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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.
50 Brothers, I tell you this: flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, and corruption cannot inherit incorruption.
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I declare to you, brothers and sisters, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.
51 Listen! I am telling you a mystery: We will not all fall asleep, but we will all be changed,
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Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed—
52 in 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.
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in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.
53 Because this corruptible must be clothed with incorruptibility, and this mortal must be clothed with immortality.
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For the perishable must clothe itself with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality.
54 Now when this corruptible is clothed with incorruptibility, and this mortal is clothed with immortality, then the saying that is written will take place: Death has been swallowed up in victory.
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When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come true: “Death has been swallowed up in victory.”
55 O Death, where is your victory? O Death, where is your sting?
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“Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?”
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