1 Cor 15:3 For I passed on to you first of all what I also had received, that Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One) died for our sins in accordance with [what] the Scriptures [foretold],1 Cor 15:4 That He was buried, that He arose on the third day as the Scriptures foretold,1 Cor 15:12 But now if Christ (the Messiah) is preached as raised from the dead, how is it that some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?1 Cor 15:13 But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ has not risen;1 Cor 15:14 And if Christ has not risen, then our preaching is in vain [it amounts to nothing] and your faith is devoid of truth {and} is fruitless (without effect, empty, imaginary,andunfounded).1 Cor 15:15 We are even discovered to be misrepresenting God, for we testified of Him that He raised Christ, Whom He did not raise in case it is true that the dead are not raised.1 Cor 15:16 For if the dead are not raised, then Christ has not been raised;1 Cor 15:17 And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is mere delusion [futile, fruitless], and you are still in your sins [under the control and penalty of sin];1 Cor 15:18 And further, those who have died in [spiritual fellowship and union with] Christ have perished (are lost)!1 Cor 15:19 If we who are [abiding] in Christ have hope only in this life {and} that is all, then we are of all people most miserable {and} to be pitied.1 Cor 15:20 But the fact is that Christ (the Messiah)has been raised from the dead, and He became the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep [in death].1 Cor 15:21 For since [it was] through a man that death [came into the world, it is] also through a Man that the resurrection of the dead [has come].1 Cor 15:22 For just as [because of their union of nature] in Adam all people die, so also [by virtue of their union of nature] shall all in Christ be made alive.1 Cor 15:23 But each in his own rank {and} turn: Christ (the Messiah) [is] the firstfruits, then those who are Christ's [own will be resurrected] at His coming.1 Cor 15:24 After that comes the end (the completion), when He delivers over the kingdom to God the Father after rendering inoperative {and} abolishing every [other] rule and every authority and power.1 Cor 15:25 For [Christ] must be King {and} reign until He has put all [His] enemies under His feet.1 Cor 15:26 The last enemy to be subdued {and} abolished is death.1 Cor 15:27 For He [the Father] has put all things in subjection under His [Christ's] feet. But when it says, All things are put in subjection [under Him], it is evident that He [Himself] is excepted Who does the subjecting of all things to Him.1 Cor 15:28 However, when everything is subjected to Him, then the Son Himself will also subject Himself to [the Father] Who put all things under Him, so that God may be all in all [be everything to everyone, supreme, the indwelling and controlling factor of life].