1 Corinthians 15:35-58 - Questions Concerning The Resurrection Body
35 But some will say, How are the dead raised, and with what body do they come? 36 Silly creature! that which thou sowest, is not quickened, except it die first. 37 And as to what thou sowest, thou sowest not the very body that shall be produced, but a bare grain, it may be, of wheat, or any other corn: 38 and God giveth it a body as He pleaseth, and to every one of the seeds it's own body. 39 All flesh is not the same kind of flesh: but there is one flesh of men, and another of beasts, another of fishes, and another of birds. 40 There are also celestial bodies, and terrestrial bodies: but there is one glory of the celestial, and another of the terrestrial. 41 There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars: and one star differeth from another star in glory. 42 So also will be the resurrection of the dead. Our body is sown in corruption, it is raised incorruptible: it is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory: 43 it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power; 44 it is sown an animal body, it is raised a spiritual body: for there is an animal body, and there is a spiritual body. 45 And so it is written, "The first man Adam was made a living soul." But the last Adam is an enlivening spirit. 46 However, the spiritual is not first, but the animal; and afterwards the spiritual.
47 The first man being made out of the earth, was earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven. 48 Such as the earthy was, such are they also that are earthy: and such, as is the heavenly, are they also that are heavenly. 49 And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.
50 But this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; nor doth what is corruptible inherit incorruption. 51 Behold, I tell you a mystery: we shall not all sleep; but we shall all be changed in a moment, 52 in the twinkling of an eye, at the sound of the last trumpet (for the trumpet shall sound) and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed: 53 for this corruptible body must put on incorruption, and this mortal body must be clothed with immortality. 54 And when this corruptible shall be clothed with incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall come to pass the word that is written, "Death is swallowed up in victory." 55 O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? 56 the sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law: 57 but thanks be to God, who giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
58 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, be stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, since ye know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.