15. Then, too, we would be found to be false witnesses of God, because we would have given testimony against God, saying that he had raised up Christ, when he had not raised him up, if, indeed, the dead do not rise again.
16. For if the dead do not rise again, then neither has Christ risen again.
17. But if Christ has not risen, then your faith is vain; for you would still be in your sins.
18. Then, too, those who have fallen asleep in Christ would have perished.
19. If we have hope in Christ for this life only, then we are more miserable than all men.
20. But now Christ has risen again from the dead, as the first-fruits of those who sleep.
21. For certainly, death came through a man. And so, the resurrection of the dead came through a man
22. And just as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be brought to life,
23. but each one in his proper order: Christ, as the first-fruits, and next, those who are of Christ, who have believed in his advent.
24. Afterwards is the end, when he will have handed over the kingdom to God the Father, when he will have emptied all principality, and authority, and power.
25. For it is necessary for him to reign, until he has set all his enemies under his feet.
26. Lastly, the enemy called death shall be destroyed. For he has subjected all things under his feet. And although he says,
27. "All things have been subjected to him," without doubt he does not include the One who has subjected all things to him.
28. And when all things will have been subjected to him, then even the Son himself will be subjected to the One who subjected all things to him, so that God may be all in all.
29. Otherwise, what will those who are being baptized for the dead do, if the dead do not rise again at all? Why then are they being baptized for them?
30. Why also do we endure trials every hour?
31. Daily I die, by means of your boasting, brothers: you whom I have in Christ Jesus our Lord.
32. If, according to man, I fought with the beasts at Ephesus, how would that benefit me, if the dead do not rise again? "Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we shall die."
33. Do not be led astray. Evil communication corrupts good morals.