Song of Songs 2:11-13

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¹¹See! The winter is past;
    the rains are over and gone.
¹²Flowers appear on the earth;
    the season of singing has come,
the cooing of doves
    is heard in our land.
¹³The fig tree forms its early fruit;^(A)
    the blossoming^(B) vines spread their fragrance.
Arise, come, my darling;
    my beautiful one, come with me.”

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Matthew 6:28

New International Version

²⁸“And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin.

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Matthew 6:28 in all English translations

1 Corinthians 15:42-45

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⁴²So will it be^(A) with the resurrection of the dead.^(B) The body that is sown is perishable, it is raised imperishable;^(C) ⁴³it is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory;^(D) it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power; ⁴⁴it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body.^(E)

If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body. ⁴⁵So it is written: “The first man Adam became a living being”^[a];^(F) the last Adam,^(G) a life-giving spirit.^(H)

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Footnotes

1 Corinthians 15:45 Gen. 2:7

1 John 5:20

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²⁰We know also that the Son of God has come^(A) and has given us understanding,^(B) so that we may know him who is true.^(C) And we are in him who is true by being in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.^(D)

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