1 Corinthians 15:42-50
English Standard Version
42 (A)So is it with the resurrection of the dead. What is sown is perishable; what is raised is imperishable. 43 It is sown in dishonor; (B)it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power. 44 It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body. 45 Thus it is written, (C)“The first man Adam became a living being”;[a] (D)the last Adam became a (E)life-giving spirit. 46 But it is not the spiritual that is first but the natural, and then the spiritual. 47 (F)The first man was from the earth, (G)a man of dust; (H)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, (I)so also are those who are of heaven. 49 Just (J)as we have borne the image of the man of dust, (K)we shall[b] also bear the image of the man of heaven.
Mystery and Victory
50 I tell you this, brothers: (L)flesh and blood (M)cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.
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- 1 Corinthians 15:45 Greek a living soul
- 1 Corinthians 15:49 Some manuscripts let us
1 Corinthians 15:42-50
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.
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- 1 Corinthians 15:45 Gn 2:7
- 1 Corinthians 15:47 Other mss add the Lord
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