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Foolish one, what you sow is not made alive unless it dies.
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And what you sow, you do not sow that body that shall be, but mere grain--perhaps wheat or some other grain.
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But God gives it a body as He pleases, and to each seed its own body.
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All flesh is not the same flesh, but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of animals, another of fish, and another of birds.
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There are also celestial bodies and terrestrial bodies; but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another.
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There is one glory of the sun, another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for one star differs from another star in glory.
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So also is the resurrection of the dead. The body is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruption.
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It is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness, it is raised in power.
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It is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.
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And so it is written, "The first man Adam became a living being." The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.
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However, the spiritual is not first, but the natural, and afterward the spiritual.
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The first man was of the earth, made of dust; the second Man is the Lord from heaven.
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As was the man of dust, so also are those who are made of dust; and as is the heavenly Man, so also are those who are heavenly.
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And as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly Man.
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Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; nor does corruption inherit incorruption.
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Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed--
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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 shall be changed.
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For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
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So when this corruptible has put on incorruption, and this mortal has put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written: "Death is swallowed up in victory."
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"O Death, where is your sting? O Hades, where is your victory?"
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The sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law.