1 Corinthians 15:35-58 - Questions Concerning The Resurrection Body
35 But some one will say - How, are the dead raised? and, with what kind of body, do they come? 36 Simple one! What, thou, sowest, is not quickened, except it die; 37 And, what thou sowest, not the body that shall come into existence, dost thou sow, but a naked kernel - if it so happen, of wheat, or of any of the rest, - 38 Howbeit, God, giveth it a body, as he pleased, and, unto each of the seeds, a body of its own. 39 Not all flesh, is the same flesh; but, one, indeed, is, the flesh of men, and, another, the flesh of beasts, and, another, the flesh of birds, and, another, of fishes; 40 And there are heavenly bodies, and earthly bodies, - but, of one kind, indeed, is the glory of the heavenly, and, of another kind, is the glory of the earthly; - 41 One, is the glory of a sun, and, another, the glory of a moon, and, another, the glory of stars, - nay! star from star, differeth in glory. 42 Thus, also the resurrection of the dead: it is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruption, 43 It is sown in dishonour, it is raised in glory, it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power, 44 It is sown a body of the soul, it is raised a body of the spirit; if there is a body of the soul, there is also of the spirit: - 45 Thus, also, it is written - The first man, Adam, became, a living soul, the last Adam, a life-giving spirit. 46 Howbeit, not first, is the body of the spirit, but that, of the soul, - afterwards, that of the spirit.
47 The first man, is of the ground, earthy, the second man, is, of heaven: 48 As, the man of earth, such, also, the men of earth, and, as, the man of heaven, such, also, the men of heaven; 49 And, even as we have borne the image of the man of earth, let us also bear the image of the man of heaven.
50 And, this, I say, brethren, - that, flesh and blood, cannot inherit, God's kingdom. Neither doth, corruption, inherit, incorruption. 51 Lo! a sacred secret, unto you, do I declare: - we shall not, all, sleep, but we shall, all, be changed, - 52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, during the last trumpet; for it shall sound, and, the dead, shall be raised, incorruptible, and, we, shall be changed. 53 For this corruptible must needs clothe itself with incorruptibility, and this mortal, clothe itself, with immortality. 54 But, whensoever, this mortal, shall clothe itself with immortality, then, shall be brought to pass the saying that is written - Death hath been swallowed up, victoriously; 55 Where, O death, is thy victory? Where, O death, is thy sting? 56 Now, the sting of death, is, sin, and, the power of sin, is, the law; - 57 But, unto God, be thanks, who is giving unto us the victory, through our Lord Jesus Christ.
58 So, then, my beloved brethren, - become ye, steadfast, immovable, superabounding in the work of the Lord, at all times; knowing that, your toil, is not in vain in the Lord.