19. If for this life only we have hoped in Christ, we are the most pitiable people of all.
20. But now Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.
21. For since death came through a human being, the resurrection of the dead came also through a human being.
22. For just as in Adam all die, so too in Christ shall all be brought to life,
23. but each one in proper order: Christ the firstfruits; then, at his coming, those who belong to Christ;