1 Corinthians 15:35-58 - Questions Concerning The Resurrection Body
35 But someone will say, "How are the dead raised? And with what sort of body do they come?" 36 Foolish person! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies. 37 And what you sow [is] not the body which it will become, but you sow the bare seed, whether perhaps of wheat or of some of the rest. 38 But God gives to it a body just as he wishes, and to each one of the seeds its own body. 39 Not all flesh [is] the same, but [there is] one flesh of human beings, and another flesh of animals, and another flesh of birds, and another of fish, 40 and heavenly bodies and earthly bodies. But the glory of the heavenly [bodies] [is] of one kind, and the [glory] of the earthly [bodies] [is] of another kind. 41 [There 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 Thus also [is] the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruptibility. 43 It is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness, it is raised in power. 44 It is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. If [there] is a natural body, [there] is also a spiritual [body]. 45 Thus also it is written, "The first man, Adam, became a living soul"; the last Adam [became] a life-giving spirit. 46 But the spiritual [is] not first, but the natural; then the spiritual.
47 The first man [is] from the earth, made of earth; the second man [is] from heaven. 48 As the one [who is] made of earth, so also [are] those [who are] made of earth, and as the heavenly, so also [are] those [who are] heavenly. 49 And just as we have borne the image of the [one who is] made of earth, we will also bear the image of the heavenly.
50 But I say this, brothers, that flesh and blood is not able to inherit the kingdom of God, nor can corruption inherit incorruptibility. 51 Behold, I tell you a mystery: we will not all fall asleep, but we will all be changed, 52 in a moment, in the blink of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. 53 For it is necessary [for] this perishable [body] to put on incorruptibility, and this mortal [body] to put on immortality. 54 But whenever this perishable [body] puts on incorruptibility and this mortal [body] puts on immortality, then the saying that is written will take place: "Death is swallowed up in victory. 55 Where, O death, [is] your victory? Where, O death, [is] your sting? 56 Now the sting of death [is] sin, and the power of sin [is] the law. 57 But thanks [be] to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ!
58 So then, my dear brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, [because you] know that your labor is not [in] vain in the Lord.