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45 Thus also it is written, "The first man, Adam, became a living soul"; 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 But 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 [is] from the earth, made of earth; 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 As the one [who is] made of earth, so also [are] those [who are] made of earth, and as the heavenly, so also [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 [one who is] made of earth, we will also bear the image of the heavenly.
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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 But I say this, brothers, that flesh and blood is not able to inherit the kingdom of God, nor can corruption inherit incorruptibility.
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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 Behold, I tell 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 blink of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, 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 For it is necessary [for] this perishable [body] to put on incorruptibility, and this mortal [body] to put on immortality.
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For the perishable must clothe itself with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality.
54 But whenever this perishable [body] puts on incorruptibility and this mortal [body] puts on immortality, then the saying that is written will take place: "Death is 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 Where, O death, [is] your victory? Where, O death, [is] your sting?
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“Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?”
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