1 Corinthians 15:20
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for 1 Corinthians 15:20 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
1 Corinthians 15:20 is a verse from the book of 1 Corinthians in the New Testament. The KJV reads: "But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
1 Corinthians 15:20 — KJV
“But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept.”
— 1 Corinthians 15:20 (KJV)
1 Corinthians 15:20 in Context — About the Book of 1 Corinthians
1 Corinthians is pastoral surgery on a gifted, divided, messy church — addressing factions, immorality, lawsuits, worship chaos, and doubts about resurrection. It contains the love chapter read at countless weddings and the Bible's fullest teaching on spiritual gifts and the resurrection body.
Cross-References for 1 Corinthians 15:20
“Now Herod the tetrarch heard of all that was done by him: and he was perplexed, because that it was said of some, that John was risen from the dead;”
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“This is now the third time that Jesus shewed himself to his disciples, after that he was risen from the dead.”
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“Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here before you whole.”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 15:20: now, christ, dead
“Opening and alleging, that Christ must needs have suffered, and risen again from the dead; and that this Jesus, whom I preach unto you, is Christ. whom...: or, whom, said he, I preach”
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“Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him:”
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