So will it be with the resurrection of the dead. The body that is sown
is perishable; it is raised imperishable; It is sown in dishonour, it is raised
in glory; It is sown in weakness, it is raised in power; It is sown a natural
body, it is raised a spiritual body.
If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body. So it is
written: "The first man Adam became a living being"; the last Adam, a
life-giving spirit. The spiritual did not come first, but the natural, and
after that, the spiritual. The first man was of the dust of the earth, the
second man from heaven. As was the earthly man, so are those who are of the
earth; and as is the man from heaven, so also are those who are of heaven. And
just as we have borne the likeness of the earthly man, so shall we bear the
likeness of the man from heaven.
I declare to you brothers, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the
kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. Listen, I
tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed – in a
flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will
sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. For the
perishable must clothe itself with the imperishable, and the mortal with
immortality. When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and
the mortal with the immortality, then the saying that is written will come
true: "Death has been swallowed up in victory."
"Where, O death, is your victory?
Where, O death, is your sting?"
The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.
The last enemy to be destroyed is death.
But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus
Christ.
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