¹ Og Herren talte til Moses og sa:

² Tal til Aron og hans sønner og til alle Israels barn og si til dem: Således har Herren befalt:

³ Hver mann av Israels hus som slakter en okse eller et får eller en gjet enten i leiren eller utenfor leiren

⁴ og ikke fører dem frem til inngangen til sammenkomstens telt for å bære frem et offer til Herren foran Herrens tabernakel, den mann skal det tilregnes som blodskyld, han har utøst blod; den mann skal utryddes av sitt folk.

⁵ Derfor skal Israels barn komme til Herren med sine slaktedyr som de pleier å slakte på fri mark, og føre dem frem til inngangen til sammenkomstens telt, til presten, og ofre dem som takkoffer til Herren.

⁶ Og presten skal sprenge blodet på Herrens alter ved inngangen til sammenkomstens telt og brenne fettet til en velbehagelig duft for Herren.

⁷ Og de skal ikke mere ofre sine slaktoffer til de onde ånder som de driver avgudsdyrkelse med. Dette skal være en evig lov for dem, fra slekt til slekt.

⁸ Og du skal si til dem: Når nogen mann av Israels hus eller av de fremmede som bor iblandt dem, ofrer et brennoffer eller slaktoffer

⁹ og ikke fører det frem til inngangen til sammenkomstens telt for å ofre det til Herren, så skal den mann utryddes av sitt folk.

¹⁰ Og når nogen av Israels hus eller av de fremmede som bor iblandt dem, eter blod, om aldri så lite, da vil jeg sette mitt åsyn mot den som eter blodet, og utrydde ham av hans folk;

¹¹ for kjøttets sjel er i blodet, og jeg har gitt eder det på alteret til å gjøre soning for eders sjeler; for blodet er det som gjør soning, fordi sjelen er I det.

¹² Derfor har jeg sagt til Israels barn: Ingen av eder skal ete blod, og den fremmede som bor iblandt eder, skal heller ikke ete blod.

¹³ Og når nogen av Israels barn eller av de fremmede som bor iblandt dem, feller et vilt dyr eller en fugl som kan etes, da skal han la blodet renne ut og dekke det til med ord;

¹⁴ for blodet er sjelen i alt kjøtt, fordi sjelen er i det; derfor sa jeg til Israels barn: I skal ikke ete blod av noget kjøtt, for blodet er sjelen i alt kjøtt; enhver som eter det, skal utryddes.

¹⁵ Og enhver som eter noget selvdødt eller sønderrevet dyr, enten han er innfødt eller fremmed, skal tvette sine klær og bade sig i vann og være uren til om aftenen; så er han ren.

¹⁶ Dersom han ikke tvetter sine klær og ikke bader sitt legeme, da skal han komme til å lide for sin misgjerning.

¹ Now I declare to you, brothers, the Good News which I preached to you, which also you received, in which you also stand,

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

³ For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,

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

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

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

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

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

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

¹⁰ But by the grace of God I am what I am. His grace which was bestowed on me was not futile, but I worked more than all of them; yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

¹¹ Whether then it is I or they, so we preach, and so you believed.

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

¹³ But if there is no resurrection of the dead, neither has Christ been raised.

¹⁴ If Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain, and your faith also is in vain.

¹⁵ Yes, we are found false witnesses of God, because we testified about God that he raised up Christ, whom he didn't raise up, if it is so that the dead are not raised.

¹⁶ For if the dead aren't raised, neither has Christ been raised.

¹⁷ If Christ has not been raised, your faith is vain; you are still in your sins.

¹⁸ Then they also who are fallen asleep in Christ have perished.

¹⁹ If we have only hoped in Christ in this life, we are of all men most pitiable.

²⁰ But now Christ has been raised from the dead. He became the first fruits of those who are asleep.

²¹ For since death came by man, the resurrection of the dead also came by man.

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

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

²⁴ Then the end comes, when he will deliver up the Kingdom to God, even the Father; when he will have abolished all rule and all authority and power.

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

²⁶ The last enemy that will be abolished is death.

²⁷ For, "He put all things in subjection under his feet." But when he says, "all things are put in subjection," it is evident that he is excepted who subjected all things to him.

²⁸ When all things have been subjected to him, then the Son will also himself be subjected to him who subjected all things to him, that God may be all in all.

²⁹ Or else what will they do who are baptized for the dead? If the dead aren't raised at all, why then are they baptized for the dead?

³⁰ Why do we also stand in jeopardy every hour?

³¹ I affirm, by the boasting in you which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily.

³² If I fought with animals at Ephesus for human purposes, what does it profit me? If the dead are not raised, then "let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die."

³³ Don't be deceived! "Evil companionships corrupt good morals."

³⁴ Wake up righteously, and don't sin, for some have no knowledge of God. I say this to your shame.

³⁵ But someone will say, "How are the dead raised?" and, "With what kind of body do they come?"

³⁶ You foolish one, that which you yourself sow is not made alive unless it dies.

³⁷ That which you sow, you don't sow the body that will be, but a bare grain, maybe of wheat, or of some other kind.

³⁸ But God gives it a body even as it pleased him, and to each seed a body of its own.

³⁹ All flesh is not the same flesh, but there is one flesh of men, another flesh of animals, another of fish, and another of birds.

⁴⁰ There are also celestial bodies, and terrestrial bodies; but the glory of the celestial differs from that of the terrestrial.

⁴¹ There is one glory of the sun, another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for one star differs 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 dishonor; 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 also a spiritual body.

⁴⁵ So also it is written, "The first man, Adam, became a living soul." The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.

⁴⁶ However that which is spiritual isn't first, but that which is natural, then that which is spiritual.

⁴⁷ The first man is of the earth, made of dust. The second man is the Lord from heaven.

⁴⁸ As is the one made of dust, such are those who are also made of dust; and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly.

⁴⁹ As we have borne the image of those made of dust, let's also bear the image of the heavenly.

⁵⁰ Now I say this, brothers, that flesh and blood can't inherit the Kingdom of God; neither does corruption inherit incorruption.

⁵¹ Behold, I tell you a mystery. We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed,

⁵² in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we will be changed.

⁵³ For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.

⁵⁴ But when this corruptible will have put on incorruption, and this mortal will have put on immortality, then what is written will happen: "Death is swallowed up in victory."

⁵⁵ "Death, where is your sting? Hades, where is your victory?"

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

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

⁵⁸ Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the Lord's work, because you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.