19. If for this life only we have hoped in Christ, we are the most pitiable people of all.
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 human being, the resurrection of the dead came also through a human being.
22. For just as in Adam all die, so too in Christ shall all be brought to life,
23. but each one in proper order: Christ the firstfruits; then, at his coming, those who belong to Christ;
24. then comes the end, when he hands over the kingdom to his God and Father, when he has destroyed every sovereignty and every authority and power.
25. For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet.
26. The last enemy to be destroyed is death,