^2 (A)of the doctrine of baptisms, ^(B)of laying on of hands, ^(C)of resurrection of the dead, ^(D)and of eternal judgment.

³¹ because He has appointed a day on which ^(A)He will judge the world in righteousness by the Man whom He has ordained. He has given assurance of this to all by ^(B)raising Him from the dead.”

³² And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked, while others said, “We will hear you again on this matter.”

⁶ whom they set before the apostles; and ^(A)when they had prayed, ^(B)they laid hands on them.

¹³ But if there is no resurrection of the dead, ^(A)then Christ is not risen. ¹⁴ And if Christ is not risen, then our preaching is empty and your faith is also empty. ¹⁵ Yes, and we are found false witnesses of God, because ^(B)we have testified of God that He raised up Christ, whom He did not raise up—if in fact the dead do not rise. ¹⁶ For if the dead do not rise, then Christ is not risen. ¹⁷ And if Christ is not risen, your faith is futile; ^(C)you are still in your sins! ¹⁸ Then also those who have ^[a]fallen ^(D)asleep in Christ have perished. ^19 (E)If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men the most pitiable.

The Last Enemy Destroyed

²⁰ But now ^(F)Christ is risen from the dead, and has become ^(G)the firstfruits of those who have ^[b]fallen asleep. ²¹ For ^(H)since by man came death, ^(I)by Man also came the resurrection of the dead. ²² For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ all shall ^(J)be made alive. ²³ But ^(K)each one in his own order: Christ the firstfruits, afterward those who are Christ’s at His coming. ²⁴ Then comes the end, when He delivers ^(L)the kingdom to God the Father, when He puts an end to all rule and all authority and power. ²⁵ For He must reign ^(M)till He has put all enemies under His feet. ^26 (N)The last enemy that will be destroyed is death. ²⁷ For ^(O)“He has put all things under His feet.” But when He says “all things are put under Him,” it is evident that He who put all things under Him is excepted. ^28 (P)Now when all things are made subject to Him, then ^(Q)the Son Himself will also be subject to Him who put all things under Him, that God may be all in all.

Effects of Denying the Resurrection

²⁹ Otherwise, what will they do who are baptized for the dead, if the dead do not rise at all? Why then are they baptized for the dead? ³⁰ And ^(R)why do we stand in ^[c]jeopardy every hour? ³¹ I affirm, by ^(S)the boasting in you which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, ^(T)I die daily. ³² If, in the manner of men, ^(U)I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantage is it to me? If the dead do not rise, ^(V)“Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!”

³³ Do not be deceived: ^(W)“Evil company corrupts good habits.” ^34 (X)Awake to righteousness, and do not sin; ^(Y)for some do not have the knowledge of God. ^(Z)I speak this to your shame.

A Glorious Body

³⁵ But someone will say, ^(AA)“How are the dead raised up? And with what body do they come?” ³⁶ Foolish one, ^(AB)what you sow is not made alive unless it dies. ³⁷ And what you sow, you do not sow that body that shall be, but mere grain—perhaps wheat or some other grain. ³⁸ But God gives it a body as He pleases, and to each seed its own body.

³⁹ All flesh is not the same flesh, but there is one kind ^[d]of flesh of men, another flesh of animals, another of fish, and another of birds.

⁴⁰ There are also ^[e]celestial bodies and ^[f]terrestrial bodies; but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another. ⁴¹ There is one glory of the sun, another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for one star differs from another star in glory.

^42 (AC)So also is the resurrection of the dead. The body is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruption. ^43 (AD)It is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness, it is raised in power. ⁴⁴ It is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body. ⁴⁵ And so it is written, ^(AE)“The first man Adam became a living being.” ^(AF)The last Adam became ^(AG)a life-giving spirit.

⁴⁶ However, the spiritual is not first, but the natural, and afterward the spiritual. ^47 (AH)The first man was of the earth, ^(AI)made^[g] of dust; the second Man is ^[h]the Lord ^(AJ)from heaven. ⁴⁸ As was the ^[i]man of dust, so also are those who are made of dust; ^(AK)and as is the heavenly Man, so also are those who are heavenly. ⁴⁹ And ^(AL)as we have borne the image of the man of dust, ^(AM)we^[j] shall also bear the image of the heavenly Man.

Our Final Victory

⁵⁰ Now this I say, brethren, that ^(AN)flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; nor does corruption inherit incorruption. ⁵¹ Behold, I tell you a ^[k]mystery: ^(AO)We shall not all sleep, ^(AP)but we shall all be changed— ⁵² in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. ^(AQ)For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. ⁵³ For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and ^(AR)this mortal must put on immortality. ⁵⁴ So when this corruptible has put on incorruption, and this mortal has put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written: ^(AS)“Death is swallowed up in victory.”

⁵⁶ The sting of death is sin, and ^(AU)the strength of sin is the law. ^57 (AV)But thanks be to God, who gives us ^(AW)the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

²⁵ Now as he reasoned about righteousness, self-control, and the judgment to come, Felix was afraid and answered, “Go away for now; when I have a convenient time I will call for you.”

² he said to them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?”

So they said to him, ^(A)“We have not so much as heard whether there is a Holy Spirit.”

³ And he said to them, “Into what then were you baptized?”

So they said, ^(B)“Into John’s baptism.”

⁴ Then Paul said, ^(C)“John indeed baptized with a baptism of repentance, saying to the people that they should believe on Him who would come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus.”

⁵ When they heard this, they were baptized ^(D)in the name of the Lord Jesus. ⁶ And when Paul had ^(E)laid hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and ^(F)they spoke with tongues and prophesied.

^18 [a]Then certain Epicurean and Stoic philosophers encountered him. And some said, “What does this ^[b]babbler want to say?”

Others said, “He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign gods,” because he preached to them ^(A)Jesus and the resurrection.

³³ And he took them the same hour of the night and washed their stripes. And immediately he and all his family were baptized.

¹⁵ And when she and her household were baptized, she begged us, saying, “If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come to my house and stay.” So ^(A)she persuaded us.