M oreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;
2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.
3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:
5 And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve:
6 After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep.
7 After that, he was seen of James; then of all the apostles.
8 And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time.
9 For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
10 But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
11 Therefore whether it were I or they, so we preach, and so ye believed.
12 Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead?
13 But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen:
14 And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain.
15 Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God; because we have testified of God that he raised up Christ: whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not.
16 For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised:
17 And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins.
18 Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished.
19 If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.
20 But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept.
21 For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead.
22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.
23 But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming.
24 Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power.
25 For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet.
26 The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.
27 For he hath put all things under his feet. But when he saith all things are put under him, it is manifest that he is excepted, which did put all things under him.
28 And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all.
29 Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? why are they then baptized for the dead?
30 And why stand we in jeopardy every hour?
31 I protest by your rejoicing which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily.
32 If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if the dead rise not? let us eat and drink; for to morrow we die.
33 Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
34 Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame.
35 But some man will say, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come?
36 Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die:
37 And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain:
38 But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body.
39 All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and another of birds.
40 There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another.
41 There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars: for one star differeth from another star in glory.
42 So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption:
43 It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power:
44 It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.
45 And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.
46 Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual.
47 The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven.
48 As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly.
49 And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.
50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.
51 Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
54 So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.
55 O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?
56 The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.
57 But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
1 Afei, anuanom, mereda asɛmpa a mekaa kyerɛɛ mo no adi kyerɛ mo, deɛ monso moagye, na ɛmu na mogyina; Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
2 Ɛno mu na wɔagye mo nkwa, sɛ mokae nea mekaeɛ, gye sɛ moagye die kwa. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
3 Efisɛ mede saa nneɛma a mannya mɛn kan no yɛn maa mo, sɛnea Kristo wuu maa yɛn bɔne sɛnea atwerɛsɛm no teɛ; Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
