1 Corinthians 15:20–49

²⁰But in fact ^fChrist has been raised from the dead, ^gthe firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. ²¹For as ^hby a man came death, ⁱby a man has come also the resurrection of the dead. ²²For ^jas in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive. ²³But each in his own order: Christ the firstfruits, then ^kat his coming ^lthose who belong to Christ. ²⁴Then comes the end, when he delivers ^mthe kingdom to God the Father after destroying ⁿevery rule and every authority and power. ²⁵For he must reign ^ountil he has put all his enemies under his feet. ²⁶The last enemy to be ^pdestroyed is death. ²⁷For ^q“God³ has put all things in subjection under his feet.” But when it says, “all things are put in subjection,” it is plain that he is excepted who put all things in subjection under him. ²⁸When ^rall things are subjected to him, then the Son himself will also be subjected to him who put all things in subjection under him, that ^sGod may be all in all.

²⁹Otherwise, what do people mean by being baptized on behalf of the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why are people baptized on their behalf? ³⁰Why are we ^tin danger every hour? ³¹I protest, brothers, by ^umy pride in you, which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, ^vI die every day! ³²What do I gain if, humanly speaking, ^wI fought with beasts at Ephesus? If the dead are not raised, ^x“Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.” ^33yDo not be deceived: ^z“Bad company ruins good morals.”^{4 34a}Wake up from your drunken stupor, as is right, and do not go on sinning. For ^bsome have no knowledge of God. ^cI say this to your shame.

The Resurrection Body

³⁵But someone will ask, ^d“How are the dead raised? With what kind of body do they come?” ³⁶You foolish person! ^eWhat you sow does not come to life unless it dies. ³⁷And what you sow is not the body that is to be, but a bare kernel, perhaps of wheat or of some other grain. ³⁸But God gives it a body as he has chosen, and to each kind of seed its own body. ³⁹For not all flesh is the same, but there is one kind for humans, another for animals, another for birds, and another for fish. ⁴⁰There are heavenly bodies and earthly bodies, but the glory of the heavenly is of one kind, and the glory of the earthly is of another. ⁴¹There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for star differs from star in glory.

^42fSo is it with the resurrection of the dead. What is sown is perishable; what is raised is imperishable. ⁴³It is sown in dishonor; ^git 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 body. ⁴⁵Thus it is written, ^h“The first man Adam became a living being”;^{5 i}the last Adam became a ^jlife-giving spirit. ⁴⁶But it is not the spiritual that is first but the natural, and then the spiritual. ^47kThe first man was from the earth, ^la man of dust; ^mthe second man is from heaven. ⁴⁸As was the man of dust, so also are those who are of the dust, and as is the man of heaven, ⁿso also are those who are of heaven. ⁴⁹Just ^oas we have borne the image of the man of dust, ^pwe shall⁶ also bear the image of the man of heaven.