# 1 Corinthians 15.3-4 **Book:** [1 Corinthians](/codex/1-corinthians/) · NASB95 ## Verse > For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, and that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures. (1 Corinthians 15:3-4, NASB95) ## Immediate context (±2 verses) **NASB95** ([NASB95](/codex/nasb95/)) > 1. Now I make known to you, brethren, the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received, in which also you stand, 2. by which also you are saved, if you hold fast the word which I preached to you, unless you believed in vain. > > **3. For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, 4. and that He was buried, and that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,** > > 5. and that He appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve. 6. After that He appeared to more than five hundred brethren at one time, most of whom remain until now, but some have fallen asleep; (1 Corinthians 15:1-6, NASB95) ## Setting - **Speaker:** Paul, writing to the Corinthian church c. AD 53-55 from Ephesus during his third missionary journey. - **Audience:** the Corinthian Christians, a Greek-speaking church Paul founded c. AD 50-52, now confused about whether the dead are raised at all (1 Cor 15:12) and skeptical of bodily resurrection in particular (Greek philosophical context: dualistic-spiritualist anthropology resists *sōma* resurrection). - **Location:** Paul writing from Ephesus, Asia Minor. - **Time period:** Letter c. AD 53-55, but the *creed itself* is much older. Paul uses technical rabbinic transmission vocabulary (*paredōka* "I delivered" + *parelabon* "I received"; the verbal pair denotes formal tradition-handover) signaling that he is reciting fixed catechetical material received at his conversion / discipleship in Damascus and Jerusalem (c. AD 33-36, within 3-6 years of the crucifixion). **Gary Habermas** + **Larry Hurtado** + **N. T. Wright** + **Richard Bauckham** converge on dating the creed itself to AD 30-36, making it the earliest extant Christian confession, predating any written gospel by decades. ## Theological reading ### 1. The pre-Pauline creed, earliest Christian confession The pair *paredōka* / *parelabon* is Pharisaic-rabbinic transmission vocabulary (cf. Pirkē Avot 1:1 *qibbel* / *māsar*) marking Paul as relaying *received* tradition rather than composing fresh content. Semitic features (parallelism, four *hoti*-clauses, non-Pauline diction) argue for Aramaic / Palestinian origin. Paul received the creed at his conversion (c. AD 33) and Jerusalem visit with Peter and James (c. AD 36, Gal 1:18-19), then handed it to the Corinthians (c. AD 50-52). The creed is therefore **dated 3-6 years post-crucifixion**, eliminating the "legendary development" hypothesis (legends require generations, not years; cf. A. N. Sherwin-White *Roman Society and Roman Law in the New Testament* 1963). Four *hoti*-clauses: (1) **Christ died for our sins** (substitutionary atonement); (2) **was buried** (genuine death, anti-Docetic; corpse-disposal historically locatable); (3) **was raised on the third day** (bodily, dated); (4) **appeared to Cephas, then to the Twelve** (vv. 5-6 extending to enumerated witnesses). ### 2. "According to the Scriptures", kata tas graphas The double *kata tas graphas* (vv. 3 and 4) frames Christ's death and resurrection as *fulfillment* of OT prophecy, not ad-hoc historical events. Likely-targeted texts: Isa 53:5-12 (Servant Song vicarious suffering, see [Isaiah 53.5](/codex/isaiah-53-5/) / [Isaiah 53.12](/codex/isaiah-53-12/)); Ps 16:10 (Acts 2:25-31; 13:35); Hos 6:2 (third-day resurrection idiom); Jonah 1:17 / Mt 12:40 typology; Dan 9:26-27; Zech 12:10 + 13:7. Early kerygma reads the OT prospectively-Christologically (cf. Lk 24:26-27, 44-47). ### 3. Substitutionary atonement, *hyper tōn hamartiōn hēmōn* The first clause uses *hyper* + genitive ("for / on behalf of our sins"), vicarious-substitutionary force. Paul develops this across the corpus (Rom 3:25-26 *hilastērion*; Rom 5:8; 2 Cor 5:21; Gal 3:13; 1 Tim 2:6 *antilytron*). The formula stands behind every NT atonement tradition (ransom Mk 10:45; penal-substitution Rom 3:25 + Gal 3:13; Christus Victor Col 2:14-15; satisfaction Heb 9:12-14). Critically: this is *pre-Pauline received* tradition, so substitutionary atonement is not a late doctrinal development but the earliest layer of Christian confession. ### 4. Bodily resurrection, *egēgertai* perfect-passive *Egēgertai* (perfect-passive of *egeirō*) is Paul's signature resurrection-vocabulary; the Greek perfect denotes completed-past-action-with-continuing-present-effect ("raised and remains raised"). Paul uses it 16× (1 Cor 15:4, 12-20; Rom 4:25; 2 Tim 2:8; etc.). Bodily, not merely spiritual: *"buried"* (v. 4) implies a corpse to be raised; the vv. 5-7 appearances are physical encounters; vv. 35-44 explicitly addresses the resurrection-body as *sōma pneumatikon* (Spirit-animated body, not non-bodily spirit per N. T. Wright *Resurrection of the Son of God* 2003). ### 5. The "third day", historical-prophetic specification *Tē hēmera tē tritē* is locatable historical claim plus prophetic-fulfillment marker. Friday crucifixion → Sunday discovery counting inclusively per Jewish reckoning. Prophetically: Hos 6:2 + Jonah 1:17 + Mt 12:40. The specification cannot be reduced to metaphor; the creed treats it as fixed historical datum AND Scripture-fulfilling event. ### 6. Apologetic load, minimal-facts foundation The creed is the load-bearing anchor for the Habermas-Licona **minimal-facts apologetic** (*The Case for the Resurrection of Jesus* 2004). Habermas's 30-year NT-scholarship survey (1975-2005, ~3,400 publications) documents broad consensus, including from skeptical scholars (Bart Ehrman, Gerd Lüdemann, Reginald Fuller, Joachim Jeremias, James D. G. Dunn), on the creed's authenticity and pre-Pauline dating. Five facts emerge with broad scholarly acceptance: Jesus died by crucifixion; the disciples believed they saw the risen Jesus (~95% acceptance); Paul's conversion; James's conversion; the empty tomb (~75%). The 1 Cor 15:3-7 creed is the primary documentary source. The dispute is therefore not over the *data* but over its *interpretation* (hallucination / mass-delusion / conspiracy, all defeated by additional considerations, see [Argument from the Resurrection](/codex/argument-from-the-resurrection/)). ### 7. Patristic + Reformation reception **Ignatius of Antioch** *Trallians* 9 (c. AD 110) cites the death-burial-resurrection sequence as anti-Docetic creed; **Tertullian** *De Resurrectione Carnis* (c. AD 210) builds the anti-Gnostic case for bodily resurrection from this core; **Athanasius** *De Incarnatione* 21-32 (c. AD 318) takes 1 Cor 15:3-4 as the Christological-soteriological-eschatological hinge; **Augustine** *Enchiridion* 84-89 + *De Civ. Dei* 22; **Aquinas** *ST* III q.53-56 + supplement q.75-86 (magisterial scholastic resurrection-treatment); **Luther** *Lectures on 1 Corinthians 15* (1532-33); **Calvin** *Comm. on 1 Cor* 15 + *Inst.