The Order of Resurrection

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

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

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

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

24 then 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.

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

26 The last enemy that will be aabolished is death.

27 For 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.

28 When 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.

29 Otherwise, 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?

30 Why are we also ain danger every hour?

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

32 If 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.

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

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

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

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

37 and 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.

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

39 All 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.

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

41 There 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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