1 Corinthians 15:20 · KJV
“But now is Christ risen from the dead, {and} become the firstfruits of them that slept.”
— 1 Corinthians 15:20
If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.
For since by man {came} death, by man {came} also the resurrection of the dead.
1 Corinthians 15 — Context
Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished.
19If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.
20But now is Christ risen from the dead, {and} become the firstfruits of them that slept.
21For since by man {came} death, by man {came} also the resurrection of the dead.
22For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 15:23
But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming.
Acts 26:23
That Christ should suffer, {and} that he should be the first that should rise from the dead, and should shew light unto the people, and to the Gentiles.
Revelation 1:5
And from Jesus Christ, {who is} the faithful witness, {and} the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,
1 Peter 1:3
Blessed {be} the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, {abundant: Gr. much}
Colossians 1:18
And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all {things} he might have the preeminence. {in...: or, among all}
Romans 8:11
But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you. {by: or, because of}
1 Corinthians 15:6
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.