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45 Thus 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 But it is not the spiritual that is first, but the physical, and 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, a man 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 As was the man of dust, so are those who are of the dust; and as is the man of heaven, so are those who are of heaven.
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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 Just as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we will also bear the image of the man of heaven.
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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 What I am saying, brothers and sisters, is this: flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.
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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 will tell you a mystery! We will not all die, 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 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 this perishable body must put on imperishability, and this mortal body must put on immortality.
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For the perishable must clothe itself with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality.
54 When this perishable body puts on imperishability, and this mortal body puts on immortality, then the saying that is written will be fulfilled: "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 "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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