1 Corinthians 15:35–58

³⁵But ^asomeone will say, “How are ^bthe dead raised? And with what kind of body do they come?”

^36aYou fool! That which you ^bsow does not come to life unless it dies;

³⁷and that which you sow, you do not sow the body which is to be, but a bare grain, perhaps of wheat or of ¹something else.

³⁸But God gives it a body just as He wished, and ^ato each of the seeds a body of its own.

³⁹All flesh is not the same flesh, but there is one flesh of men, and another flesh of beasts, and another flesh of birds, and another of fish.

⁴⁰There are also heavenly bodies and earthly bodies, but the glory of the heavenly is one, and the glory of the earthly is another.

⁴¹There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for star differs from star in glory.

^42aSo also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown ^1ba perishable body, it is raised ^2can imperishable body;

⁴³it is sown in dishonor, it is raised in ^aglory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power;

⁴⁴it is sown a ^anatural body, it is raised a ^bspiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body.

⁴⁵So also it is written, “The first ^aman, Adam, became a living soul.” The ^blast Adam became a ^clife-giving spirit.

⁴⁶However, the spiritual is not first, but the natural; then the spiritual.

⁴⁷The first man is ^afrom the earth, ^1bearthy; the second man is from heaven.

⁴⁸As is the earthy, so also are those who are earthy; and as is the heavenly, ^aso also are those who are heavenly.

⁴⁹Just as we have ^aborne the image of the earthy, ¹we ^bwill also bear the image of the heavenly.

The Mystery of Resurrection

⁵⁰Now I say this, brethren, that ^aflesh and blood cannot ^binherit the kingdom of God; nor does ¹the perishable inherit ^2cthe imperishable.

⁵¹Behold, I tell you a ^amystery; we will not all sleep, but we will all be ^bchanged,

⁵²in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet; for ^athe trumpet will sound, and ^bthe dead will be raised ¹imperishable, and ^cwe will be changed.

⁵³For this ¹perishable must put on ^2athe imperishable, and this ^bmortal must put on immortality.

⁵⁴But when this ¹perishable will have put on ²the imperishable, and this mortal will have put on immortality, then will come about the saying that is written, “^aDeath is swallowed up in victory.

⁵⁵“^aO death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?”

⁵⁶The sting of ^adeath is sin, and ^bthe power of sin is the law;

⁵⁷but ^athanks be to God, who gives us the ^bvictory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

^58aTherefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in ^bthe work of the Lord, knowing that your toil is not in vain in the Lord.