1 Corinthians 15:35-58.
1 Corinthians 15:35-58 (Good News Translation)
35Someone will ask,
"How can the dead be raised to life? What kind of body will they
have?"
36You fool! When you plant a seed in the ground, it does not
sprout to life unless it dies.
37And what you plant is a bare seed, perhaps a grain of wheat
or some other grain, not the full-bodied plant that will later grow up.
38God provides that seed with the body he wishes; he gives each
seed its own proper body.
39And the flesh of living beings is not all the same kind of
flesh; human beings have one kind of flesh, animals another, birds
another, and fish another.
40And there are heavenly bodies and earthly bodies; the beauty
that belongs to heavenly bodies is different from the beauty that belongs
to earthly bodies.
41The sun has its own beauty, the moon another beauty, and the
stars a different beauty; and even among stars there are different kinds
of beauty.
42This is how it will be when the dead are raised to life. When
the body is buried, it is mortal; when raised, it will be immortal.
43When buried, it is ugly and weak; when raised, it will be
beautiful and strong.
44When buried, it is a physical body; when raised, it will be a
spiritual body. There is, of course, a physical body, so there has to be a
spiritual body.
45For the scripture says,
"The first man, Adam, was created a living being"; but the last
Adam is the life-giving Spirit.
46It is not the spiritual that comes first, but the physical,
and then the spiritual.
47The first Adam, made of earth, came from the earth; the
second Adam came from heaven.
48Those who belong to the earth are like the one who was made
of earth; those who are of heaven are like the one who came from heaven.
49Just as we wear the likeness of the man made of earth, so we
will wear
the likeness of the Man from heaven.
50What I mean, friends, is that what is made of flesh and blood
cannot share in God's Kingdom, and what is mortal cannot possess
immortality.
51-52Listen to this secret truth: we shall not all die, but
when the last trumpet sounds, we shall all be changed in an instant, as
quickly as the blinking of an eye. For when the trumpet sounds, the dead
will be raised, never to die again, and we shall all be changed.
53For what is mortal must be changed into what is immortal;
what will die must be changed into what cannot die.
54So when this takes place, and the mortal has been changed
into the immortal, then the scripture will come true:
"Death is destroyed; victory is complete!"
55"Where, Death, is your victory?
Where, Death, is your power to hurt?"
56Death gets its power to hurt from sin, and sin gets its
power from the Law.
57But thanks be to God who gives us the victory through our
Lord Jesus Christ!
58So then, my dear friends, stand firm and steady. Keep busy
always in your work for the Lord, since you know that nothing you do in
the Lord's service is ever useless.
35Someone will ask,
"How can the dead be raised to life? What kind of body will they
have?"
36You fool! When you plant a seed in the ground, it does not
sprout to life unless it dies.
37And what you plant is a bare seed, perhaps a grain of wheat
or some other grain, not the full-bodied plant that will later grow up.
38God provides that seed with the body he wishes; he gives each
seed its own proper body.
39And the flesh of living beings is not all the same kind of
flesh; human beings have one kind of flesh, animals another, birds
another, and fish another.
40And there are heavenly bodies and earthly bodies; the beauty
that belongs to heavenly bodies is different from the beauty that belongs
to earthly bodies.
41The sun has its own beauty, the moon another beauty, and the
stars a different beauty; and even among stars there are different kinds
of beauty.
42This is how it will be when the dead are raised to life. When
the body is buried, it is mortal; when raised, it will be immortal.
43When buried, it is ugly and weak; when raised, it will be
beautiful and strong.
44When buried, it is a physical body; when raised, it will be a
spiritual body. There is, of course, a physical body, so there has to be a
spiritual body.
45For the scripture says,
"The first man, Adam, was created a living being"; but the last
Adam is the life-giving Spirit.
46It is not the spiritual that comes first, but the physical,
and then the spiritual.
47The first Adam, made of earth, came from the earth; the
second Adam came from heaven.
48Those who belong to the earth are like the one who was made
of earth; those who are of heaven are like the one who came from heaven.
49Just as we wear the likeness of the man made of earth, so we
will wear
the likeness of the Man from heaven.
50What I mean, friends, is that what is made of flesh and blood
cannot share in God's Kingdom, and what is mortal cannot possess
immortality.
51-52Listen to this secret truth: we shall not all die, but
when the last trumpet sounds, we shall all be changed in an instant, as
quickly as the blinking of an eye. For when the trumpet sounds, the dead
will be raised, never to die again, and we shall all be changed.
53For what is mortal must be changed into what is immortal;
what will die must be changed into what cannot die.
54So when this takes place, and the mortal has been changed
into the immortal, then the scripture will come true:
"Death is destroyed; victory is complete!"
55"Where, Death, is your victory?
Where, Death, is your power to hurt?"
56Death gets its power to hurt from sin, and sin gets its
power from the Law.
57But thanks be to God who gives us the victory through our
Lord Jesus Christ!
58So then, my dear friends, stand firm and steady. Keep busy
always in your work for the Lord, since you know that nothing you do in
the Lord's service is ever useless.
God bless you.
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