1 Corinthians 15:42-58

New King James Version

^42 (A)So also is the resurrection of the dead. The body is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruption. ^43 (B)It is sown in dishonor, 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 And so it is written, ^(C)“The first man Adam became a living being.” ^(D)The last Adam became ^(E)a life-giving spirit.

⁴⁶ However, the spiritual is not first, but the natural, and afterward the spiritual. ^47 (F)The first man was of the earth, ^(G)made^[a] of dust; the second Man is ^[b]the Lord ^(H)from heaven. ⁴⁸ As was the ^[c]man of dust, so also are those who are made of dust; ^(I)and as is the heavenly Man, so also are those who are heavenly. ⁴⁹ And ^(J)as we have borne the image of the man of dust, ^(K)we^[d] shall also bear the image of the heavenly Man.

Our Final Victory

⁵⁰ Now this I say, brethren, that ^(L)flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; nor does corruption inherit incorruption. ⁵¹ Behold, I tell you a ^[e]mystery: ^(M)We shall not all sleep, ^(N)but we shall all be changed— ⁵² in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. ^(O)For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. ⁵³ For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and ^(P)this mortal must put on immortality. ⁵⁴ 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: ^(Q)“Death is swallowed up in victory.”

⁵⁶ The sting of death is sin, and ^(S)the strength of sin is the law. ^57 (T)But thanks be to God, who gives us ^(U)the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

^58 (V)Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing ^(W)that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.