1 Corinthians 15:42-50
New Living Translation
42 It is the same way with the resurrection of the dead. Our earthly bodies are planted in the ground when we die, but they will be raised to live forever. 43 Our bodies are buried in brokenness, but they will be raised in glory. They are buried in weakness, but they will be raised in strength. 44 They are buried as natural human bodies, but they will be raised as spiritual bodies. For just as there are natural bodies, there are also spiritual bodies.
45 The Scriptures tell us, “The first man, Adam, became a living person.”[a] But the last Adam—that is, Christ—is a life-giving Spirit. 46 What comes first is the natural body, then the spiritual body comes later. 47 Adam, the first man, was made from the dust of the earth, while Christ, the second man, came from heaven. 48 Earthly people are like the earthly man, and heavenly people are like the heavenly man. 49 Just as we are now like the earthly man, we will someday be like[b] the heavenly man.
50 What I am saying, dear brothers and sisters, is that our physical bodies cannot inherit the Kingdom of God. These dying bodies cannot inherit what will last forever.
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1 Corinthians 15:42-50
International Standard Version
42 This is how it will be at the resurrection of the dead. What is planted is decaying, what is raised cannot decay. 43 The body[a] is planted in a state of dishonor but is raised in a state of splendor. It is planted in weakness but is raised in power. 44 It is planted a physical body but is raised a spiritual body. If there is a physical body, there is also a spiritual body.[b]
45 This, indeed, is what is written: “The first man, Adam, became a living being.”[c] The last Adam became a life-giving spirit. 46 The spiritual does not come first, but the physical does, and then comes the spiritual. 47 The first man came from the dust of the earth; the second man came from heaven. 48 Those who are made of the dust are like the man from the dust; those who are heavenly are like the man who is from heaven. 49 Just as we have borne the likeness of the man who was made from dust, we will[d] also bear the likeness of the man from heaven.
50 Brothers, this is what I mean: Mortal bodies[e] cannot inherit the kingdom of God, and what decays cannot inherit what does not decay.
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- 1 Corinthians 15:43 Lit. It
- 1 Corinthians 15:44 The Gk. lacks body
- 1 Corinthians 15:45 Gen 2:7
- 1 Corinthians 15:49 Other mss. read we should
- 1 Corinthians 15:50 Lit. mean: Flesh and blood
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