1 Corinthians 15:20

Weymouth NT

But, in reality, Christ has risen from among the dead, being the first to do so of those who are asleep.

Cross References

Acts 2:24

But God has raised Him to life, having terminated the throes of death, for in fact it was not possible for Him to be held fast by death.

Acts 26:23

since the Christ was to be a suffering Christ, and by coming back from the dead was then to be the first to proclaim a message of light both to the Jewish people and to the Gentiles.«

Romans 8:11

And if the Spirit of Him who raised up Jesus from the dead is dwelling in you, He who raised up Christ from the dead will give Life also to your mortal bodies because of His Spirit who dwells in you.

1 Corinthians 15:23

But this will happen to each in the right order–Christ having been the first to rise, and afterwards Christ's people rising at His return.

1 Corinthians 15:6

Afterwards He was seen by more than five hundred brethren at once, most of whom are still alive, although some of them have now fallen asleep.

Colossians 1:18

Moreover He is the Head of His Body, the Church. He is the Beginning, the Firstborn from among the dead, in order that He Himself may in all things occupy the foremost place.

1 Thessalonians 4:16

For the Lord Himself will come down from Heaven with a loud word of command, and with an archangel's voice and the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.

1 Peter 1:3

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who in His great mercy has begotten us anew to an ever-living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

Revelation 1:5

and from Jesus Christ, the truthful witness, the first of the dead to be born to Life, and the Ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and has freed us from our sins with His own blood,

Revelation 14:13

And I heard a voice speaking from Heaven. It said, »Write as follows: »`Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from this time onward. Yes, says the Spirit, let them rest from their sorrowful labours; for what they have done goes with them.'«