1 Corinthians 15:20

New Century Version

But Christ has truly been raised from the dead—the first one and proof that those who sleep in death will also be raised.

Cross References

Acts 2:24

God raised Jesus from the dead and set him free from the pain of death, because death could not hold him.

Acts 26:23

that the Christ would die, and as the first to rise from the dead, he would bring light to all people.”

Romans 8:11

God raised Jesus from the dead, and if God’s Spirit is living in you, he will also give life to your bodies that die. God is the One who raised Christ from the dead, and he will give life through his Spirit that lives in you.

1 Corinthians 15:23

But everyone will be raised to life in the right order. Christ was first to be raised. When Christ comes again, those who belong to him will be raised to life,

1 Corinthians 15:6

After that, Jesus was seen by more than five hundred of the believers at the same time. Most of them are still living today, but some have died.

Colossians 1:18

He is the head of the body, which is the church. Everything comes from him. He is the first one who was raised from the dead. So in all things Jesus has first place.

1 Thessalonians 4:16

The Lord himself will come down from heaven with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet call of God. And those who have died believing in Christ will rise first.

1 Peter 1:3

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. In God’s great mercy he has caused us to be born again into a living hope, because Jesus Christ rose from the dead.

Revelation 1:5

and from Jesus Christ. Jesus is the faithful witness, the first among those raised from the dead. He is the ruler of the kings of the earth. He is the One who loves us, who made us free from our sins with the blood of his death.

Revelation 14:13

Then I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Write this: Blessed are the dead who die from now on in the Lord.” The Spirit says, “Yes, they will rest from their hard work, and the reward of all they have done stays with them.”