1Corinthians:15:35-58

---

Seeker Overlay ON

* But someone will say , "How are the dead raised ? And with what sort of body do they come ?" * Fool , what you sow is not made alive unless it dies . * And what you sow , you do not sow that body that will be , but a bare grain-perhaps wheat or some other [grains ]. * But God gives to it a body just as He desired , and to each of the seeds its own body . * All flesh is not the same flesh , but there is a different [kind ] [of flesh ] for men , and another flesh for beasts , another for fish , and another for birds . * And there [ are ]heavenly bodies , and earthly bodies ; but the glory of the heavenly is one , and the glory of the earthly is another . * There is one glory of the sun , and another glory of the moon , and another glory of the stars ; for one star differs from [another ] star in glory . * So also is the resurrection of the dead . The body is sown in corruption , it is raised in incorruption . * It is sown in dishonor , 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 . There is a natural body , and there is a spiritual body . * Thus also it is written , "The first man Adam [became ] a living being ;"the last Adam [became ] a life-giving spirit . * However , that which is spiritual is not first , but that which is natural , then that which is spiritual . * The first man [was ]from earth , made of dust ; the second Man is the Lord from heaven . * Like the [man ] made of dust , so also [are ] those who are made of dust ; and as is the heavenly [Man ], so also [are ]those [who are ]heavenly . * And just as we have borne the image of the [man ] made of dust , let us also bear the image of the heavenly [Man ]. * Now this I say , brothers , that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God ; nor can corruption inherit incorruption . * Behold , I tell you a mystery : We shall not all sleep , but we shall all be changed - * in a moment , 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 put on incorruption , and this mortal must put on immortality . * So when this corruptible should put on incorruption , and this mortal should put on immortality , then will come to pass the word which was written : "Death was swallowed up in victory ." * "O Death , where is your sting ? O Hades , where is your victory ?" * Now the sting of death is sin , and the power of sin is the law . * But thanks be to God , who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ . * So then , my beloved brothers , be steadfast , immovable , always abounding in the work of the Lord , knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord .

---