18. Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ have perished.
19. If in this life only we have hoped in Christ, we are of all men most pitiable.
20. But now hath Christ been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of them that are asleep.
21. For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead.
22. For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive.
23. But each in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; then they that are Christ's, at his coming.