4 Na sɛ wosiee no, na ɔnyanee firi awufoɔ mu wɔ da a ɛtɔ so mmiɛnsa sɛnea atwerɛsɛm no teɛ: Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
5 Na wohuu no, Kefa, na akyi no dummienu no. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
6 Ɛno akyi no, wɔhuu no, anuanom bɛboro ahanum wɔ bere korɔ mu; wɔn mu dodoɔ te ase kɔsi ɛnɛ da yi, nanso ebinom ada. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
7 Ɛno akyi no, wohuu no, Yakobo; na akyiri no asomafoɔ nyinaa. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
8 Na akyiri nyinaa, wohuu me nso, sɛ obi a wɔwoo no wɔ bere a ɛmfata. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
9 Efisɛ meyɛ asomafoɔ mu ketewa, na memfata sɛ wɔfrɛ me sɛ ɔsomafoɔ, efisɛ metaa Onyankopɔn asɔrekuw. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
10 Nanso ɛnam Onyankopɔn adom so na meyɛ deɛ meyɛ yi: na n'adom a ɛkɔɔ me so no, anyɛ kwa; na mmom mebrɛ kyɛn wɔn nyinaa: nanso ɛnyɛ me, na mmom Onyankopɔn adom a ɛne me wɔ hɔ no. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
11 Enti sɛ ɛyɛ me anaa wɔn, saa na yɛka, saa ara na moagye adi. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
12 Afei sɛ wɔka sɛ Kristo anyane firi awufoɔ mu, ɛneɛ ɛbɛyɛ dɛn na mo mu binom ka sɛ owusɔre nni hɔ? Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
13 Na sɛ awufoɔ owusɔre nni hɔ a, ɛneɛ Kristo nso annyane: Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
14 Na sɛ Kristo annyane a, ɛneɛ yɛn asɛnka no yɛ kwa, na mo gyidie nso yɛ kwa. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
15 Nokorɛm, wɔahu yɛn sɛ atoro adansefoɔ a yɛka Onyankopɔn ho nsɛm; efisɛ yɛadi adanseɛ akyerɛ Onyankopɔn sɛ ɔnyanee Kristo: deɛ wannyane no, sɛ ɛyɛ nokorɛ sɛ awufoɔ nyane a.Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
16 Efisɛ sɛ awufoɔ nnyane a, ɛneɛ Kristo nso annyane: Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
17 Na sɛ Kristo annyane a, mo gyidie yɛ kwa; na mowɔ mo bɔne mu da so. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
18 Ɛneɛ wɔn a wɔada wɔ Kristo mu nso ayera. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
19 Sɛ saa asetena yi nko mu na yɛwɔ anidasoɔ wɔ Kristo mu a, yɛne nnipa nyinaa mmɔbrɔfoɔ kɛse. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
20 Nanso seesei Kristo anyane firi awufoɔ mu, abɛyɛ wɔn a wɔadaeɛ no aba a edi kan. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
21 Efisɛ ɛnam onipa so na owuo baeɛ, saa ara nso ɛnam onipa so na awufoɔ owusɔre baeɛ. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
22 Efisɛ sɛnea ɛwɔ Adam mu wuu no, saa ara na wɔbɛma wɔn nyinaa anya nkwa wɔ Kristo mu. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
23 Nanso obiara wɔ n'ankasa ne nhyehyɛeɛ mu: Kristo a edi kan; ɛno akyi wɔn a wɔyɛ Kristo dea wɔ ne mma mu. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
24 Ɛneɛ awieiɛ no bɛba, bere a ɔde ahennie no ama Onyankopɔn, a ɔyɛ Agya no; bere a watu tumi ahodoɔ nyinaa ne mpanyinnie nyinaa ne ahoɔden agu. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
25 Efisɛ ɛsɛ sɛ ɔdi ahene, kɔsi sɛ ɔde atamfoɔ nyinaa abegu n'anan ase. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
26 Ɔtamfo a ɔtwa to a wɔbɛsɛe no ne owuo. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
27 Efisɛ ɔde nneɛma nyinaa agu n'anan ase. Nanso sɛ ɔka sɛ wɔde nneɛma nyinaa agu no ase a, ɛda adi sɛ wɔyii ɔno deɛ ɔde nneɛma nyinaa guu n'anan ase no. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
28 Na sɛ wɔde nneɛma nyinaa hyɛ n'ase a, ɛneɛ Ɔba no ankasa nso bɛhyɛ n'ase, deɛ ɔde nneɛma nyinaa guu n'ase no, sɛnea Onyankopɔn bɛyɛ nneɛma nyinaa mu nyinaa. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
29 Sɛ saa a, ɛneɛ wɔn a wɔbɔ wɔn asu ma awufoɔ no, wɔbɛyɛ dɛn, sɛ awufoɔ nnyane koraa a? Adɛn enti na wɔbɔ wɔn asu ma awufoɔ? Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
30 Na adɛn enti na yɛn akoma yera mo ho dɔn biara? Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
31 Anuanom, menam mo ahohoahoa a mewɔ wɔ Kristo Yesu yɛn Awurade mu so ka sɛ, mewu da biara. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
