1 Corinthians 15:22-45

22For as in Adam all die, so also in Messiah will all be made alive.

23But each in its own order: Messiah the firstfruits; then, at His coming, those who belong to Messiah;

24then the end, when He hands over the kingdom to God the Father after He has destroyed all rule and all authority and power.

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

26The last enemy to be destroyed is death.

27For God has “put all things in subjection underneath His feet.” But when the psalmist says that “all” has been put in subjection, it is clear that this does not include God Himself, who put all things under Messiah.

28Now when all things become subject to Him, then the Son Himself will also become subject to the One who put all things under Him, so that God may be all in all.

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

30And why are we in danger every hour?

31I die every day—yes, as surely as the boast in you, brothers and sisters, which I have in Messiah Yeshua our Lord.

32If, for human reasons, I fought with “wild animals” at Ephesus, what good is that to me? If the dead are not raised, “let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!”

33Do not be deceived! “Bad company corrupts good morals.”

34Come to your senses as you ought, and stop sinning! For some have no knowledge of God—I say this to your shame.

35But someone will say, “How are the dead raised?” and, “With what kind of body do they come?”

36Fool! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies.

37As for what you sow—you are not sowing the body that will be, but a bare seed, maybe of wheat or something else.

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

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

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

41There is one glory of the sun, another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for one star differs from another star in glory.

42So also is the resurrection of the dead: Sown in corruption, raised in incorruption!

43Sown in dishonor, raised in glory! Sown in weakness, raised in power!

44Sown a natural body, raised a spiritual body! If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body.

45So also it is written, “The first man, Adam, became a living soul.” The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.