⁴³ Then will the upright be shining as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him give ear.

³ And those who are wise will be shining like the light of the outstretched sky; and those by whom numbers have been turned to righteousness will be like the stars for ever and ever.

³² Have no fear, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.

³ And there came to my ears a great voice out of the high seat, saying, See, the Tent of God is with men, and he will make his living-place with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them, and be their God.

⁴ And he will put an end to all their weeping; and there will be no more death, or sorrow, or crying, or pain; for the first things have come to an end.

⁵ And he who is seated on the high seat said, See, I make all things new. And he said, Put it in the book; for these words are certain and true.

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

⁴² So is it with the coming back from the dead. It is planted in death; it comes again in life:

⁴³ It is planted in shame; it comes again in glory: feeble when it is planted, it comes again in power:

⁴⁴ It is planted a natural body; it comes again as a body of the spirit. If there is a natural body, there is equally a body of the spirit.

⁴⁵ And so it is said, The first man Adam was a living soul. The last Adam is a life-giving spirit.

⁴⁶ But that which is natural comes before that which is of the spirit.

⁴⁷ The first man is from the earth, and of the earth: the second man is from heaven.

⁴⁸ Those who are of the earth are like the man who was from the earth: and those who are of heaven are like the one from heaven.

⁴⁹ And in the same way as we have taken on us the image of the man from the earth, so we will take on us the image of the one from heaven.

⁵⁰ Now I say this, my brothers, that it is not possible for flesh and blood to have a part in the kingdom of God; and death may not have a part in life.

⁵¹ See, I am giving you the revelation of a secret: we will not all come to the sleep of death, but we will all be changed.

⁵² In a second, in the shutting of an eye, at the sound of the last horn: for at that sound the dead will come again, free for ever from the power of death, and we will be changed.

⁵³ For this body which comes to destruction will be made free from the power of death, and the man who is under the power of death will put on eternal life.

⁵⁴ But when this has taken place, then that which was said in the Writings will come true, Death is overcome by life.

²⁹ But I say to you that from now I will not take of this fruit of the vine, till that day when I take it new with you in my Father's kingdom.

³⁴ Then will the King say to those on his right, Come, you who have the blessing of my Father, into the kingdom made ready for you before the world was:

¹⁵ He who has ears, let him give ear.

²² And I saw no Temple there; because the Lord God, the Ruler of all, and the Lamb are its Temple.

²³ And the town has no need of the sun, or of the moon, to give it light: for the glory of God did make it light, and the light of it is the Lamb.

⁵ Give ear, my dear brothers; are not those who are poor in the things of this world marked out by God to have faith as their wealth, and for their heritage the kingdom which he has said he will give to those who have love for him?

⁵⁸ For this cause, my dear brothers, be strong in purpose and unmoved, ever giving yourselves to the work of the Lord, because you are certain that your work is not without effect in the Lord.

²⁹ And I will give you a kingdom as my Father has given one to me,

³⁶ I had no clothing, and you gave it to me: when I was ill, or in prison, you came to me.