1 Corinthians 15:35-58.
1 Corinthians 15:35-58 (Good News Translation)
The Resurrection Body
35"Someone 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.45 For
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. 51-52 Listen 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.54 So 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."
Jesus is the way. Invite Him into your heart.
The Resurrection Body
35"Someone 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.45 For
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. 51-52 Listen 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.54 So 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."
Jesus is the way. Invite Him into your heart.
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