1 Corinthians 15:20 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who have died.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

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].

American Standard Version (1901)

But now hath Christ been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of them that are asleep.

Common English Bible

But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead. He’s the first crop of the harvest of those who have died.

Catholic Public Domain Version

But now Christ has risen again from the dead, as the first-fruits of those who sleep.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

But now Christ is risen from the dead, the firstfruits of them that sleep:

1 Corinthians 15:20 Cross References

Acts 2:24

But God raised him up, having released him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for him to be held in its power.

Acts 26:23

that the Messiah must suffer and that, by being the first to rise from the dead, he would proclaim light both to our people and to the gentiles.”

Romans 8:11

If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will give life to your mortal bodies also through his Spirit that dwells in you.

1 Corinthians 15:23

But each in its own order: Christ the first fruits, then at his coming those who belong to Christ.

1 Corinthians 15:6

Then he appeared to more than five hundred brothers and sisters at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have died.

Colossians 1:18

He is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that he might come to have first place in everything.

1 Thessalonians 4:16

For the Lord himself, with a cry of command, with the archangel’s call and with the sound of God’s trumpet, will descend from heaven, and the dead in Christ will rise first.

1 Peter 1:3

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By his great mercy he has given us a new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead

Revelation 1:5

and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us and freed us from our sins by his blood

Revelation 14:13

And I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Write this: Blessed are the dead who from now on die in the Lord.” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “they will rest from their labors, for their deeds follow them.”