The Seed and the Body

35But someone will say, “How are the dead raised, and with what kind of body do they come?”

36Foolish one, what you sow is not made alive unless it dies.

37And what you sow, you do not sow the body that will be, but a bare kernel, perhaps of wheat or of some other kind.

38But God gives it a body as he willed, and to each of the seeds its own body.

39Not all flesh is the same flesh, but one kind is of humans, another flesh of animals, another of birds, and another of fish.

40And there are heavenly bodies and earthly bodies; but the glory of the heavenly is one kind, and the glory of the earthly is another.

41There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for star differs from star in glory.

42So also is the resurrection of the dead: it is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption.

43It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power.

44It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body.

45So also it is written: “The first man, Adam, became a living being”; the last Adam became a life-giving spirit.

46But the spiritual is not first, but the natural; afterward the spiritual.

47The first man was from the earth, made of dust; the second man is from heaven.

48As is the man of dust, so also are those of dust; and as is the heavenly man, so also are those who are heavenly.

49And just as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we will also bear the image of the heavenly man.