1 Corinthians 15:42-50
World English Bible
42 So also is the resurrection of the dead. The body is sown perishable; it is raised imperishable. 43 It is sown in dishonor; 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. There is a natural body and there is also a spiritual body.
45 So also it is written, “The first man, Adam, became a living soul.”
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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