* 3.25, *"the resurrection of Christ is the chief article of our faith."* Modern: N. T. Wright *Resurrection of the Son of God* (2003); Gary Habermas (30-year survey + minimal-facts framework); Michael Licona *Resurrection of Jesus* (2010); Richard Bauckham *Jesus and the Eyewitnesses* (2006/2017); Larry Hurtado *Lord Jesus Christ* (2003); Joachim Jeremias *Eucharistic Words of Jesus* (1966, pre-Pauline tradition methodology). ## Key words (Greek) - *paredōka* (G3860 *paradidōmi*, "to deliver / hand over"), technical rabbinic transmission vocabulary, paired with *parelabon* (G3880 *paralambanō*, "to receive"); the pair signals fixed catechetical-creedal handover, NOT free composition. Same vocabulary in 1 Cor 11:23 (Eucharist tradition) and Mark 7:4 (Pharisaic-tradition transmission). - *egēgertai* (G1453 *egeirō* perfect-passive, "has been raised"), the resurrection-verb of choice across Pauline corpus; perfect tense denotes completed-past-action-with-continuing-present-effect ("raised and remains raised"). Bodily-resurrection vocabulary; cf. v. 20's *aparchē* "firstfruits." - *hyper* (G5228, "for / on behalf of / instead of"), substitutionary preposition + genitive; the atonement-grammar of 1 Cor 15:3 + Rom 5:8 + 2 Cor 5:21 + Gal 3:13. - *kata tas graphas* ("according to the Scriptures"), the prophetic-fulfillment marker, doubled at vv. 3 and 4; targets Isa 53 + Ps 16:10 + Hos 6:2 + Jonah 1:17 + Dan 9:26 + Zech 12:10. ## Cross-references - **Isaiah 53:5-12**, Servant Song; the OT *kata tas graphas* anchor for "Christ died for our sins (see [Isaiah 53.5](/codex/isaiah-53-5/) / [Isaiah 53.12](/codex/isaiah-53-12/)) - **Psalm 16:10**, *"You will not abandon my soul to Sheol"*; cited Acts 2:25-31, 13:35 - **Hosea 6:2** + **Jonah 1:17 + Matthew 12:40**, third-day resurrection-prophecy anchors - **Romans 4:25**, *"delivered for our transgressions, raised for our justification"*, Pauline expansion - **Romans 10:9-10**, kerygmatic confession parallel - **2 Timothy 2:8**, *"Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead"*, credal parallel - **Acts 2:22-36 / Acts 13:28-39**, Petrine + Pauline kerygma sermons; same sequence - **1 Corinthians 11:23**, paired *paredōka* / *parelabon* (Eucharist tradition); confirms the technical-tradition reading ## See also - [Argument from the Resurrection](/codex/argument-from-the-resurrection/), the anchor apologetic syllogism; uses the creed as foundational data - [Crucifixion Denial Refutation](/codex/crucifixion-denial-refutation/), defeater for "Jesus didn't die" objection; pairs with this verse's *apethanen* - [1 Corinthians 15](/codex/1-corinthians-15/), chapter-level book hub; the whole-chapter resurrection treatise - Habermas + Licona, *The Case for the Resurrection of Jesus* (2004), minimal-facts apologetic framework built on 1 Cor 15:3-7 ## Quoted in **Arguments and defeaters:** - [Animal Sacrifice Objection Defeater](/codex/animal-sacrifice-objection-defeater/), via [1 Corinthians 15.3](/codex/1-corinthians-15-3/) - [Anonymous