⁴⁶ But it is not the spiritual that is first but the natural, and then the spiritual. ^47 (A)The first man was from the earth, ^(B)a man of dust; ^(C)the second man is from heaven. ⁴⁸ As was the man of dust, so also are those who are of the dust, and as is the man of heaven, ^(D)so also are those who are of heaven. ⁴⁹ Just ^(E)as we have borne the image of the man of dust, ^(F)we shall^[a] also bear the image of the man of heaven.

Mystery and Victory

⁵⁰ I tell you this, brothers: ^(G)flesh and blood ^(H)cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. ⁵¹ Behold! I tell you a mystery. ^(I)We shall not all sleep, ^(J)but we shall all be changed, ⁵² in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For ^(K)the trumpet will sound, and ^(L)the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed. ⁵³ For this perishable body must put on the imperishable, and ^(M)this mortal body must put on immortality. ⁵⁴ When the perishable puts on the imperishable, and the mortal puts on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written:

⁵⁶ The sting of death is sin, and ^(P)the power of sin is the law. ⁵⁷ But thanks be to God, ^(Q)who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

^58 (R)Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in ^(S)the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord ^(T)your labor is not in vain.