1 Corinthians 15:35–58

³⁵But some man will say, ⁿHow are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come? ³⁶Thou ^ofool, ^pthat which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die: ³⁷and that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain, ^qit may chance of wheat, or of some other grain: ³⁸but God giveth it a body ^qqas it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body. ³⁹All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and another of birds. ⁴⁰There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another. ⁴¹There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars: for one star differeth from another star in glory. ^42rSo also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in ^scorruption; it is raised in ^tincorruption: ^43uit is sown in dishonour; it ^ris raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power: ⁴⁴it is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a ^wnatural body, and there is a spiritual body. ⁴⁵And so it is written, ^xThe first man Adam was made a living soul; ^ythe last Adam was made ^za quickening spirit. ⁴⁶Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is ^wnatural; and afterward that which is spiritual. ^47aThe first man is of the earth, ^bearthy: the second man is ^acthe Lord from heaven. ⁴⁸As is the ^bearthy, such are they also that are ^bearthy: and as is the heavenly, ^dsuch are they also that are heavenly. ⁴⁹And ^eas we have borne the image of the ^bearthy, ^fwe shall also bear the image of the heavenly.

⁵⁰Now this I say, brethren, that ^gflesh and blood ^hcannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth ⁱcorruption inherit ⁱincorruption. ⁵¹Behold, I shew you a mystery; ^kWe shall not all ^lsleep, but ^mwe shall all be changed, ⁵²in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for ⁿthe trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. ⁵³For this corruptible must put on ⁱincorruption, and ^othis mortal must put on immortality. ⁵⁴So when this corruptible shall have put on ⁱincorruption, and ^opthis mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, ^qDeath is ^oswallowed up ^rin victory. ^55sO death, where is thy sting? O ^tgrave, where is thy victory? ⁵⁶The sting of death is sin; and ^uthe strength of sin is the law. ⁵⁷But ^vthanks be to God, ^wwhich giveth us ^xthe victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. ^58yTherefore, my beloved brethren, be ye ^zstedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in ^athe work of the Lord, forasmuch as you know ^bthat your labour is not in vain ^cin the Lord.

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