18. Then they also who are fallen asleep in Messiah have perished.
19. If we have only hoped in Messiah in this life, we are of all men most pitiable.
20. But now Messiah has been raised from the dead. He became the first fruits of those who are asleep.
21. For since death came by man, the resurrection of the dead also came by man.
22. For as in Adam all die, so also in Messiah all will be made alive.
23. But each in his own order: Messiah the first fruits, then those who are Messiah’s, at his coming.
24. Then the end comes, when he will deliver up the Kingdom to God, even the Father; when he will have abolished all rule and all authority and power.
25. For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet.
26. The last enemy that will be abolished is death.