Gospels Objection Defeater](/codex/anonymous-gospels-objection-defeater/), via [1 Corinthians 15](/codex/1-corinthians-15/), [1 Corinthians 15.3-7](/codex/1-corinthians-15-3-7/) - [Anthropology Defeats Christianity Objection Defeater](/codex/anthropology-defeats-christianity-objection-defeater/), via [1 Corinthians 15](/codex/1-corinthians-15/) - [Argument from Miracles](/codex/argument-from-miracles/), via [1 Corinthians 15.3-8](/codex/1-corinthians-15-3-8/) - [Argument from Prophecy Fulfillment](/codex/argument-from-prophecy-fulfillment/) - [Argument from Religious Experience](/codex/argument-from-religious-experience/), via [1 Corinthians 15.3-8](/codex/1-corinthians-15-3-8/) - [Argument from the Fear of Death](/codex/argument-from-the-fear-of-death/), via [1 Corinthians 15](/codex/1-corinthians-15/), [1 Corinthians 15.3-8](/codex/1-corinthians-15-3-8/) - [Argument from the Information-Conservation Convergence](/codex/argument-from-the-information-conservation-convergence/), via [1 Corinthians 15](/codex/1-corinthians-15/) - [Argument from the Memory-Continuity Convergence](/codex/argument-from-the-memory-continuity-convergence/), via [1 Corinthians 15](/codex/1-corinthians-15/) - [Argument from the Narrative-Identity Convergence](/codex/argument-from-the-narrative-identity-convergence/), via [1 Corinthians 15](/codex/1-corinthians-15/) - [Argument from the Proportionate-Causality Convergence](/codex/argument-from-the-proportionate-causality-convergence/), via [1 Corinthians 15](/codex/1-corinthians-15/), [1 Corinthians 15.3-8](/codex/1-corinthians-15-3-8/) - [Argument from the Resurrection](/codex/argument-from-the-resurrection/) - [Argument from the Universal Burial Convergence](/codex/argument-from-the-universal-burial-convergence/), via [1 Corinthians 15](/codex/1-corinthians-15/) - [Argument from the Universal Storytelling Convergence](/codex/argument-from-the-universal-storytelling-convergence/), via [1 Corinthians 15.3-8](/codex/1-corinthians-15-3-8/) - [Argument from Twin Asymmetries](/codex/argument-from-twin-asymmetries/) - [Causal Adequacy Argument](/codex/argument-from-the-proportionate-causality-convergence/), via [1 Corinthians 15](/codex/1-corinthians-15/), [1 Corinthians 15.3-7](/codex/1-corinthians-15-3-7/), [1 Corinthians 15.3-8](/codex/1-corinthians-15-3-8/) - 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[Did Jesus Send Muhammad Dilemma Argument](/codex/did-jesus-send-muhammad-dilemma-argument/), via [1 Corinthians 15.3-8](/codex/1-corinthians-15-3-8/) - [Five Pillars Outside Quran Objection Defeater](/codex/five-pillars-outside-quran-objection-defeater/), via [1 Corinthians 15.3-8](/codex/1-corinthians-15-3-8/) - [Gospels Are Constructed Encomium Objection Defeater](/codex/gospels-are-constructed-encomium-objection-defeater/), via [1 Corinthians 15.3-8](/codex/1-corinthians-15-3-8/) - [Ibn Kathir Affirms Paul as Messenger Argument](/codex/ibn-kathir-affirms-paul-as-messenger-argument/), via [1 Corinthians 15.3-7](/codex/1-corinthians-15-3-7/) - [Inherited Guilt and Visiting Iniquity Objection Defeater](/codex/inherited-guilt-and-visiting-iniquity-objection-defeater/), via [1 Corinthians 15](/codex/1-corinthians-15/) - [Jesus Was Not Buried in a Tomb Objection Defeater](/codex/jesus-was-not-buried-in-a-tomb-objection-defeater/) - [Jesus Was Not Dead Three Days