riversident - 1Corinthians:15:35-58

riversident@1Corinthians:15:35 @ But some one will say, How are the dead raised, and with what sort of bodies do they come?

riversident@1Corinthians:15:36 @ Thoughtless man! What you yourself sow does not come to life unless it dies.

riversident@1Corinthians:15:37 @ And what you sow is not the body that will come, but a mere grain, perhaps of wheat or of something else.

riversident@1Corinthians:15:38 @ But God gives it a body as he has pleased, and to each kind of seed a body of its own.

riversident@1Corinthians:15:39 @ All flesh is not the same flesh, but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another flesh of birds, and another flesh of fishes.

riversident@1Corinthians:15:40 @ There are bodies celestial and bodies terrestrial. But the glory of the celestial is of one kind and the glory of the terrestrial is of another.

riversident@1Corinthians:15:41 @ There is one glory of the sun and another glory of the moon and another glory of the stars. For star differs from star in glory.

riversident@1Corinthians:15:42 @ So also will be the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in decay; it is raised imperishable.

riversident@1Corinthians:15:43 @ It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power.

riversident@1Corinthians:15:44 @ It is sown an animal body; it is raised a spiritual body. If there is an animal body there is also a spiritual body.

riversident@1Corinthians:15:45 @ Just as it is written, "The first man Adam became a living animal," the last Adam became a lifegiving spirit.

riversident@1Corinthians:15:46 @ But the spiritual is not first, but the animal, then the spiritual.

riversident@1Corinthians:15:47 @ The first man was from the earth, earthly; the second man is the Lord from heaven.

riversident@1Corinthians:15:48 @ As is the earthly man such are also those who are earthly, and as is the heavenly man such are also those who are heavenly.

riversident@1Corinthians:15:49 @ And as we have borne the image of the earthly man, we shall bear the image of the heavenly man.

riversident@1Corinthians:15:50 @ But I say this, brethren, flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor will decay inherit imperishability.

riversident@1Corinthians:15:51 @ I am telling you a mystery. We shall not all fall asleep, but we shall all be transformed,

riversident@1Corinthians:15:52 @ in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet-call. For the trumpet will sound and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be transformed.

riversident@1Corinthians:15:53 @ For this perishable must clothe itself with imperishability, and this mortal must clothe itself with immortality.

riversident@1Corinthians:15:54 @ When this perishable has clothed itself with imperishability and this mortal has clothed itself with immortality, then will come to pass the word that is written, "Death has been swallowed up in victory.

riversident@1Corinthians:15:55 @ O Death, where is thy victory? O Death, where is thy sting?"

riversident@1Corinthians:15:56 @ The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the Law.

riversident@1Corinthians:15:57 @ But thanks be to God who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ!

riversident@1Corinthians:15:58 @ So then, my beloved brethren, be firm, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord; since you know that your labor is not fruitless in the Lord.