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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.
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But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
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Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.