and Three Nights Objection Defeater](/codex/jesus-was-not-dead-three-days-and-three-nights-objection-defeater/), via [1 Corinthians 15.4](/codex/1-corinthians-15-4/) - [Job Bet Objection Defeater](/codex/job-bet-objection-defeater/), via [1 Corinthians 15](/codex/1-corinthians-15/) - [Liar Lunatic or Lord](/codex/liar-lunatic-or-lord/), via [1 Corinthians 15.3-7](/codex/1-corinthians-15-3-7/) - [Manuscript Variants Bible Corruption Objection Defeater](/codex/manuscript-variants-bible-corruption-objection-defeater/), via [1 Corinthians 15](/codex/1-corinthians-15/) - [Marks Ending Proves the Resurrection Was Invented Objection Defeater](/codex/marks-ending-proves-the-resurrection-was-invented-objection-defeater/), via [1 Corinthians 15](/codex/1-corinthians-15/), [1 Corinthians 15.3-8](/codex/1-corinthians-15-3-8/) - [Minimal Facts Argument](/codex/minimal-facts-argument/), via [1 Corinthians 15.3-8](/codex/1-corinthians-15-3-8/) - [Mythicism Refutation](/codex/mythicism-refutation/), via [1 Corinthians 15.3-8](/codex/1-corinthians-15-3-8/) - [Nag Hammadi Suppressed Gospels Objection Defeater](/codex/nag-hammadi-suppressed-gospels-objection-defeater/), via [1 Corinthians 15](/codex/1-corinthians-15/), [1 Corinthians 15.3-7](/codex/1-corinthians-15-3-7/) - [Necessity of the Incarnation](/codex/necessity-of-the-incarnation/), via [1 Corinthians 15.3-8](/codex/1-corinthians-15-3-8/) - [No One Can Die For Another Objection Defeater](/codex/no-one-can-die-for-another-objection-defeater/), via [1 Corinthians 15.3-7](/codex/1-corinthians-15-3-7/) - [Paul Invented Christianity Objection Defeater](/codex/paul-invented-christianity-objection-defeater/), via [1 Corinthians 15](/codex/1-corinthians-15/), [1 Corinthians 15.3-7](/codex/1-corinthians-15-3-7/) - [Religious Pluralism Objection Defeater](/codex/religious-pluralism-objection-defeater/), via [1 Corinthians 15.3-7](/codex/1-corinthians-15-3-7/) - [Resurrection-Centric Growth Argument](/codex/resurrection-centric-growth-argument/), via [1 Corinthians 15.3-8](/codex/1-corinthians-15-3-8/) - [Sacred Name Yahawah Yahawashi Required for Salvation Objection Defeater](/codex/sacred-name-yahawah-yahawashi-required-for-salvation-objection-defeater/), via [1 Corinthians 15.3-5](/codex/1-corinthians-15-3-5/) - [Satanic Fabrication Objection Defeater](/codex/satanic-fabrication-objection-defeater/), via [1 Corinthians 15.3-8](/codex/1-corinthians-15-3-8/) - [Stolen Body Hypothesis Defeater](/codex/stolen-body-hypothesis-defeater/), via [1 Corinthians 15](/codex/1-corinthians-15/), [1 Corinthians 15.3](/codex/1-corinthians-15-3/), [1 Corinthians 15.3-7](/codex/1-corinthians-15-3-7/), [1 Corinthians 15.3-8](/codex/1-corinthians-15-3-8/) - [The Gospels Copied Each Other Objection Defeater](/codex/the-gospels-copied-each-other-objection-defeater/), via [1 Corinthians 15](/codex/1-corinthians-15/), [1 Corinthians 15.3-8](/codex/1-corinthians-15-3-8/) - [The Resurrection Accounts Contradict Objection Defeater](/codex/the-resurrection-accounts-contradict-objection-defeater/), via [1 Corinthians 15.3-8](/codex/1-corinthians-15-3-8/) - [Trinity Invented at Nicaea Objection Defeater](/codex/trinity-invented-at-nicaea-objection-defeater/), via [1 Corinthians 15.3-7](/codex/1-corinthians-15-3-7/) - [Why Didnt Jesus Write Anything Himself Objection