(20)But now Christ has risen from the dead, the first-fruits of those who sleep. (21)For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. (22)For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ will all be made alive. (23)But each in his own order; Christ the first-fruits; afterward they who are Christ's at his coming. (24)Then comes the end, when he delivers up the kingdom to God, the Father; when he shall have done away all rule, and all authority and power. (25)For he must reign, till he has put all enemies under his feet. (26)As the last enemy, Death shall be done away. For he subjected all things under his feet. (27)But when he says, All things are subjected, it is manifest that he is excepted, who subjected all things to him. (28)And when all things shall be subjected to him, then will also the Son himself be subject to him who subjected all things to him, that God may be all in all. (29)Else what shall they do who are immersed for the dead? If the dead rise not at all, why are they then immersed for them? (30)Why also are we in peril every hour? (31)I protest by my glorying in you, which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily. (32)If after the manner of men I fought with wild beasts at Ephesus, what is the profit to me, if the dead rise not? Let us eat and drink; For to-morrow we die. (33)Be not deceived; evil communications corrupt good manners. (34)Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God. I say it to your shame. (35)But some one will say: How do the dead rise? And with what kind of body do they come? (36)Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die; (37)and what thou sowest, not the body that shall be sowest thou, but bare grain, perchance of wheat, or of some other grain. (38)But God gives it a body as it pleased him, and to each of the seeds its own body. (39)All flesh is not the same flesh; but there is one flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, another of birds. (40)There are also heavenly bodies, and earthly bodies; but the glory of the heavenly is one, and that 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)So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption, it rises in incorruption. (43)It is sown in dishonor, it rises in glory. It is sown in weakness, it rises in power. (44)It is sown a natural body, it rises a spiritual body.