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45 The first man Adam was made into a living soul; the last Adam into a quickening 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 Yet that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural: afterwards that which is spiritual.
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The spiritual did not come first, but the natural, and after that the spiritual.
47 The first man was of the earth, earthly: the second man, from heaven, heavenly.
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The first man was of the dust of the earth; the second man is of heaven.
48 Such as is the earthly, such also are the earthly: and such as is the heavenly, such also are they that 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 Therefore, as we have borne the image of the earthly, let us bear also 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 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot possess the kingdom of God: neither shall corruption possess 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 Behold, I tell you a mystery. We shall all indeed rise again: but we shall not 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 shall sound and the dead shall rise again incorruptible. And we shall 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 corruptible must put on incorruption: and this mortal must put on immortality.
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For the perishable must clothe itself with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality.
54 And when this mortal hath put on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written: 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 O death, where is thy victory? O death, where is thy sting?
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“Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?”
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