^24 [a]But ^(A)God raised Him from the dead, putting an end to the ^[b]agony of death, since it ^(B)was impossible for Him to be held ^[c]in its power.

⁴ Therefore we have been ^(A)buried with Him through baptism into death, so that, just as Christ was ^(B)raised from the dead through the ^(C)glory of the Father, so we too may walk in ^(D)newness of life.

⁴³ it is sown in dishonor, it is raised in ^(A)glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power; ⁴⁴ it is sown a ^(B)natural body, it is raised a ^(C)spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body. ⁴⁵ So also it is written: “The first ^(D)man, Adam, became a living ^[a]person.” The ^(E)last Adam was a ^(F)life-giving spirit. ⁴⁶ However, the spiritual is not first, but the natural; then the spiritual. ⁴⁷ The first man is ^(G)from the earth, ^[b](H)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, ^(I)so also are those who are heavenly. ⁴⁹ Just as we have ^(J)borne the image of the earthy, ^[c]we ^(K)will also bear the image of the heavenly.

The Mystery of Resurrection

⁵⁰ Now I say this, brothers and sisters, that ^(L)flesh and blood cannot ^(M)inherit the kingdom of God; nor does ^[d]the perishable inherit ^[e](N)the imperishable. ⁵¹ Behold, I am telling you a ^[f](O)mystery; we will not all sleep, but we will all be ^(P)changed, ⁵² in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet; for ^(Q)the trumpet will sound, and ^(R)the dead will be raised ^[g]imperishable, and ^(S)we will be changed. ⁵³ For this ^[h]perishable must put on ^[i](T)the imperishable, and this ^(U)mortal must put on immortality.