15 ¹² Now if this is what we proclaim, that Christ was raised from the dead, how can some of you say there is no resurrection of the dead? 15 ¹³ If there be no resurrection, then Christ was not raised; 15 ¹⁴ and if Christ was not raised, then our gospel is null and void, and so is your faith; 15 ¹⁵ and we turn out to be lying witnesses for God, because we bore witness that he raised Christ to life, whereas, if the dead are not raised, he did not raise him. 15 ¹⁶ For if the dead are not raised, it follows that Christ was not raised; 15 ¹⁷ and if Christ was not raised, your faith has nothing in it and you are still is in your old state of sin. 15 ¹⁸ It follows also that those who have died within Christ's fellowship are utterly lost. 15 ¹⁹ If it is for this life only that Christ has given us hope, Or: If it is only an uncertain hope that our life in Christ has given us ... we of all men are most to be pitied.

15 ²⁰ But the truth is, Christ was raised to life—the firstfruits of the harvest of the dead. 15 ²¹ For since it was a man who brought death into the world, a man also brought resurrection of the dead. 15 ²² As in Adam all men die, so in Christ all will be brought to life; 15 ²³ but each in his own proper place: Christ the firstfruits, and afterwards, at his coming, those who belong to Christ. 15 ²⁴ Then comes the end, when he delivers up the kingdom to God the Father, after abolishing every kind of domination, authority, and power. 15 ²⁵ For he is destined to reign until God has put all enemies under his feet; 15 ²⁶ and the last enemy to be abolished is death. Or: Then at the end, when ... power (for he ... feet), the last enemy, death, will be abolished. 15 ^{27 [ Ps.8.6. ]} Scripture says, 'He has put all things in subjection under his feet.' But in saying 'all things', it clearly means to exclude God who subordinates them; 15 ²⁸ and when all things are thus subject to him, then the Son himself will also be made subordinate to God who made all things subject to him, and thus God will be all in all.

15 ²⁹ Again, there are those who receive baptism on behalf of the dead. Why should they do this? If the dead are not raised to life at all, what do they mean by being baptized on their behalf?
15 ³⁰ And we ourselves—why do we face these dangers hour by hour? 15 ³¹ Every day I die: I swear it by my pride in you, my brothers—for in Christ Jesus our Lord I am proud of you. 15 ^{32 [ Is.22.13, Is.56.12. ]} If, as the saying is, I 'fought wild beasts' at Ephesus, what have I gained by it? Or: If, as men do, I had fought wild beasts at Ephesus, what good would it be to me? Or: If I had been in no better case than one fighting beasts in the arena at Ephesus, what good would it be to me? If the dead are never raised to life, 'let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die'.
15 ³³ Make no mistake: 'Bad company is the ruin of a good character.' 15 ³⁴ Come back to a sober and upright life and leave your sinful ways. There are some who know nothing of God; to your shame I say it.