21. For since through a man came death, also through a man came the resurrection of the dead.
22. For just as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive.
23. But each in his own group: Christ the first fruits, then those who are Christ’s at his coming,
24. then the end, when he hands over the kingdom to the God and Father, when he has abolished all rule and all authority and power.
25. For it is necessary for him to reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet.
26. The last enemy to be abolished is death.
27. For “he subjected all things under his feet.” But when it says “all things” are subjected, it is clear that the one who subjected all things to him is not included.
28. But whenever all things are subjected to him, then the Son himself will be subjected to the one who subjected all things to him, in order that God may be all in all.
29. Otherwise, why do they do it, those who are being baptized on behalf of the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why indeed are they being baptized on behalf of them?
30. And why are we in danger every hour?
31. I die every day—yes indeed, by my boasting in you, which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord!
32. If according to a human perspective I fought wild beasts at Ephesus, what benefit is it to 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. Sober up correctly and stop sinning, for some have no knowledge of God—I say this to your shame.
35. But someone will say, “How are the dead raised? And with what sort of body do they come?”
36. Foolish person! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies.
37. And what you sow is not the body which it will become, but you sow the bare seed, whether perhaps of wheat or of some of the rest.
38. But God gives to it a body just as he wishes, and to each one of the seeds its own body.