36 Foolish one,
a what you sow is not made alive unless it dies.
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37 And what you sow, you do not sow that body that shall be, but mere grain—perhaps wheat or some other
grain.
38 But God gives it a body as He pleases, and to each seed its own body.
39 All flesh
is not the same flesh, but
there is one
kind1 of flesh of men, another flesh of animals, another of fish,
and another of birds.
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40 There are also
1 celestial bodies and terrestrial bodies; but the glory of the celestial
is one, and the
glory of the terrestrial
is another.
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41 There is one glory of the sun, another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for
one star differs from
another star in glory.
42 a So also
is the resurrection of the dead.
The body is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruption.
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43 a It is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness, it is raised in power.
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44 It is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.
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