³¹ I face death every day^(A)—yes, just as surely as I boast about you in Christ Jesus our Lord. ³² If I fought wild beasts^(B) in Ephesus^(C) with no more than human hopes, what have I gained? If the dead are not raised,

³³ Do not be misled:^(E) “Bad company corrupts good character.”^{[b](F) 34} Come back to your senses as you ought, and stop sinning; for there are some who are ignorant of God^(G)—I say this to your shame.^(H)

The Resurrection Body

³⁵ But someone will ask,^(I) “How are the dead raised? With what kind of body will they come?”^{(J) 36} How foolish!^(K) What you sow does not come to life unless it dies.^(L)

⁴⁴ it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body.^(A)

If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body. ⁴⁵ So it is written: “The first man Adam became a living being”^[a];^(B) the last Adam,^(C) a life-giving spirit.^{(D) 46} The spiritual did not come first, but the natural, and after that the spiritual.^{(E) 47} The first man was of the dust of the earth;^(F) the second man is of heaven.^{(G) 48} As was the earthly man, so are those who are of the earth; and as is the heavenly man, so also are those who are of heaven.^{(H) 49} And just as we have borne the image of the earthly man,^(I) so shall we^[b] bear the image of the heavenly man.^(J)