1 Corinthians 15:12-32

12Now if Christ is preached, that He has been raised from the dead, how do some among you say that there 1is no resurrection of the dead? 13But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised; 14and 2if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain, your faith also is in vain. 15Moreover, we are even found to be false witnesses of God, because we testified 3against God that He 4raised 5Christ, whom He did not raise, if in fact the dead are not raised. 16For if the dead are not raised, then not even Christ has been raised; 17and if Christ has not been raised, your faith is worthless; 6you are still in your sins. 18Then also those who 7have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. 19If we have hoped in Christ only in this life, we are 8of all people most to be pitied.

20But the fact is, Christ 9has been raised from the dead, the 10first fruits of those who 11are asleep. 21For since 12by a man death came, by a Man also came the resurrection of the dead. 22For 13as in Adam all die, so also in 14Christ all will be made alive. 23But each in his own order: Christ 15the first fruits, after that 16those who are Christ’s at 17His coming, 24then comes the end, when He hands over 18the kingdom to our 19God and Father, when He has abolished 20all rule and all authority and power. 25For He must reign 21until He has put all His enemies under His feet. 26The last enemy that will be 22abolished is death. 27For 23He has put all things in subjection under His feet. But when He says, “24All things are put in subjection,” it is clear that 25this excludes the Father who put all things in subjection to Him. 28When 26all things are subjected to Him, then the Son Himself will also be subjected to the One who subjected all things to Him, so that 27God may be all in all.

29For otherwise, what will those do who are baptized 28for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why then are they baptized 29for them? 30Why are we also 30in danger every hour? 31I affirm, brothers and sisters, by the boasting in you which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, that 31I die daily. 32If 32from human motives I 33fought with wild beasts at 34Ephesus, what good is it to me? If the dead are not raised, 35let’s eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.