Book of Common Prayer

⁴¹ The sun is fine in one way. The moon is fine in another way. The stars are fine in still another way. And one star is fine in a different way from another star.

⁴² So it is with the body that is raised from death. When it is put in the ground it is a body that dies. When it rises from death, it will never die again.

⁴³ When it is put in the ground, it is not fine. When it rises, it is very fine. When it is put in the ground it has no strength. When it rises it is strong.

⁴⁴ When it is put in the ground it is only a body for this world. When it rises it is a body for the spirit. If there is a body for this world, then there is also a body for the spirit.

⁴⁵ The holy writings say, `The first man, Adam, was of this world! The last Adam [Christ] is a Spirit who gives life.'

⁴⁶ The body for the spirit does not come first. The body for this world comes first. Then comes the body for the spirit.

⁴⁷ The first man came from earth. He was made from the dust of the earth. The second Adam is the Lord from heaven.

⁴⁸ Those who are made of earth are like the man made of dust. Those who are for heaven are like the man from heaven.

⁴⁹ We were made like the man of dust but we shall look like the man from heaven.

⁵⁰ Now I tell you, my brothers, our bodies of flesh and blood can have no place in the kingdom where God rules. A body which will die can have no room in the kingdom of God where people will never die. 51,

¹⁶ The eleven disciples went to Galilee. They went to the hill where Jesus had told them to meet him.

¹⁷ When they saw him, they bowed down in front of him. But some people were not sure.

¹⁸ Jesus came and talked to them. He said, `All power in heaven and on earth has been given to me.

¹⁹ So go and make disciples in all countries. Baptise them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.

²⁰ Teach them to do all the things I have told you to do. I am with you always, even to the end of time.'