²¹ For as ^(A)by a man came death, ^(B)by a man has come also the resurrection of the dead. ²² For ^(C)as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive. ²³ But each in his own order: Christ the firstfruits, then ^(D)at his coming ^(E)those who belong to Christ. ²⁴ Then comes the end, when he delivers ^(F)the kingdom to God the Father after destroying ^(G)every rule and every authority and power. ²⁵ For he must reign ^(H)until he has put all his enemies under his feet. ²⁶ The last enemy to be ^(I)destroyed is death.

³⁰ Why are we ^(A)in danger every hour? ³¹ I protest, brothers, by ^(B)my pride in you, which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, ^(C)I die every day! ³² What do I gain if, humanly speaking, ^(D)I fought with beasts at Ephesus? If the dead are not raised, ^(E)“Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.” ^33 (F)Do not be deceived: ^(G)“Bad company ruins good morals.”^{[a] 34 (H)}Wake up from your drunken stupor, as is right, and do not go on sinning. For ^(I)some have no knowledge of God. ^(J)I say this to your shame.

The Resurrection Body

³⁵ But someone will ask, ^(K)“How are the dead raised? With what kind of body do they come?” ³⁶ You foolish person! ^(L)What you sow does not come to life unless it dies. ³⁷ And what you sow is not the body that is to be, but a bare kernel, perhaps of wheat or of some other grain. ³⁸ But God gives it a body as he has chosen, and to each kind of seed its own body. ³⁹ For not all flesh is the same, but there is one kind for humans, another for animals, another for birds, and another for fish. ⁴⁰ There 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. 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 (M)So is it with the resurrection of the dead. What is sown is perishable; what is raised is imperishable.