1 Corinthians 15:35-50 ⓘ

15:35 But someone will say, “How are the dead raised?” and, “With what kind of body do they come?”

15:36 You foolish one, that which you yourself sow is not made alive unless it dies.

15:37 That which you sow, you don’t sow the body that will be, but a bare grain, maybe of wheat, or of some other kind.

15:38 But God gives it a body even as it pleased him, and to each seed a body of its own.

15:39 All flesh is not the same flesh, but there is one flesh of men, another flesh of animals, another of fish, and another of birds.

15:40 There are also celestial bodies and terrestrial bodies; but the glory of the celestial differs from that of the terrestrial.

15:41 There is one glory of the sun, another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for one star differs from another star in glory.

15:42 So also is the resurrection of the dead. The body is sown perishable; it is raised imperishable.

15:43 It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power.

15:44 It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body and there is also a spiritual body.

15:45 So also it is written, “The first man Adam became a living soul.” The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.

15:46 However, that which is spiritual isn’t first, but that which is natural, then that which is spiritual.

15:47 The first man is of the earth, made of dust. The second man is the Lord from heaven.

15:48 As is the one made of dust, such are those who are also made of dust; and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly.

15:49 As we have borne the image of those made of dust, let’s also bear the image of the heavenly.

15:50 Now I say this, brothers, that flesh and blood can’t inherit God’s Kingdom; neither does the perishable inherit imperishable.