1 Corinthians 15:47–57

⁴⁷The first man was of the dust of the earth;^v the second man is of heaven.^{w 48}As was the earthly man, so are those who are of the earth; and as is the heavenly man, so also are those who are of heaven.^{x 49}And just as we have borne the image of the earthly man,^y so shall we^g bear the image of the heavenly man.^z

⁵⁰I declare to you, brothers and sisters, that flesh and blood^a cannot inherit the kingdom of God,^b nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.^{c 51}Listen, I tell you a mystery:^d We will not all sleep,^e but we will all be changed^f—⁵²in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound,^g the dead^h will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. ⁵³For the perishableⁱ must clothe itself with the imperishable,^j and the mortal with immortality. ⁵⁴When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come true: “Death has been swallowed up in victory.”^hk

⁵⁵“Where, O death, is your victory?

Where, O death, is your sting?”^il

⁵⁶The sting of death is sin,^m and the power of sin is the law.^{n 57}But thanks be to God!^o He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.^p