1 Corinthians 15:35-44, 1 Corinthians 15:50-54

The Resurrection Body

³⁵But ^asomeone will say, “How are ^bthe dead raised? And with what kind of body do they come?” ³⁶^aYou fool! That which you ^bsow does not come to life unless it dies; ³⁷and that which you sow, you do not sow the body which is to be, but a bare grain, perhaps of wheat or of ¹something else. ³⁸But God gives it a body just as He wished, and ^ato each of the seeds a body of its own. ³⁹All flesh is not the same flesh, but there is one flesh of men, and another flesh of beasts, and another flesh of birds, and another of fish. ⁴⁰There are also heavenly bodies and earthly bodies, but the glory of the heavenly is one, and the glory of the earthly is another. ⁴¹There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for star differs from star in glory.

⁴²^aSo also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown ¹^,^ba corruptible body, it is raised ²^,^can incorruptible body; ⁴³it is sown in dishonor, it is raised in ^aglory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power; ⁴⁴it is sown a ^anatural body, it is raised a ^bspiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body.

⁵⁰Now I say this, brothers, that ^aflesh and blood cannot ^binherit the kingdom of God, nor does the corruptible inherit ^cthe incorruptible. ⁵¹Behold, I tell you a ^amystery: we will not all sleep, but we will all be ^bchanged, ⁵²in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For ^athe trumpet will sound, and ^bthe dead will be raised incorruptible, and ^cwe will be changed. ⁵³For this corruptible must put on ^athe incorruptible, and this ^bmortal must put on immortality. ⁵⁴But when this corruptible puts on the incorruptible, and this mortal puts on immortality, then will come about the word that is written, “^aDeath is swallowed up in victory.