17. Unless Christ was raised to life, your faith is useless, and you are still living in your sins.
18. And those people who died after putting their faith in him are completely lost.
19. If our hope in Christ is good only for this life, we are worse off than anyone else.
20. But Christ has been raised to life! And he makes us certain that others will also be raised to life.
21. Just as we will die because of Adam, we will be raised to life because of Christ.
22. Adam brought death to all of us, and Christ will bring life to all of us.
23. But we must each wait our turn. Christ was the first to be raised to life, and his people will be raised to life when he returns.
24. Then after Christ has destroyed all powers and forces, the end will come, and he will give the kingdom to God the Father.
25. Christ will rule until he puts all his enemies under his power,