1 Corinthians 15:20 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

²⁰ But now hath Christ been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of them that are asleep.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁰ But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

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].

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁰ But now hath Christ been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of them that are asleep.

Common English Bible

²⁰ 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

²⁰ But now Christ has risen again from the dead, as the first-fruits of those who sleep.

1 Corinthians 15:20 Cross References

1 Corinthians 15:23

But each in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; then they that are Christ's, at his coming.

Acts 26:23

how that the Christ must suffer, and how that he first by the resurrection of the dead should proclaim light both to the people and to the Gentiles.

Revelation 1:5

and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loveth us, and loosed us from our sins by his blood;

1 Peter 1:3

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy begat us again unto a living hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

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.

Romans 8:11

But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwelleth in you, he that raised up Christ Jesus from the dead shall quicken also your mortal bodies through his Spirit that dwelleth in you.

1 Corinthians 15:6

then he appeared to above five hundred brethren at once, of whom the greater part remain until now, but some are fallen asleep;

Acts 2:24

whom God raised up, having loosed the pangs of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.

1 Thessalonians 4:16

For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven, with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:

Revelation 14:13

And I heard a voice from heaven saying, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; for their works follow with them.