1 Corinthians 15:35-58 - Questions Concerning The Resurrection Body
35 But some will say, how will the dead be raised? with what kind of body will they appear? 36 foolish as you are, the grain you sow, is not revived except it die. 37 and whatever you sow, you don't sow that body which shall afterwards appear, but only the bare grain of wheat, for instance, or of some other grain. 38 but God gives it such a body, as he thinks fit, to every seed its peculiar body. 39 All flesh is not of the same kind: but there is one kind that belongs to men, another to beasts, another to fishes, and another to birds. 40 there are celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial is of one kind, and the glory of the terrestrial of another. 41 the glory of the sun is of one kind, the glory of the moon of another, and the glory of the stars still different; nay, one star differs from another star in glory. 42 such will be the resurrection of the dead: the body is sown corruptible, it will be raised incorruptible. 43 it is sown in dishonour, it will be raised in glory: it is sown in decay, it will be raised in power: 44 it is sown an animal body, it will rise a spiritual body. there is an animal body, and there is a spiritual body. 45 and so it is written, the first man Adam was made an animating soul, the last Adam was made a vivifying spirit. 46 but the spiritual body was not first, but the animal; and afterwards the spiritual.
47 the first man was formed from the dust of the earth: the second man was from heaven. 48 as was the terrestrial, such are they also that are terrestrial: and as is the celestial, such also shall they be who are to be celestial. 49 for as we have born the image of the terrestrial, so we shall bear the image of the celestial.
50 this I say, my brethren, because the body, as it is at present, cannot possess the kingdom of God; and what is corruptible, can't enjoy incorruptibility. 51 I shall now tell you a very great secret: we shall not all of us sleep, but we shall all be changed, 52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the sound of the last trumpet (for the trumpet shall sound) and the dead shall rise incorruptible; but as for us, we shall be changed. 53 for this corruptible body must be invested with incorruptibility, this mortal be invested with immortality. 54 but when this corruptible shall be invested with incorruptibility, and this mortal with immortality, then shall be fulfilled that passage of scripture, " death is swallowed up for ever." 55 "O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?" 56 the sting of death was sin; and the strength of sin was the law. 57 but thanks be to God, who has given us the victory, thro' our Lord Jesus Christ.
58 therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye inflexibly steady, and continually surpass others in the work of the Lord, knowing that he will not leave your christian labour unrewarded.