1 Corinthians 15:35–44

THE NATURE OF THE RESURRECTION BODY

³⁵But someone will ask, “How are the dead raised? What kind of body will they have when they come?” ³⁶You fool! What you sow does not come to life^a unless it dies. ³⁷And as for what you sow—you are not sowing the body that will be, but only a seed, perhaps of wheat or another grain. ³⁸But God gives it a body as he wants,^b and to each of the seeds its own body. ³⁹Not all flesh^c is the same flesh; there is one flesh for humans, another for animals, another for birds, and another for fish. ⁴⁰There are heavenly bodies and earthly bodies, but the splendor^d of the heavenly bodies is different from that of the earthly ones. ⁴¹There is a splendor of the sun, another of the moon, and another of the stars; in fact, one star differs from another star in splendor. ⁴²So it is with the resurrection of the dead: Sown in corruption, raised in incorruption;^{e 43}sown in dishonor,^f raised in glory;^g sown in weakness, raised in power;^{h 44}sown a natural body, raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body.