1Cor 15:13-57, Phili 3:21, 1Th 4:14-18, 2Ti 2:18 | ESV | STEP | But if there is no resurrection of the dead , then not even Christ has been raised .

13 But if there is no resurrection of the dead, ^athen not even Christ has been raised. 14 And if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain and your faith is in vain. 15 We are even found to be misrepresenting God, because we testified about God that ^bhe raised Christ, whom he did not raise if it is true that the dead are not raised. 16 For if the dead are not raised, not even Christ has been raised. 17 And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile and ^cyou are still in your sins. 18 Then those also who ^dhave fallen asleep in Christ have perished. 19 If in Christ we have hope ^{▼▼Or we have hoped} in this life only, ^fwe are of all people most to be pitied.

20 But in fact ^gChrist has been raised from the dead, ^hthe firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. 21 For as ⁱby a man came death, ^jby a man has come also the resurrection of the dead. 22 For ^kas in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive. 23 But each in his own order: Christ the firstfruits, then ^lat his coming ^mthose who belong to Christ. 24 Then comes the end, when he delivers ⁿthe kingdom to God the Father after destroying ^oevery rule and every authority and power. 25 For he must reign ^puntil he has put all his enemies under his feet. 26 The last enemy to be ^qdestroyed is death. 27 For ^r“God ^{▼▼Greek he} has put all things in subjection under his feet.” But when it says, “all things are put in subjection,” it is plain that he is excepted who put all things in subjection under him. 28 When ^tall things are subjected to him, then the Son himself will also be subjected to him who put all things in subjection under him, that ^uGod may be all in all.

29 Otherwise, what do people mean by being baptized on behalf of the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why are people baptized on their behalf? 30 Why are we ^vin danger every hour? 31 I protest, brothers, by ^wmy pride in you, which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, ^xI die every day! 32 What do I gain if, humanly speaking, ^yI fought with beasts at Ephesus? If the dead are not raised, ^z“Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.” 33 ^aaDo not be deceived: ^ab“Bad company ruins good morals.” ^{▼▼Probably from Menander’s comedy Thais} 34 ^adWake up from your drunken stupor, as is right, and do not go on sinning. For ^aesome have no knowledge of God. ^afI say this to your shame.

The Resurrection Body

35 But someone will ask, ^ag“How are the dead raised? With what kind of body do they come?” 36 You foolish person! ^ahWhat you sow does not come to life unless it dies. 37 And what you sow is not the body that is to be, but a bare kernel, perhaps of wheat or of some other grain. 38 But God gives it a body as he has chosen, and to each kind of seed its own body. 39 For not all flesh is the same, but there is one kind for humans, another for animals, another for birds, and another for fish. 40 There are heavenly bodies and earthly bodies, but the glory of the heavenly is of one kind, and the glory of the earthly is of another. 41 There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for star differs from star in glory.

42 ^aiSo is it with the resurrection of the dead. What is sown is perishable; what is raised is imperishable. 43 It is sown in dishonor; ^ajit 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. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body. 45 Thus it is written, ^ak“The first man Adam became a living being”; ^{▼▼Greek a living soul} ^amthe last Adam became a ^anlife-giving spirit. 46 But it is not the spiritual that is first but the natural, and then the spiritual. 47 ^aoThe first man was from the earth, ^apa man of dust; ^aqthe second man is from heaven. 48 As was the man of dust, so also are those who are of the dust, and as is the man of heaven, ^arso also are those who are of heaven. 49 Just ^asas we have borne the image of the man of dust, ^atwe shall ^{▼▼Some manuscripts let us} also bear the image of the man of heaven.

Mystery and Victory

50 I tell you this, brothers: ^avflesh and blood ^awcannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. 51 Behold! I tell you a mystery. ^axWe shall not all sleep, ^aybut we shall all be changed, 52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For ^azthe trumpet will sound, and ^bathe dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed. 53 For this perishable body must put on the imperishable, and ^bbthis mortal body must put on immortality. 54 When the perishable puts on the imperishable, and the mortal puts on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written:

^bc“Death is swallowed up in victory.”
55 ^bd“O death, where is your victory?
O death, where is your sting?”
56 The sting of death is sin, and ^bethe power of sin is the law. 57 But thanks be to God, ^bfwho gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

Philippians 3:21

21 who will transform ^bgour lowly body ^bhto be like his glorious body, ^biby the power that enables him even ^bjto subject all things to himself.

1 Thessalonians 4:14-18

14 For ^bksince we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him ^blthose who have fallen asleep. 15 For this we declare to you ^bmby a word from the Lord, ^{▼▼Or by the word of the Lord} that ^bowe who are alive, who are left until ^bpthe coming of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep. 16 For ^bqthe Lord himself will descend ^brfrom heaven ^bswith a cry of command, with the voice of ^btan archangel, and ^buwith the sound of the trumpet of God. And ^bvthe dead in Christ will rise first. 17 Then we who are alive, who are left, will be ^bwcaught up together with them ^bxin the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so ^bywe will always be with the Lord. 18 Therefore encourage one another with these words.

2 Timothy 2:18

18 who have swerved from the truth, ^bzsaying that the resurrection has already happened. They are upsetting the faith of some.