⁴²Thus also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruptibility. ⁴³It is sown in dishonor, it is 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. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body. ⁴⁵Thus also it is written, “The first man, Adam, became a living soul”;^j the last Adam became a life-giving spirit. ⁴⁶But the spiritual is not first, but the natural; then the spiritual. ⁴⁷The first man is from the earth, made of earth; the second man is from heaven. ⁴⁸As the one who is made of earth, so also are those who are made of earth, and as the heavenly, so also are those who are heavenly. ⁴⁹And just as we have borne the image of the one who is made of earth, we will also bear the image of the heavenly.

⁵⁰But I say this, brothers, that flesh and blood is not able to inherit the kingdom of God, nor can corruption inherit incorruptibility. ⁵¹Behold, I tell 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. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. ⁵³For it is necessary for this perishable body to put on incorruptibility, and this mortal body to put on immortality. ⁵⁴But whenever this perishable body puts on incorruptibility and this mortal body puts on immortality, then the saying that is written will take place:

“Death is swallowed up in victory.

⁵⁵Where, O death, is your victory?

Where, O death, is your sting?

⁵⁶Now the sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.

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1 Corinthians 15:55–57: “O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?” The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

Footnotes

jA quotation from Gen 2:7