1 Corinthians 15:35-57

New American Standard Bible

³⁵ But ^(A)someone will say, “How are ^(B)the dead raised? And with what kind of body do they come?” ^36 (C)You fool! That which you ^(D)sow does not come to life unless it dies; ³⁷ and that which you sow, you do not sow the body which is to be, but a bare grain, perhaps of wheat or of ^[a]something else. ³⁸ But God gives it a body just as He wished, and ^(E)to each of the seeds a body of its own. ³⁹ All flesh is not the same flesh, but there is one flesh of mankind, another flesh of animals, another flesh of birds, and another of fish. ⁴⁰ There are also heavenly bodies and earthly bodies, but the glory of the heavenly is one, and the glory of the earthly is another. ⁴¹ There is one glory of the sun, another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for star differs from star in glory.

^42 (F)So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown ^[b](G)a perishable body, it is raised ^[c](H)an imperishable body; ⁴³ it is sown in dishonor, it is raised in ^(I)glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power; ⁴⁴ it is sown a ^(J)natural body, it is raised a ^(K)spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body. ⁴⁵ So also it is written: “The first ^(L)man, Adam, became a living ^[d]person.” The ^(M)last Adam was a ^(N)life-giving spirit. ⁴⁶ However, the spiritual is not first, but the natural; then the spiritual. ⁴⁷ The first man is ^(O)from the earth, ^[e](P)earthy; the second man is from heaven. ⁴⁸ As is the earthy one, so also are those who are earthy; and as is the heavenly one, ^(Q)so also are those who are heavenly. ⁴⁹ Just as we have ^(R)borne the image of the earthy, ^[f]we ^(S)will also bear the image of the heavenly.

The Mystery of Resurrection

⁵⁰ Now I say this, brothers and sisters, that ^(T)flesh and blood cannot ^(U)inherit the kingdom of God; nor does ^[g]the perishable inherit ^[h](V)the imperishable. ⁵¹ Behold, I am telling you a ^[i](W)mystery; we will not all sleep, but we will all be ^(X)changed, ⁵² in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet; for ^(Y)the trumpet will sound, and ^(Z)the dead will be raised ^[j]imperishable, and ^(AA)we will be changed. ⁵³ For this ^[k]perishable must put on ^[l](AB)the imperishable, and this ^(AC)mortal must put on immortality. ⁵⁴ But when this ^[m]perishable puts on ^[n]the imperishable, and this mortal puts on immortality, then will come about the saying that is written: “^(AD)Death has been swallowed up in victory. ^55 (AE)Where, O Death, is your victory? Where, O Death, is your sting?” ⁵⁶ The sting of ^(AF)death is sin, and ^(AG)the power of sin is the Law; ⁵⁷ but ^(AH)thanks be to God, who gives us the ^(AI)victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.