1 Corinthians 15 - Y'all Version Bible(YALL)

The Gospel as Present History

1Now, siblings, I declare to y’all the gospel which I preached to y’all, which also y’all received, and on which y’all stand,

2by which also y’all are saved if y’all hold firmly the word which I preached to y’all, unless y’all believed in vain.

3For I delivered to y’all of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,

4that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,

5and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve.

6Then he appeared to over five hundred siblings at once, most of whom remain until now, but some have fallen asleep.

7Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles,

8and last of all, as to one born at the wrong time, he appeared to me also.

9For I am the least of the apostles, who is not worthy of being called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.

10But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me was not futile. No, I worked more than all of them–yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

11Whether then it is I or they, this is what we preach, and this is what y’all believed.

The Gospel of Coming Resurrection

12Now if Christ has been preached as raised from the dead, how do some among y’all say that there is no resurrection of the dead?

13But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised.

14If Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain and y’all’s faith also is in vain.

15Moreover, we are found to be false witnesses about God, because we testified about God that he raised up Christ. But he didn’t raise him if indeed the dead are not raised.

16For if the dead aren’t raised, then even has Christ not been raised.

17If Christ has not been raised, y’all’s faith is vain, and y’all are still in y’all’s sins.

18Then also those who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished.

19If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are to be pitied more than all humans.

20But now Christ has been raised from the dead, the first fruit of those who are asleep.

21For since death came through a human, the resurrection of the dead also came through a human.

22For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive.

23But each in order: Christ the first fruits, then those who are Christ’s at his coming.

24Then the end comes, when he will deliver the empire to God the Father, when he has abolished all rule and all authority and power.

25For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet.

26The last enemy to be abolished is death.

27For, he “put all things in subjection under his feet.”

55“Where, O death, is your victory?

Where, O death, is your sting?”

56The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.

57But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

58Therefore, my beloved siblings, y’all must stand firm, immovable, always abounding in the Lord’s work, because y’all know that y’all’s labor in the Lord is not in vain.