Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

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.