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.
26. The last enemy to be abolished is death.
27. For God has put everything under His feet. But when it says “everything” is put under Him, it is obvious that He who puts everything under Him is the exception.
28. And when everything is subject to Christ, then the Son Himself will also be subject to the One who subjected everything to Him, so that God may be all in all.
29. Otherwise what will they do who are being baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, then why are people baptized for them?
30. Why are we in danger every hour?
31. I affirm by the pride in you that I have in Christ Jesus our Lord: I die every day!
32. If I fought wild animals in Ephesus with only human hope, what good did that do me? If the dead are not raised, Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.
33. Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good morals.”
34. Come to your senses and stop sinning, for some people are ignorant about God. I say this to your shame.
35. But someone will say, “How are the dead raised? What kind of body will they have when they come? ”
36. Foolish one! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies.