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.
45 And so it is written,
a “The first man Adam became a living being.”
b The last Adam
became c a life-giving spirit.
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46 However, the spiritual is not first, but the natural, and afterward the spiritual.
47 a The first man
was of the earth,
b made of dust; the second Man
is2 the Lord
c from heaven.
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48 As
was the
1 man of dust, so also
are those
who are made of dust;
a and as
is the heavenly
Man, so also
are those
who are heavenly.
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49 And
a as we have borne the image of the
man of dust,
b we shall also bear the image of the heavenly
Man. ‡
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
