29. Suppose no one rises from the dead. Then what will people do who are baptized for the dead? Suppose the dead are not raised at all. Then why are people baptized for them?
30. And why would we put ourselves in danger every hour?
31. I die every day. I really mean that, brothers and sisters. Here is something you can be sure of. I take pride in what Christ Jesus our Lord has done for you through my work.
32. Did I fight wild animals in Ephesus for only human reasons? Then what have I gotten for it? If the dead are not raised, "Let us eat and drink, because tomorrow we will die." (Isaiah 22:13)
33. Don't let anyone fool you. "Bad companions make a good person bad."
34. You should come back to your senses and stop sinning. Some of you don't know anything about God. I say this to make you ashamed.
35. But someone might ask, "How are the dead raised? What kind of body will they have?"
36. How foolish! What you plant doesn't come to life unless it dies.
37. When you plant something, it isn't a completely grown plant that you put in the ground. You only plant a seed. Maybe it's wheat or something else.
38. But God gives the seed a body just as he has planned. And to each kind of seed he gives its own body.