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.
34. Be vigilant, you just ones, and do not be willing to sin. For certain persons have an ignorance of God. I say this to you with respect.
35. But someone may say, "How do the dead rise again?" or, "What type of body do they return with?"
36. How foolish! What you sow cannot be brought back to life, unless it first dies.