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But some one will say , »
How can the dead rise ?
And with what kind of body do they come back ?«
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Foolish man !
the seed you yourself sow has no life given to it unless it first dies ;
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and as for what you sow ,
it is not the plant which is to be that you are sowing ,
but a bare grain ,
of wheat (
it may be )
or of something else ,
and God gives it a body as He has seen fit ,
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and to each kind of seed a body of its own .
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All flesh is not the same :
there is human flesh ,
and flesh of cattle ,
of birds ,
and of fishes .
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There are bodies which are celestial and there are bodies which are earthly ,
but the glory of the celestial ones is one thing ,
and that of the earthly ones is another .
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There is one glory of the sun ,
another of the moon ,
and another of the stars ;
for star differs from star in glory .
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It is the same with the resurrection of the dead .
The body is sown in a state of decay ,
it is raised free from decay ;
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it is sown in dishonor ,
it is raised in glory ;
it is sown in weakness ,
it is raised in power ;
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an animal body is sown ,
a spiritual body is raised .
As surely as there is an animal body ,
so there is also a spiritual body .
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In the same way also it is written ,
the last Adam is a life-giving Spirit .
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Nevertheless ,
it is not what is spiritual that came first ,
but what is animal ;
what is spiritual came afterwards .
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The first man is a man of earth ,
earthy ;
the second man is from Heaven .
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What the earthy one is ,
that also are those who are earthy ;
and what the heavenly One is ,
that also are those who are heavenly .
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And as we have borne a resemblance to the earthy one ,
let us see to it that we also bear a resemblance to the heavenly One .
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But this I tell you ,
brethren :
our mortal bodies cannot inherit the Kingdom of God ,
nor will what is perishable inherit what is imperishable .
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I tell you a truth hitherto kept secret :
we shall not all sleep ,
but we shall all be changed ,
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in a moment ,
in the twinkling of an eye ,
at the sounding of the last trumpet ;
for the trumpet will sound ,
and the dead will be raised incapable of decay ,
and shall be changed .
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For so it must be :
this perishable nature must clothe itself with what is imperishable ,
and this mortality must clothe itself with immortality .
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But when this perishable nature has put on what is imperishable ,
and this mortality has put on immortality ,
then will the words of Scripture be fulfilled ,
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Now sin is the sting of death ,
and sin derives its power from the Law ;
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but God be thanked who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ !
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Therefore ,
my dear brethren ,
be firm ,
unmovable ,
busily occupied at all times in the Lord '
s work ,
knowing that your toil is not fruitless in the Lord .