15. In addition, we are obviously witnesses who lied about God because we testified that he brought Christ back to life. But if it’s true that the dead don’t come back to life, then God didn’t bring Christ back to life.
16. Certainly, if the dead don’t come back to life, then Christ hasn’t come back to life either.
17. If Christ hasn’t come back to life, your faith is worthless and sin still has you in its power.
18. Then those who have died as believers in Christ no longer exist.
19. If Christ is our hope in this life only, we deserve more pity than any other people.
20. But now Christ has come back from the dead. He is the very first person of those who have died to come back to life.
21. Since a man brought death, a man also brought life back from death.
22. As everyone dies because of Adam, so also everyone will be made alive because of Christ.
23. This will happen to each person in his own turn. Christ is the first, then at his coming, those who belong to him ⌊will be made alive⌋.
24. Then the end will come. Christ will hand over the kingdom to God the Father as he destroys every ruler, authority, and power.
25. Christ must rule until God has put every enemy under his control.
26. The last enemy he will destroy is death.
27. Clearly, God has put everything under Christ’s authority. When God says that everything has been put under Christ’s authority, this clearly excludes God, since God has put everything under Christ’s authority.