1 Corinthians 15:42-58
Holman Christian Standard Bible
42 So it is with the resurrection of the dead:
Sown in corruption, raised in incorruption;(A)
43 sown in dishonor,(B) raised in glory;(C)
sown in weakness, raised in power;(D)
44 sown a natural body, raised a spiritual body.
If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body. 45 So it is written: The first man Adam became a living being;(E)[a] the last Adam(F) became a life-giving Spirit. 46 However, the spiritual is not first, but the natural, then the spiritual.
47 The first man was from the earth
and made of dust;(G)
the second man is[b] from heaven.
48 Like the man made of dust,
so are those who are made of dust;
like the heavenly man,
so are those who are heavenly.(H)
49 And just as we have borne
the image(I) of the man made of dust,
we will also bear
the image of the heavenly man.(J)
Victorious Resurrection
50 Brothers, I tell you this: Flesh(K) and blood(L) cannot inherit the kingdom of God, and corruption cannot inherit incorruption. 51 Listen! I am telling 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.(M)
For the trumpet will sound,
and the dead will be raised incorruptible,
and we will be changed.
53 For this corruptible must be clothed(N)
with incorruptibility,(O)
and this mortal must be clothed
with immortality.
54 When this corruptible is clothed
with incorruptibility,
and this mortal is clothed
with immortality,
then the saying that is written will take place:
Death has been swallowed up(P) in victory.(Q)[c]
55 Death, where is your victory?
Death, where is your sting?(R)[d]
56 Now the sting of death is sin,
and the power of sin(S) is the law.(T)
57 But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory(U)
through our Lord Jesus Christ!
58 Therefore, my dear brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always excelling in the Lord’s work,(V) knowing that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.
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- 1 Corinthians 15:45 Gn 2:7
- 1 Corinthians 15:47 Other mss add the Lord
- 1 Corinthians 15:54 Is 25:8
- 1 Corinthians 15:55 Hs 13:14
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