1 Corinthians 15:43–53

⁴³It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power.^{* 44}It is sown a physical body; it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a physical body, there is also a spiritual body. ⁴⁵Thus it is written, “The first man, Adam, became a living being”; the last Adam became a life-giving spirit.^{* 46}But it is not the spiritual that is first but the physical and then the spiritual. ⁴⁷The first man was from the earth, made of dust; the second man is^l from heaven.^{* 48}As one of dust, so are those who are of the dust, and as one of heaven, so are those who are of heaven. ⁴⁹Just as we have borne the image of the one of dust, we will^m also bear the image of the one of heaven.^*

⁵⁰What I am saying, brothers and sisters, is this: flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.^{* 51}Look, I will tell you a mystery! We will not all die,ⁿ but we will all be changed,^{* 52}in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.^{* 53}For this perishable body must put on imperishability, and this mortal body must put on immortality.