1Corinthians:15:35-58

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* But some one will say , How are the dead raised ? and with what body do they come ? * Fool ; what thou sowest is not quickened unless it die . * And what thou sowest , thou sowest not the body that shall be , but a bare grain : it may be of wheat , or some one of the rest : * and God gives to it a body as he has pleased , and to each of the seeds its own body . * Every flesh [is ] not the same flesh , but one [is ] of men , and another flesh of beasts , and another [flesh ] of birds , and another of fishes . * And [there are ] heavenly bodies , and earthly bodies : but different is the glory of the heavenly , different that of the earthly : * one [the ] sun 's glory , and another [the ] moon 's glory , and another [the ] stars ' glory ; for star differs from star in glory . * Thus also [is ] the resurrection of the dead . It is sown in corruption , it is raised in incorruptibility . * It is sown in dishonour , it is raised in glory . It is sown in weakness , it is raised in power . * It is sown a natural body , it is raised a spiritual body : if there is a natural body , there is also a spiritual [one ]. * Thus also it is written , The first man Adam became a living soul ; the last Adam a quickening spirit . * But that which is spiritual [was ] not first , but that which is natural , then that which is spiritual : * the first man out of [the ] earth , made of dust ; the second man , out of heaven . * Such as he made of dust , such also those made of dust ; and such as the heavenly [one ], such also the heavenly [ones ]. * And as we have borne the image of the [one ] made of dust , we shall bear also the image of the heavenly [one ]. * But this I say , brethren , that flesh and blood cannot inherit God 's kingdom , nor does corruption inherit incorruptibility . * Behold , I tell you a mystery : We shall not all fall asleep , but we shall all be changed , * in an instant , in [the ] twinkling of an eye , at the last trumpet ; for the trumpet shall sound , and the dead shall be raised incorruptible , and we shall be changed . * For this corruptible must needs put on incorruptibility , and this mortal put on immortality . * But when this corruptible shall have put on incorruptibility , and this mortal shall have put on immortality , then shall come to pass the word written : Death has been swallowed up in victory . * Where , O death , [is ] thy sting ? where , O death , thy victory ? * Now the sting of death [is ] sin , and the power of sin the law ; * but thanks to God , who gives us the victory by our Lord Jesus Christ . * So then , my beloved brethren , be firm , immovable , abounding always in the work of the Lord , knowing that your toil is not in vain in [the ] Lord .

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