Defeater](/codex/why-didnt-jesus-write-anything-himself-objection-defeater/), via [1 Corinthians 15.3-5](/codex/1-corinthians-15-3-5/) **Concepts:** - [Anti-Muslim Polemic Quality-Control](/codex/anti-muslim-polemic-quality-control/), via [1 Corinthians 15.3-8](/codex/1-corinthians-15-3-8/) - [Apologetics](/codex/apologetics/), via [1 Corinthians 15.3-8](/codex/1-corinthians-15-3-8/) - [Apostles' Creed](/codex/apostles-creed/), via [1 Corinthians 15](/codex/1-corinthians-15/), [1 Corinthians 15.3-7](/codex/1-corinthians-15-3-7/) - [Bible and Hermeneutics](/codex/bible-and-hermeneutics/), via [1 Corinthians 15.3-8](/codex/1-corinthians-15-3-8/) - [Bible Circularity Objection](/codex/bible-circularity-objection/), via [1 Corinthians 15.3-8](/codex/1-corinthians-15-3-8/) - [Biblical Dignity](/codex/biblical-dignity/), via [1 Corinthians 15](/codex/1-corinthians-15/) - [Biblical Prophecy](/codex/biblical-prophecy/), via [1 Corinthians 15.3-7](/codex/1-corinthians-15-3-7/) - [Christ vs Other Religion-Founders](/codex/christ-vs-other-religion-founders/), via [1 Corinthians 15.3-8](/codex/1-corinthians-15-3-8/) - [Christian Muslim Defender](/codex/christian-muslim-defender/), via [1 Corinthians 15.3](/codex/1-corinthians-15-3/), [1 Corinthians 15.3-8](/codex/1-corinthians-15-3-8/) - [Christianity](/codex/christianity/), via [1 Corinthians 15.3-8](/codex/1-corinthians-15-3-8/) - [Christology](/codex/christology/), via [1 Corinthians 15.3-7](/codex/1-corinthians-15-3-7/) - [Church at Corinth](/codex/church-at-corinth/), via [1 Corinthians 15](/codex/1-corinthians-15/), [1 Corinthians 15.3-7](/codex/1-corinthians-15-3-7/) - [Dawah to Muslims](/codex/dawah-to-muslims/), via [1 Corinthians 15.3-6](/codex/1-corinthians-15-3-6/) - [Debate Logic Toolkit](/codex/debate-logic-toolkit/), via [1 Corinthians 15](/codex/1-corinthians-15/) - [Dying and Rising God Motif](/codex/dying-and-rising-god-motif/), via [1 Corinthians 15](/codex/1-corinthians-15/) - [Eschatology](/codex/eschatology/), via [1 Corinthians 15.3-8](/codex/1-corinthians-15-3-8/) - [Faith](/codex/h0530-emunah/), via [1 Corinthians 15.3-8](/codex/1-corinthians-15-3-8/) - [Federal Headship](/codex/romans-5-12-21/), via [1 Corinthians 15](/codex/1-corinthians-15/) - [Gospel](/codex/g2098-euangelion/) - [Hard Questions for Atheists](/codex/hard-questions-for-atheists/), via [1 Corinthians 15.3-8](/codex/1-corinthians-15-3-8/) - [Islamic Dilemma](/codex/islamic-dilemma/), via [1 Corinthians 15.1-8](/codex/1-corinthians-15-1-8/) - [Lee Strobel (Conversion 1981)](/codex/lee-strobel-conversion-1981/), via [1 Corinthians 15.3-7](/codex/1-corinthians-15-3-7/) - [Lesson 2.2, The Six Structural Commitments of Christianity](/codex/lesson-2-2-the-six-structural-commitments-of-christianity/), via [1 Corinthians 15](/codex/1-corinthians-15/), [1 Corinthians 15.3-5](/codex/1-corinthians-15-3-5/), [1 Corinthians 15.3-8](/codex/1-corinthians-15-3-8/) - [Lesson 3.6, The Resurrection, Historical Evidential](/codex/lesson-3-6-the-resurrection-historical-evidential/), via [1 Corinthians 15](/codex/1-corinthians-15/), [1 Corinthians 15.3-8](/codex/1-corinthians-15-3-8/) - [Lesson 4.5, Comparative Religion Engagement](/codex/lesson-4-5-comparative-religion-engagement/), via [1 Corinthians 15](/codex/1-corinthians-15/) - [Lesson 5.2, Recognition Signals](/codex/lesson-5-2-recognition-signals/), via [1 Corinthians 15.3-7](/codex/1-corinthians-15-3-7/) - [Messianic Prophecy](/codex/messianic-prophecy/), via [1 Corinthians 15.3-5](/codex/1-corinthians-15-3-5/) - [Miracles](/codex/miracles/), via [1 Corinthians 15.3-8](/codex/1-corinthians-15-3-8/) - [Nabeel Qureshi (Conversion 2003-2014)](/codex/nabeel-qureshi-conversion-2003-2014/), via [1 Corinthians 15.3-8](/codex/1-corinthians-15-3-8/) - [NT Authorship and Eyewitness Apologetics](/codex/nt-authorship-and-eyewitness-apologetics/), via [1 Corinthians 15.3-7](/codex/1-corinthians-15-3-7/) - [Original Sin](/codex/original-sin/), via [1 Corinthians 15](/codex/1-corinthians-15/) - [Penal Substitutionary Atonement](/codex/penal-substitutionary-atonement/), via [1 Corinthians 15](/codex/1-corinthians-15/), [1 Corinthians 15.3](/codex/1-corinthians-15-3/), [1 Corinthians 15.3-7](/codex/1-corinthians-15-3-7/), [1 Corinthians 15.3-8](/codex/1-corinthians-15-3-8/) - [Pre-Pauline Creeds](/codex/pre-pauline-creeds/), via [1 Corinthians 15](/codex/1-corinthians-15/), [1 Corinthians 15.3](/codex/1-corinthians-15-3/), [1 Corinthians 15.3-7](/codex/1-corinthians-15-3-7/), [1 Corinthians 15.3-8](/codex/1-corinthians-15-3-8/) - [Quick Objection Responses](/codex/quick-objection-responses/), via [1 Corinthians 15.3-8](/codex/1-corinthians-15-3-8/) - [Resurrection](/codex/g0386-anastasis/), via [1 Corinthians 15.3-8](/codex/1-corinthians-15-3-8/) - [Resurrection of Jesus](/codex/resurrection-of-jesus/), via [1 Corinthians 15](/codex/1-corinthians-15/), [1 Corinthians 15.3-8](/codex/1-corinthians-15-3-8/) - [Resurrection of Jesus - Minimal Facts Case](/codex/resurrection-of-jesus-minimal-facts-case/) - [Resurrection of Jesus - Naturalistic Counter-Theories](/codex/resurrection-of-jesus-naturalistic-counter-theories/), via [1 Corinthians 15](/codex/1-corinthians-15/), [1 Corinthians 15.3-8](/codex/1-corinthians-15-3-8/) - [Resurrection of Jesus - Scholarly Landscape](/codex/resurrection-of-jesus-scholarly-landscape/), via [1 Corinthians 15](/codex/1-corinthians-15/) - [Resurrection of Jesus - Theological Significance](/codex/resurrection-of-jesus-theological-significance/), via [1 Corinthians 15](/codex/1-corinthians-15/), [1 Corinthians 15.3-8](/codex/1-corinthians-15-3-8/) - [Soul](/codex/h5315-nephesh/), via [1 Corinthians 15](/codex/1-corinthians-15/) - [Spiritual But Not Religious](/codex/spiritual-but-not-religious/), via [1 Corinthians 15.3-7](/codex/1-corinthians-15-3-7/) - [Spiritualism](/codex/spiritualism/), via [1 Corinthians 15](/codex/1-corinthians-15/) - [Synoptic Problem](/codex/synoptic-problem/), via [1 Corinthians 15](/codex/1-corinthians-15/), [1 Corinthians 15.3-7](/codex/1-corinthians-15-3-7/), [1 Corinthians 15.3-8](/codex/1-corinthians-15-3-8/) - [Tahrif](/codex/tahrif/), via [1 Corinthians 15.1-8](/codex/1-corinthians-15-1-8/) - [The Muslim Defense](/codex/the-muslim-defense/), via [1 Corinthians 15.3-7](/codex/1-corinthians-15-3-7/) - [Theistic Evolution](/codex/theistic-evolution/), via [1 Corinthians 15](/codex/1-corinthians-15/) - [Trinity](/codex/trinity/), via [1 Corinthians 15.3-7](/codex/1-corinthians-15-3-7/) - [Trinity Common Objections](/codex/trinity-common-objections/), via [1 Corinthians 15.3-7](/codex/1-corinthians-15-3-7/) - [Trinity OT Stack (Five Texts)](/codex/trinity-ot-stack-five-texts/), via [1 Corinthians 