"Therefore, my dear brothers, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain."
I Corinthians is all about resurrection - the resurrection of Christ and the future resurrection of our bodies. And the final verse gives us our hope for the present life - that the work we do now for the Lord is not in vain. If we combine this with what Wright has pointed out earlier in the book (that our souls don't "go to heaven" after we die, but rather we are saved from death to a new earth by resurrection), then it becomes clear that Christians cannot have the attitude that what we do right now doesn't matter because this is not our final home. I've seen this argument used by some Christians to say that we don't have to care for the environment, for example.
Overall, Surprised by Hope was very good - probably one of the best ones I've read so far this year. I highly recommend it.
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