15. In addition, we are found to be false witnesses about God, because we have testified about God that He raised up Christ — whom He did not raise up if in fact the dead are not raised.
16. For if the dead are not raised, Christ has not been raised.
17. And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is worthless; you are still in your sins.
18. Therefore, those who have fallen asleep in Christ have also perished.
19. If we have put our hope in Christ for this life only, we should be pitied more than anyone.
20. But now Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.
21. For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead also comes through a man.
22. For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive.
23. But each in his own order: Christ, the firstfruits; afterward, at His coming, those who belong to Christ.
24. Then comes the end, when He hands over the kingdom to God the Father, when He abolishes all rule and all authority and power.
25. For He must reign until He puts all His enemies under His feet.