15.3-7](/codex/1-corinthians-15-3-7/) - [Zeitgeist - Constructed Religion Claims](/codex/zeitgeist-constructed-religion-claims/), via [1 Corinthians 15.3-7](/codex/1-corinthians-15-3-7/), [1 Corinthians 15.3-8](/codex/1-corinthians-15-3-8/) - [Zeitgeist - Pagan Parallels](/codex/zeitgeist-pagan-parallels/), via [1 Corinthians 15.3-8](/codex/1-corinthians-15-3-8/) **People:** - [Gary Habermas](/codex/gary-habermas/), via [1 Corinthians 15](/codex/1-corinthians-15/) - [Irenaeus of Lyons](/codex/irenaeus-of-lyons/), via [1 Corinthians 15](/codex/1-corinthians-15/) - [James the Brother of Jesus](/codex/james-the-brother-of-jesus/), via [1 Corinthians 15.3-7](/codex/1-corinthians-15-3-7/) - [Jesus](/codex/jesus/) - [Mike Licona](/codex/mike-licona/), via [1 Corinthians 15.3-7](/codex/1-corinthians-15-3-7/) - [Paul the Apostle](/codex/paul-the-apostle/), via [1 Corinthians 15](/codex/1-corinthians-15/), [1 Corinthians 15.3-7](/codex/1-corinthians-15-3-7/) - [Plato](/codex/plato/), via [1 Corinthians 15](/codex/1-corinthians-15/) - [Richard Bauckham](/codex/richard-bauckham/), via [1 Corinthians 15.3-7](/codex/1-corinthians-15-3-7/) **Lexicon:** - [G0386 - anastasis](/codex/g0386-anastasis/), via [1 Corinthians 15](/codex/1-corinthians-15/), [1 Corinthians 15.3-8](/codex/1-corinthians-15-3-8/) - [G1453 - egeiro](/codex/g1453-egeiro/) - [G2098 - euangelion](/codex/g2098-euangelion/), via [1 Corinthians 15.1-4](/codex/1-corinthians-15-1-4/), [1 Corinthians 15.3-8](/codex/1-corinthians-15-3-8/) - [G3083 - lytron](/codex/g3083-lytron/), via [1 Corinthians 15.3-8](/codex/1-corinthians-15-3-8/) - [G3498 - nekros](/codex/g3498-nekros/), via [1 Corinthians 15](/codex/1-corinthians-15/), [1 Corinthians 15.3-7](/codex/1-corinthians-15-3-7/), [1 Corinthians 15.3-8](/codex/1-corinthians-15-3-8/) - [G3860 - paradidomi](/codex/g3860-paradidomi/), via [1 Corinthians 15.3](/codex/1-corinthians-15-3/), [1 Corinthians 15.3-8](/codex/1-corinthians-15-3-8/) - [G4983 - soma](/codex/g4983-soma/), via [1 Corinthians 15](/codex/1-corinthians-15/) - [G5547 - christos](/codex/g5547-christos/), via [1 Corinthians 15.3](/codex/1-corinthians-15-3/) - [G5590 - psyche](/codex/g5590-psyche/), via [1 Corinthians 15](/codex/1-corinthians-15/) - [H0001 - ab](/codex/h0001-ab/), via [1 Corinthians 15](/codex/1-corinthians-15/) - [H0120 - adam](/codex/h0120-adam/), via [1 Corinthians 15](/codex/1-corinthians-15/) - [H4191 - mut](/codex/h4191-mut/), via [1 Corinthians 15](/codex/1-corinthians-15/) - [H4194 - mavet](/codex/h4194-mavet/), via [1 Corinthians 15](/codex/1-corinthians-15/) - [H7585 - sheol](/codex/h7585-sheol/), via [1 Corinthians 15.3-8](/codex/1-corinthians-15-3-8/) **Guides:** - [02 Faith and Worldview](/codex/02-faith-and-worldview/), via [1 Corinthians 15.3-8](/codex/1-corinthians-15-3-8/) - [03 Arguments for God](/codex/03-arguments-for-god/), via [1 Corinthians 15.3-8](/codex/1-corinthians-15-3-8/) - [Ris3n Arguments](/codex/ris3n-arguments/), via [1 Corinthians 15](/codex/1-corinthians-15/) **Passages:** - [2 Corinthians 5.21](/codex/2-corinthians-5-21/) - [Acts 1.3](/codex/acts-1-3/) --- _Scripture quotations taken from the **New American Standard Bible®** (NASB), Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995 by **The Lockman Foundation**. Used by permission. All rights reserved. [www.lockman.org](https://www.lockman.org)_