1 Corinthians 15:20–49

²⁰(But now Christ is raised from among the dead, first-fruits of those fallen asleep. ²¹For since by man came death, by man also resurrection of those that are dead. ²²For as in the Adam all die, thus also in the Christ all shall be made alive. ²³But each in his own rank: the first-fruits, Christ; then those that are the Christ’s at his coming. ²⁴Then the end, when he gives up the kingdom to him who is God and Father; when he shall have annulled all rule and all authority and power. ²⁵For he must reign until he put all enemies under his feet. ²⁶The last enemy that is annulled is death. ²⁷For he has put all things in subjection under his feet. But when he says that all things are put in subjection, it is evident that it is except him who put all things in subjection to him. ²⁸But when all things shall have been brought into subjection to him, then the Son also himself shall be placed in subjection to him who put all things in subjection to him, that God may be all in all.) ²⁹Since what shall the baptised for the dead do if those that are dead rise not at all? why also are they baptised for them? ³⁰Why do we also endanger ourselves every hour? ³¹Daily I die, by your boasting which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord. ³²If, to speak after the manner of man, I have fought with beasts in Ephesus, what is the profit to me if those that are dead do not rise? let us eat and drink; for to-morrow we die. ³³Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners. ³⁴Awake up righteously, and sin not; for some are ignorant of God: I speak to you as a matter of shame.

³⁵But some one will say, How are the dead raised? and with what body do they come? ³⁶Fool; what thou sowest is not quickened unless it die. ³⁷And what thou sowest, thou sowest not the body that shall be, but a bare grain: it may be of wheat, or some one of the rest: ³⁸and God gives to it a body as he has pleased, and to each of the seeds its own body. ³⁹Every flesh is not the same flesh, but one is of men, and another flesh of beasts, and another flesh of birds, and another of fishes. ⁴⁰And there are heavenly bodies, and earthly bodies: but different is the glory of the heavenly, different that of the earthly: ⁴¹one the sun’s glory, and another the moon’s glory, and another the stars’ glory; for star differs from star in glory. ⁴²Thus also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruptibility. ⁴³It is sown in dishonour, it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness, it is raised in power. ⁴⁴It is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body: if there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual one. ⁴⁵Thus also it is written, The first man Adam became a living soul; the last Adam a quickening spirit. ⁴⁶But that which is spiritual was not first, but that which is natural, then that which is spiritual: ⁴⁷the first man out of the earth, made of dust; the second man, out of heaven. ⁴⁸Such as he made of dust, such also those made of dust; and such as the heavenly one, such also the heavenly ones. ⁴⁹And as we have borne the image of the one made of dust, we shall bear also the image of the heavenly one.