1 Corinthians 15:35-44

Christian Standard Bible

The Nature of the Resurrection Body

³⁵ But someone will ask, “How are the dead raised? What kind of body will they have when they come?” ³⁶ You fool! What you sow does not come to life^(A) unless it dies. ³⁷ And as for what you sow—you are not sowing the body that will be, but only a seed, perhaps of wheat or another grain. ³⁸ But God gives it a body as he wants,^(B) and to each of the seeds its own body. ³⁹ Not all flesh^(C) is the same flesh; there is one flesh for humans, another for animals, another for birds, and another for fish. ⁴⁰ There are heavenly bodies and earthly bodies, but the splendor^(D) of the heavenly bodies is different from that of the earthly ones. ⁴¹ There is a splendor of the sun, another of the moon, and another of the stars; in fact, one star differs from another star in splendor. ⁴² So it is with the resurrection of the dead: Sown in corruption, raised in incorruption;^{(E) 43} sown in dishonor,^(F) raised in glory;^(G) sown in weakness, raised in power;^{(H) 44} sown a natural body, raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body.