18. Then also those who have fallen asleep in Messiah have perished.
19. If in this life only we have expectation in Messiah, we are of all men the most wretched.
20. But now Messiah has been raised from the dead, and has become the first-fruit of those having fallen asleep.
21. For since death is through a man, resurrection of the dead is also through a Man.
22. For as all die in Aḏam, so also all shall be made alive in Messiah.
23. And each in his own order: Messiah the first-fruits, then those who are of Messiah at His coming,
24. then the end, when He delivers up the reign to Elohim the Father, when He has brought to naught all rule and all authority and power.
25. For He has to reign until He has put all enemies under His feet.
26. The last enemy to be brought to naught is death.
27. For “He has put all under His feet.” But when He says “all are put under Him,” it is clear that He who put all under Him is excepted.
28. And when all are made subject to Him, then the Son Himself shall also be subject to Him who put all under Him, in order that Elohim be all in all.
29. Otherwise, what shall they do who are immersed for the dead, if the dead are not raised at all? Why indeed are they immersed for the dead?
30. And why do we stand in danger every hour?
31. I affirm, by the boasting in you which I have in Messiah יהושע our Master, I die day by day.
32. If, as men do, I have fought with beasts at Ephesos, of what good is it to me? If the dead are not raised, “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.”
33. Do not be led astray, “Evil company corrupts good habits.”
34. Wake up to soberness, righteously, and do not sin, for some do not have the knowledge of Elohim. I speak this to your shame.
35. But someone might say, “How are the dead raised up? And with what body do they come?”
36. Senseless one! What you sow is not made alive unless it dies.