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35 But someone will say, "How are the dead raised? What kind of body will they have when they come?"
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But someone will ask, “How are the dead raised? With what kind of body will they come?”
36 Foolish one! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies.
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How foolish! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies.
37 And as for what you sow-you are not sowing the future body, but only a seed, perhaps of wheat or another grain.
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When you sow, you do not plant the body that will be, but just a seed, perhaps of wheat or of something else.
38 But God gives it a body as He wants, and to each of the seeds its own body.
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But God gives it a body as he has determined, and to each kind of seed he gives its own body.
39 Not all flesh is the same flesh; there is one flesh for humans, another for animals, another for birds, and another for fish.
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Not all flesh is the same: People have one kind of flesh, animals have another, birds another and fish another.
40 There are heavenly bodies and earthly bodies, but the splendor of the heavenly bodies is different from that of the earthly ones.
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There are also heavenly bodies and there are earthly bodies; but the splendor of the heavenly bodies is one kind, and the splendor of the earthly bodies is another.
41 There is a splendor of the sun, another of the moon, and another of the stars; for star differs from star in splendor.
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The sun has one kind of splendor, the moon another and the stars another; and star differs from star in splendor.
42 So it is with the resurrection of the dead: Sown in corruption, raised in incorruption;
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So will it be with the resurrection of the dead. The body that is sown is perishable, it is raised imperishable;
43 sown in dishonor, raised in glory; sown in weakness, raised in power;
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it is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power;
44 sown a natural body, raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body.
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it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body.
45 So it is written: The first man Adam became a living being ; the last Adam became a life-giving Spirit.
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So it is written: “The first man Adam became a living being” ; the last Adam, a life-giving spirit.
46 However, the spiritual is not first, but the natural; then the spiritual.
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The spiritual did not come first, but the natural, and after that the spiritual.
47 The first man was from the earth and made of dust; the second man is from heaven.
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The first man was of the dust of the earth; the second man is of heaven.
48 Like the man made of dust, so are those who are made of dust; like the heavenly man, so are those who are heavenly.
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As was the earthly man, so are those who are of the earth; and as is the heavenly man, so also are those who are of heaven.
49 And just as we have borne the image of the man made of dust, we will also bear the image of the heavenly man.
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And just as we have borne the image of the earthly man, so shall we bear the image of the heavenly man.
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