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,
26. and the last enemy he destroys will be death.
27. When the Scriptures say that he will put everything under his power, they don't include God. It was God who put everything under the power of Christ.
28. After everything is under the power of God's Son, he will put himself under the power of God, who put everything under his Son's power. Then God will mean everything to everyone.
29. If the dead are not going to be raised to life, what will people do who are being baptized for them? Why are they being baptized for those dead people?
30. And why do we always risk our lives
31. and face death every day? The pride that I have in you because of Christ Jesus our Lord is what makes me say this.
32. What do you think I gained by fighting wild animals in Ephesus? If the dead are not raised to life,“Let's eat and drink.Tomorrow we die.”
33. Don't fool yourselves. Bad friends will destroy you.
34. Be sensible and stop sinning. You should be embarrassed that some people still don't know about God.
35. Some of you have asked, “How will the dead be raised to life? What kind of bodies will they have?”