41. one glory of sun, and another glory of moon, and another glory of stars, for star from star doth differ in glory.
42. So also [is] the rising again of the dead: it is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruption;
43. it is sown in dishonour, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power;
44. it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body; there is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body;
45. so also it hath been written, `The first man Adam became a living creature,' the last Adam [is] for a life-giving spirit,
46. but that which is spiritual [is] not first, but that which [was] natural, afterwards that which [is] spiritual.
47. The first man [is] out of the earth, earthy; the second man [is] the Lord out of heaven;
48. as [is] the earthy, such [are] also the earthy; and as [is] the heavenly, such [are] also the heavenly;
49. and, according as we did bear the image of the earthy, we shall bear also the image of the heavenly.
50. And this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood the reign of God is not able to inherit, nor doth the corruption inherit the incorruption;
51. lo, I tell you a secret; we indeed shall not all sleep, and we all shall be changed;
52. in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, in the last trumpet, for it shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we--we shall be changed:
53. for it behoveth this corruptible to put on incorruption, and this mortal to put on immortality;
54. and when this corruptible may have put on incorruption, and this mortal may have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the word that hath been written, `The Death was swallowed up--to victory;
55. where, O Death, thy sting? where, O Hades, thy victory?'
56. and the sting of the death [is] the sin, and the power of the sin the law;
57. and to God--thanks, to Him who is giving us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ;
58. so that, my brethren beloved, become ye stedfast, unmovable, abounding in the work of the Lord at all times, knowing that your labour is not vain in the Lord.