¹Otherwise what shall they who are  ²baptized for the dead do? If the dead are actually not raised, why then are they baptized for them?

Why also do we brave danger every hour?

I protest by the  ¹boasting in you, brothers, which I have  ²in Christ Jesus our Lord, I  ¹die daily.

If  ¹after the manner of men I fought with  ²wild beasts at Ephesus, what does it profit me? If the dead are not raised,  ³let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.

Do not be deceived:  ¹Evil  ²companionships corrupt good morals.

 ¹Awake from the drunken stupor righteously and do not sin, for some of you  ²are ignorant of God. I speak to your shame.

But someone will say, How are the dead raised? And with what kind of body do they come?

Foolish man,  ¹what you sow is not made alive unless it dies;

And what you sow, you do not sow the body that will be, but a bare grain, perhaps of wheat or of some other of the rest.

But God gives it a body even as He willed, and to each of the seeds its own  ¹body.

 ¹All flesh is not the same flesh, but one is of men, and another flesh is of cattle, and another is of birds, and another is of fish.

There are also heavenly bodies and earthly bodies; but the glory of the heavenly is one thing, and that of the earthly is another.

There is another glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for star differs from star in glory.

So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruption;

It is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power;

It is sown a  ¹soulish body, it is raised a  ¹spiritual body. If there is a soulish body, there is also a spiritual one.

So also it is written, “The first man, Adam, became a living  ¹soul”; the last Adam became a life-giving  ¹Spirit.

But  ¹the spiritual is not first but  ²the soulish, then the spiritual:

The first man is  ¹out of the earth, earthy; the  ²second man is  ³out of heaven.

As  ¹the earthy is, such are  ²they also that are earthy; and as  ³the heavenly is, such are  ⁴they also that are heavenly.

And even as we have borne the  ¹image of the earthy, we will also bear the  ¹image of the heavenly.

Now this I say, brothers, that  ¹flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, neither does corruption inherit incorruption.

Behold, I tell you a  ¹mystery: We will not all  ²sleep, but we will all be  ³changed,

In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the  ¹last trumpet; for the trumpet will sound, and the  ²dead will be raised incorruptible, and  ³we will be changed.

For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and  ¹this mortal must put on immortality.

And  ¹when this corruptible will put on incorruption and this mortal will put on immortality, then the word which is written will come to pass, “Death has been swallowed up  ²unto  ³victory.”

 ¹Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?

The  ¹sting of death is sin, and the  ²power of sin is the law.

But thanks be to God who gives us the  ¹victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

Therefore, my beloved brothers, be  ¹steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the  ²work of the Lord, knowing that your  ³labor is not in vain in the Lord.

My son, if you have become a surety for your neighbor,
If you have given your hands as a pledge for a stranger,

You are snared by the words of your mouth;
You are caught by the words of your mouth.

Do this now, my son, and deliver yourself,
Since you have come into the hand of your neighbor:
Go, humble yourself, and plead with your neighbor.

Do not give sleep to your eyes,
Nor slumber to your eyelids.

Deliver yourself like a gazelle from the hunter's hand
And like a bird from the fowler's hand.

Go to the ant, you sluggard;
Consider its ways, and be wise,

Which, having no chief,
Officer, or ruler,

Prepares its food in summer
And gathers its sustenance in the harvest.

How long, sluggard, will you lie there?
When will you arise from your sleep?

A little sleep, a little slumber,
A little folding of the hands to rest,

And your poverty will come upon you like a robber,
And your want, like an armed man.

A worthless man, a wicked man,
Goes around with a perverse mouth,

Winking with his eyes, signaling with his feet,
Pointing with his fingers;

With perverseness in his heart, he is devising evil continually;
He injects discord.

Therefore his calamity will come suddenly;
In a moment he will be broken, and there will be no remedy.

There are six things that Jehovah hates;
Indeed, seven that are an abomination to His soul:

Haughty eyes, a lying tongue,
And hands that shed innocent blood,

A heart that devises wicked schemes,
Feet that hurry to run to evil,

A false witness who utters lies,
And one who injects discord among brothers.

My son, keep the commandment of your father,
And do not reject the teaching of your mother;

Bind them continually on your heart;
Tie them around your neck.

When you walk about, it will guide you,
When you lie down, it will watch over you;
And when you awake, it will talk with you.

For the commandment is a lamp, and the teaching a light,
And the reproofs of instruction are the way of life,

To keep you from the evil woman,
From the smooth tongue of the adulteress.

Do not desire her beauty in your heart,
Nor let her catch you with her eyelids;

For the price of a harlot is a loaf of bread,
But the wife of another man hunts for the precious soul.

Can a man take fire in his bosom
And his clothes not be burned?

Can a man walk on hot coals
And his feet not be scorched?

So it is with him who goes in to his neighbor's wife;
No one who touches her will be unpunished.

The thief is not despised if he steals
To satisfy himself when he is hungry;

But if he is found out, he shall restore sevenfold;
He must give over all the substance of his house.

He who commits adultery with a woman lacks sense;
He who does it destroys his own soul.

He will find wounds and dishonor,
And his reproach will not be wiped away.

For jealousy is the rage of a man,
And he will not spare in the day of vengeance.

He will not regard any ransom,
Nor will he be content if you give him great gifts.

My son, keep my words,
And treasure up my commandments within you.

Keep my commandments, and live;
And my teaching, like the apple of your eye.

Bind them on your fingers;
Write them on the tablet of your heart.

Say to wisdom, You are my sister,
And call understanding your close friend,

That they may keep you from the strange woman,
From the adulteress who flatters with her words.

For at the window of my house
I looked out through my lattice,

And I saw among the simple ones,
I discerned among the youths,
A young man lacking sense,

Passing along the street near her corner;
And he takes the way to her house,

In the twilight, in the evening of the day,
In the deep of night and darkness.

And there comes a woman to meet him,
Dressed as a harlot and cunning of heart.

She is rowdy and defiant;
Her feet do not stay at home —

Now in the street, now in the squares,
And at every corner she lies in wait.

And she grabs him and kisses him;
And with an impudent face she says to him,

I had to make offerings;
Today I have paid my vows.

Therefore I have come out to meet you,
To earnestly seek your presence; and I have found you.

I have decked my couch with coverings,
Colored spreads of the linen of Egypt;

I have sprinkled my bed with myrrh,
Aloes, and cinnamon.

Come, let us drink our fill of love until the morning;
Let us delight ourselves with love.

For my husband is not at home;
He has gone on a long journey.

He has taken the money bag with him;
He will come home at the full moon.

With her great persuasiveness she beguiles him;
With her smooth talk she compels him.

He goes after her immediately,
As an ox goes to the slaughter,
Or as someone in fetters, to the correction of the fool,

Until an arrow pierces through his liver.
As a bird hastens to the snare,
So he does not know that this will cost him his life.

And now, my sons, listen to me,
And pay attention to the words of my mouth.

Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways;
Do not stray into her paths.

For many are those whom she has brought down wounded,
And numerous are all who have been slain by her.

Her house is the way to Sheol,
Going down to the chambers of death.