18. Then they also that are fallen asleep in Christ, are perished.
19. If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.
20. But now Christ is risen from the dead, the firstfruits of them that sleep:
21. For by a man came death, and by a man the resurrection of the dead.
22. And as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all shall be made alive.
23. But every one in his own order: the firstfruits Christ, then they that are of Christ, who have believed in his coming.
24. Afterwards the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God and the Father, when he shall have brought to nought all principality, and power, and virtue.