35But someone will say, How are the dead raised? With what kind of body do they come?36You foolish person: what you sow is not made alive unless it dies.37And what you sow is not the body that is to be, but a bare seed, whether of wheat or of some other kind.38God gives it a body as he has chosen, and to each kind of seed its own body.39Not all flesh is the same flesh, but there is one kind for humans, another for animals, another for birds, and another for fish.40There are heavenly bodies and earthly bodies, but the glory of the heavenly is one, and the glory of the earthly is another.41There is one glory of the sun, another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars, for star differs from star in glory.42So also is the resurrection of the dead: it is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruption.43It is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power.44It is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body.45Thus it is written: The first man Adam became a living soul; the last Adam became a life-giving spirit.46But it is not the spiritual that comes first, but the natural; then the spiritual.47The first man was from the earth, made of dust; the second man is from heaven.48As was the man of dust, so also are those who are of dust; and as is the man of heaven, so also are those who are of heaven.49Just as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we shall also bear the image of the man of heaven.50I declare to you, brothers, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does corruption inherit incorruption.51Behold, I tell you a mystery: we will not all sleep, but we will all be changed.52In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we will be changed.53For this perishable must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.54When this perishable puts on incorruption and this mortal puts on immortality, then the word that is written will come to pass: Death has been swallowed up in victory.55Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?56The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.57But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.58Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.