1 Corinthians 15:20–49

²⁰But now ^his Christ risen from the dead, and ⁱbecome the firstfruits of them that ^fslept. ²¹For ^ksince by man came death, ^lby man came also the resurrection of the dead. ²²For ^mas in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. ²³But every man in his own order: ⁱChrist the firstfruits; ⁿafterward they that are Christ’s ^oat his coming. ²⁴Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up ^pthe kingdom to ^ppGod, even the Father; when he shall have ^qput down all ^rrule and all authority and ^rpower. ²⁵For he must reign, ^still he hath put all enemies under his feet. ²⁶The last enemy that shall be ^qtdestroyed is death. ²⁷For ^uhe hath put all things under his feet. But when ^whe saith, all things are put under him, it is manifest that he is excepted, which did put all things under him. ²⁸And when ^xall things shall be subdued unto him, then ^yshall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all. ²⁹Else what shall they do which ^zare baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not ^aat all? why are they then baptized for the dead? ³⁰And why stand we in ^bjeopardy every hour? ³¹I protest by ^||your rejoicing which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, ^cI die ^ddaily. ³²If ^||after the manner of men ^eI have fought with beasts at ^fEphesus, what advantageth it me, if the dead rise not? ^glet us eat and drink; ^hfor to morrow we die. ³³ⁱBe not deceived: ^jevil communications corrupt good manners. ^34kAwake to righteousness, and sin not; for ^lsome have not the knowledge of God: ^mI speak this to your shame.

³⁵But some man will say, ⁿHow are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come? ³⁶Thou ^ofool, ^pthat which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die: ³⁷And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain, ^qit may chance of wheat, or of some other grain: ³⁸But God giveth it a body ^qqas it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body. ³⁹All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and another of birds. ⁴⁰There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another. ⁴¹There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars: for one star differeth from another star in glory. ^42rSo also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in ^scorruption; it is raised in ^tincorruption: ^43uIt is sown in dishonour; it ^ris 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. There is a ^wnatural body, and there is a spiritual body. ⁴⁵And so it is written, ^xThe first man Adam was made a living soul; ^ythe last Adam was made ^za quickening spirit. ⁴⁶Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is ^wnatural; and afterward that which is spiritual. ^47aThe first man is of the earth, ^bearthy: the second man is ^acthe Lord from heaven. ⁴⁸As is the ^bearthy, such are they also that are ^bearthy: and as is the heavenly, ^dsuch are they also that are heavenly. ⁴⁹And ^eas we have borne the image of the ^bearthy, ^fwe shall also bear the image of the heavenly.