1 Corinthians 15:35-41

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The Resurrection Body

³⁵ But someone will ask, “How are the dead raised? What kind of body will they have when they come back?” ³⁶ You fool! The seed you plant does not come to life unless it dies, ³⁷ and what you plant is not the form that it will be, but a bare kernel, whether it is wheat or something else. ³⁸ But God gives the plant^[a] the form he wants it to have, and to each kind of seed its own form. ³⁹ Not all flesh is the same.^[b] Humans have one kind of flesh,^[c] animals in general have another,^[d] birds have another,^[e] and fish have still another. ⁴⁰ There are heavenly bodies and earthly bodies, but the splendor of those in heaven is of one kind, and that of those on earth is of another. ⁴¹ One kind of splendor belongs to the sun, another^[f] to the moon, and still another^[g] to the stars. In fact, one star differs from another star in splendor.