⁴² So will it be^(A) with the resurrection of the dead.^(B) The body that is sown is perishable, it is raised imperishable;^{(C) 43} it is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory;^(D) it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power; ⁴⁴ it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body.^(E)

If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body.

⁴⁹ And just as we have borne the image of the earthly man,^(A) so shall we^[a] bear the image of the heavenly man.^(B)

⁵⁰ I declare to you, brothers and sisters, that flesh and blood^(C) cannot inherit the kingdom of God,^(D) nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.^{(E) 51} Listen, I tell you a mystery:^(F) We will not all sleep,^(G) but we will all be changed^(H)— ⁵² in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound,^(I) the dead^(J) will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. ⁵³ For the perishable^(K) must clothe itself with the imperishable,^(L) and the mortal with immortality. ⁵⁴ When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come true: “Death has been swallowed up in victory.”^[b](M)