1Corinthians:15:35-57

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* But someone will ask , How can dead people be raised ? What kind of body will they have when they come back from death ? * What foolish questions ! The seed you put in the ground must die before it can come to life . * You do not put a grown-up plant in the ground . You put in a seed , such as corn , wheat , rice , or something like that . * God gives the seed the body he wants it to have . He gives a different kind of body to every kind of seed . * Not all living bodies are alike . People have one kind of body . Animals have another kind of body . Fish another kind of body . Birds have another kind . * So too , there are bodies for the sky and bodies for the earth . The bodies for the sky are fine in one way , and the bodies for the earth are fine in another way . They are not alike . * The sun is fine in one way . The moon is fine in another way . The stars are fine in still another way . And one star is fine in a different way from another star . * So it is with the body that is raised from death . When it is put in the ground it is a body that dies . When it rises from death , it will never die again . * When it is put in the ground , it is not fine . When it rises , it is very fine . When it is put in the ground it has no strength . When it rises it is strong . * When it is put in the ground it is only a body for this world . When it rises it is a body for the spirit . If there is a body for this world , then there is also a body for the spirit . * The holy writings say , The first man , Adam , was of this world ! The last Adam &lt ;FI &gt ;Christ &lt ;Fi &gt ; is a Spirit who gives life . * The body for the spirit does not come first . The body for this world comes first . Then comes the body for the spirit . * The first man came from earth . He was made from the dust of the earth . The second Adam is the Lord from heaven . * Those who are made of earth are like the man made of dust . Those who are for heaven are like the man from heaven . * We were made like the man of dust but we shall look like the man from heaven . * Now I tell you , my brothers , our bodies of flesh and blood can have no place in the kingdom where God rules . A body which will die can have no room in the kingdom of God where people will never die . 51 , * Listen ! I tell you a secret . We will not all die , but we will all be changed . It will happen very quickly , as fast as one can shut his eyes . It will be when the trumpet or horn is blown the last time . Someone will blow the trumpet , dead people will rise , and they will never die again . We ourselves will be changed . * This body which dies must become a body which will never die . * When this body which dies becomes one which will never die , what the holy writings say comes true . It says , Death is overcome by victory . * Death , you have lost the battle . Death , your power to hurt us is gone . * Death hurts us because we are bad people . And our wrong ways are so strong because of the law . * But I thank God that he gives us power to stop being wrong through our Lord Jesus Christ . * So , my dear brothers , stand strong . Do not be moved from what you believe . Work hard for the Lord . You know that your work for the Lord will not be for nothing .

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