1 Corinthians 15:43–53

⁴³sown in dishonor, ^araised in glory; ^b

sown in weakness, raised in power; ^c

⁴⁴sown a natural body, raised a spiritual body.

If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body. ⁴⁵So it is written: The first man Adam became a living being; ^dethe last Adam ^fbecame a life-giving Spirit. ⁴⁶However, the spiritual is not first, but the natural, then the spiritual.

⁴⁷The first man was from the earth

and made of dust; ^g

the second man is ^hfrom heaven.

⁴⁸Like the man made of dust,

so are those who are made of dust;

like the heavenly man,

so are those who are heavenly. ⁱ

⁴⁹And just as we have borne

the image ^jof the man made of dust,

we will also bear

the image of the heavenly man. ^k

Victorious Resurrection

⁵⁰Brothers, I tell you this: Flesh ^land blood ^mcannot inherit the kingdom of God, and corruption cannot inherit incorruption. ⁵¹Listen! I am telling you a mystery:

We will not all fall asleep,

but we will all be changed,

⁵²in a moment, in the blink of an eye,

at the last trumpet. ⁿ

For the trumpet will sound,

and the dead will be raised incorruptible,

and we will be changed.

⁵³For this corruptible must be clothed ^o

with incorruptibility, ^p

and this mortal must be clothed

with immortality.