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, "Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
    Galatians 1:4
    Who gave himself for our sins to deliver us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father.
    Hebrews 5:1
    For every high priest chosen from among men is appointed to act on behalf of men in relation to God, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins.
    Hebrews 5:3
    Because of this he is obligated to offer sacrifice for his own sins just as he does for those of the people.
    1 Peter 2:24
    He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.
  8. Cross References
    Isaiah 53:1
    Who has believed what he has heard from us? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?
    Daniel 9:26
    And after the sixty-two weeks, an anointed one shall be cut off and shall have nothing. And the people of the prince who is to come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary. Its end shall come with a flood, and to the end there shall be war. Desolations are decreed.
    Zechariah 13:7
    Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, against the man who stands next to me," declares the Lord of hosts. "Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered; I will turn my hand against the little ones.
    1 Peter 1:11
    Inquiring what person or time the Spirit of Christ in them was indicating when he predicted the sufferings of Christ and the subsequent glories.
  9. Cross References
    Hosea 6:2
    After two days he will revive us; on the third day he will raise us up, that we may live before him.
    Matthew 12:40
    For just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
    John 2:22
    When therefore he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this, and they believed the Scripture and the word that Jesus had spoken.
  10. Cross References
    Psalms 16:10
    For you will not abandon my soul to Sheol, or let your holy one see corruption.
    Isaiah 53:10
    Yet it was the will of the Lord to crush him; he has put him to grief; when his soul makes an offering for guilt, he shall see his offspring; he shall prolong his days; the will of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.
    Acts 2:25 - 32
    For David says concerning him, "'I saw the Lord always before me, for he is at my right hand that I may not be shaken.
    Acts 13:33 - 35
    This he has fulfilled to us their children by raising Jesus, as also it is written in the second Psalm, "'You are my Son, today I have begotten you.
    Acts 26:22 - 23
    To this day I have had the help that comes from God, and so I stand here testifying both to small and great, saying nothing but what the prophets and Moses said would come to pass:
  11. Cross References
    Luke 24:34
    Saying, "The Lord has risen indeed, and has appeared to Simon!
  12. Cross References
    Mark 16:14
    Afterward he appeared to the eleven themselves as they were reclining at table, and he rebuked them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they had not believed those who saw him after he had risen.
    Luke 24:36
    As they were talking about these things, Jesus himself stood among them, and said to them, "Peace to you!
    John 20:19
    On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the doors being locked where the disciples were for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, "Peace be with you.
    John 20:26
    Eight days later, his disciples were inside again, and Thomas was with them. Although the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and said, "Peace be with you.
    Acts 10:41
    Not to all the people but to us who had been chosen by God as witnesses, who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead.
  13. Cross References
    Acts 12:17
    But motioning to them with his hand to be silent, he described to them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. And he said, "Tell these things to James and to the brothers." Then he departed and went to another place.
  14. Cross References
    Luke 24:50
    Then he led them out as far as Bethany, and lifting up his hands he blessed them.
    Acts 1:3 - 4
    He presented himself alive to them after his suffering by many proofs, appearing to them during forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God.
  15. Cross References
    1 Corinthians 9:1
    Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are not you my workmanship in the Lord?
  16. Cross References
    2 Corinthians 12:11
    I have been a fool! You forced me to it, for I ought to have been commended by you. For I was not at all inferior to these super-apostles, even though I am nothing.
    Ephesians 3:7 - 8
    Of this gospel I was made a minister according to the gift of God's grace, which was given me by the working of his power.
    1 Timothy 1:13 - 16
    Though formerly I was a blasphemer, persecutor, and insolent opponent. But I received mercy because I had acted ignorantly in unbelief.
  17. Cross References
    Acts 8:3
    But Saul was ravaging the church, and entering house after house, he dragged off men and women and committed them to prison.
  18. Cross References
    2 Corinthians 11:23
    Are they servants of Christ? I am a better one - I am talking like a madman - with far greater labors, far more imprisonments, with countless beatings, and often near death.
    2 Corinthians 12:11
    I have been a fool! You forced me to it, for I ought to have been commended by you. For I was not at all inferior to these super-apostles, even though I am nothing.
    Colossians 1:29
    For this I toil, struggling with all his energy that he powerfully works within me.
  19. Cross References
    1 Corinthians 3:6
    I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth.
    2 Corinthians 3:5
    Not that we are sufficient in ourselves to claim anything as coming from us, but our sufficiency is from God.
    Philippians 2:13
    For it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure.
    Matthew 10:20
    For it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.
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