1 Corinthians 15:20–49

The Order of Resurrection

²⁰But now Christ ^ahas been raised from the dead, the ^bfirst fruits of those who ^care asleep.

²¹For since ^aby a man came death, by a man also came the resurrection of the dead.

²²For ^aas in Adam all die, so also in ¹Christ all will be made alive.

²³But each in his own order: Christ ^athe first fruits, after that ^bthose who are Christ’s at ^cHis coming,

²⁴then comes the end, when He hands over ^athe kingdom to the ^bGod and Father, when He has abolished ^call rule and all authority and power.

²⁵For He must reign ^auntil He has put all His enemies under His feet.

²⁶The last enemy that will be ^aabolished is death.

²⁷For ^aHe has put all things in subjection under His feet. But when He says, “^bAll things are put in subjection,” it is evident that He is excepted who put all things in subjection to Him.

²⁸When ^aall things are subjected to Him, then the Son Himself also will be subjected to the One who subjected all things to Him, so that ^bGod may be all in all.

²⁹Otherwise, what will those do who are baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why then are they baptized for them?

³⁰Why are we also ^ain danger every hour?

³¹I affirm, brethren, by the boasting in you which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, ^aI die daily.

³²If ¹from human motives I ^afought with wild beasts at ^bEphesus, what does it profit me? If the dead are not raised, ^clet us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.

^33aDo not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good morals.”

^34aBecome sober-minded ¹as you ought, and stop sinning; for some have ^bno knowledge of God. ^cI speak this to your shame.

³⁵But ^asomeone will say, “How are ^bthe dead raised? And with what kind of body do they come?”

^36aYou fool! That which you ^bsow does not come to life unless it dies;

³⁷and that which you sow, you do not sow the body which is to be, but a bare grain, perhaps of wheat or of ¹something else.

³⁸But God gives it a body just as He wished, and ^ato each of the seeds a body of its own.

³⁹All flesh is not the same flesh, but there is one flesh of men, and another flesh of beasts, and another flesh of birds, and another of fish.

⁴⁰There are also heavenly bodies and earthly bodies, but the glory of the heavenly is one, and the glory of the earthly is 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.

^42aSo also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown ^1ba perishable body, it is raised ^2can imperishable body;

⁴³it is sown in dishonor, it is raised in ^aglory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power;

⁴⁴it is sown a ^anatural body, it is raised a ^bspiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body.

⁴⁵So also it is written, “The first ^aman, Adam, became a living soul.” The ^blast Adam became a ^clife-giving spirit.

⁴⁶However, the spiritual is not first, but the natural; then the spiritual.

⁴⁷The first man is ^afrom the earth, ^1bearthy; the second man is from heaven.

⁴⁸As is the earthy, so also are those who are earthy; and as is the heavenly, ^aso also are those who are heavenly.

⁴⁹Just as we have ^aborne the image of the earthy, ¹we ^bwill also bear the image of the heavenly.