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.
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. ‡
Our Final Victory
50 Now this I say, brethren, that
a flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; nor does corruption inherit incorruption.
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51 Behold, I tell you a
1 mystery:
a We shall not all sleep,
b but we shall all be changed—
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New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
