^{38 Ref} and God doth give to it a body according as He willed, and to each of the seeds its proper body.

^{39 Ref} All flesh `is' not the same flesh, but there is one flesh of men, and another flesh of beasts, and another of fishes, and another of birds;

⁴⁰ and `there are' heavenly bodies, and earthly bodies; but one `is' the glory of the heavenly, and another that of the earthly;

^{41 Ref} one glory of sun, and another glory of moon, and another glory of stars, for star from star doth differ in glory.

^{42 Ref} So also `is' the rising again of the dead: it is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruption;

^{43 Ref} it is sown in dishonour, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power;

^{44 Ref} it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body; there is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body;

^{45 Ref} so also it hath been written, `The first man Adam became a living creature,' the last Adam `is' for a life-giving spirit,

^{46 Ref} but that which is spiritual `is' not first, but that which `was' natural, afterwards that which `is' spiritual.

^{47 Ref} The first man `is' out of the earth, earthy; the second man `is' the Lord out of heaven;

^{48 Ref} as `is' the earthy, such `are' also the earthy; and as `is' the heavenly, such `are' also the heavenly;

^{49 Ref} and, according as we did bear the image of the earthy, we shall bear also the image of the heavenly.

^{50 Ref} 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 Ref} lo, I tell you a secret; we indeed shall not all sleep, and we all shall be changed;

^{52 Ref} 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 Ref} for it behoveth this corruptible to put on incorruption, and this mortal to put on immortality;