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 thereis one kind1 of flesh of men, another flesh of animals, another of fish, and another of birds.
40Thereare also1 celestial bodies and terrestrial bodies; but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another.
41Thereis 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.
42aSo also is the resurrection of the dead. Thebody is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruption.
43aIt is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness, it is raised in power.
44 It is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.
45 And so it is written, a“The first man Adam became a living being.” bThe last Adam becameca life-giving spirit.
46 However, the spiritual is not first, but the natural, and afterward the spiritual.
47aThe first man was of the earth, bmade of dust; the second Man is2 the Lord cfrom heaven.
48 As was the1man of dust, so also are those whoaremade of dust; aand as is the heavenly Man, so also are those whoare heavenly.
49 And aas we have borne the image of the man of dust, bwe shall also bear the image of the heavenly Man.
Our Final Victory
50 Now this I say, brethren, that aflesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; nor does corruption inherit incorruption.
51 Behold, I tell you a1 mystery: aWe shall not all sleep, bbut we shall all be changed—
52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. aFor the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
There is no question in Paul's mind that there are celestial bodies. What is a celestial body? Many Bibles translate "celestial" as "heavenly." Paul is speaking about spirit bodies. He says plainly that spirits have bodies.
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