32 Sɛ menam nnipa suban so ne mmoadoma koo wɔ Efeso a, dɛn mfasoɔ na mede nya, sɛ awufoɔ nnyane a? Momma yɛnnwe na yɛnom; efisɛ ɔkyena yɛbɛwu. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
33 Mmma wɔnndaadaa mo: nkɔmmɔtwee bɔne sɛe suban pa. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
34 Monyan mo ho mma atenenee, na monnyɛ bɔne; efisɛ ebinom nnim Onyankopɔn: meka eyi de gu mo anim ase. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
35 Nanso obi bɛka sɛ, Awufoɔ bɛyɛ dɛn anyane? na onipadua bɛn na wɔde bɛba? Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
36 Wo ɔkwaseani, nea wodua no, ɛnnya nkwa gye sɛ ewu. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
37 Na nea wodua no, ɛnyɛ onipadua a ɛbɛba no na wodua, na mmom aba kwa, sɛ ebetumi ayɛ ayuo aba anaa aba foforɔ bi: Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
38 Nanso Onyankopɔn ma no onipadua sɛnea ne ho sɔ no ani no, na aba biara ne ankasa ne onipadua. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
39 Honam nyinaa ɛnyɛ honam korɔ: na nnipa honam yɛ biako, mmoadoma dea yɛ foforɔ, mpataa dea yɛ foforɔ, nnomaa dea yɛ foforɔ. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
40 Onipadua a ɛwɔ soro no wɔ hɔ, ne onipadua a ɛwɔ asase so: nanso soro deɛ anuonyam yɛ biako, na asase so deɛ anuonyam yɛ foforɔ. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
41 Awia anuonyam yɛ biako, na ɔsrane anuonyam yɛ foforɔ, na nsoromma anuonyam yɛ foforɔ: efisɛ nsoromma baako de anuonyam ne nsoromma foforɔ da nsow. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
42 Saa ara na awufoɔ owusɔre no. Wɔdua wɔ porɔeɛ mu; wɔnyane wɔ ahoɔden a ɛnpo mu: Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
43 Wɔdua wɔ animguase mu; wɔnyane wɔ anuonyam mu: wɔdua wɔ mmerɛyɛ mu; wɔnyane wɔ tumi mu: Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
44 Wɔdua no sɛ honam mu onipadua; wɔnyane no sɛ honhom mu onipadua. Honam mu onipadua wɔ hɔ, na honhom mu onipadua nso wɔ hɔ. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
45 Na saa ara na wɔatwerɛ no sɛ, Onipa a edi kan no, Adam, wɔyɛɛ no ɔkra a ɔte ase; Adam a ɔdi akyiri no, wɔyɛɛ no honhom a ɔma nkwa. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
46 Nanso ɛnyɛ honhom mu na edi kan, na mmom honam mu; na akyiri no honhom mu. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
47 Onipa a edi kan no yɛ asase so de, asase so dea: Onipa a ɔtɔ so abien no yɛ Awurade a ɔfiri soro. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
48 Sɛnea asase so dea no teɛ, saa ara na wɔn a wɔyɛ asase so dea nso teɛ: na sɛnea soro dea no teɛ, saa ara na wɔn a wɔyɛ soro dea nso teɛ. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
49 Na sɛnea yɛabu asase so onipa suban no, yɛbɛbu soro onipa nso suban. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
50 Afei, anuanom, meka eyi sɛ, honam ne mogya rentumi nnya Onyankopɔn ahennie; na porɔeɛ nso nnya nea ɛnpo. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
51 Hwɛ, mekyerɛ mo ahintasɛm; yɛn nyinaa rennda, na mmom wɔbɛsakra yɛn nyinaa, Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
52 Bere tiawa bi mu, ani kɔtɔ ani mu, wɔ totorobɛnto a ɛtɔ so akyiri no ase: efisɛ totorobɛnto no bɛbɔ, na awufoɔ bɛnyane a ɛnpo, na wɔbɛsakra yɛn. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
53 Efisɛ eyi a ɛpo no, ɛsɛ sɛ ɔhyɛ nea ɛnpo; na eyi a ewu no, ɛsɛ sɛ ɔhyɛ nkwa a enni awiei. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
54 Enti sɛ eyi a ɛpo no ahyɛ nea ɛnpo, na eyi a ewu nso ahyɛ nkwa a enni awiei a, ɛneɛ wɔbɛma asɛm a wɔatwerɛ no aba mu sɛ, Nkonimdie amene owuo. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
55 O owuo, ɛhe na wo nsobe wɔ? O damena, ɛhe na wo nkonimdie wɔ? Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
56 Owuo nsobe ne bɔne; na bɔne ahoɔden ne mmara. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
57 Nanso aseda nka Onyankopɔn, ɔno na ɔma yɛn nkonimdie ɛnam yɛn Awurade Yesu Kristo so. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
58 Enti, me nuanom adɔfoɔ, monyɛ pintinn, a wɔnntumi nnwosow mo, na mo ho nkɔ so nyɛ Awurade adwuma bebree bere nyinaa, sɛdeɛ monim sɛ mo brɛ ɛnyɛ kwa wɔ Awurade mu. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn