35. But someone may ask, “How are the dead raised? What kind of body will they have?”
36. Those are stupid questions. When you plant something, it must die in the ground before it can live and grow.
37. And when you plant it, what you plant does not have the same “body” that it will have later. What you plant is only a seed, maybe wheat or something else.
38. But God gives it a body that he has planned for it. And God gives each kind of seed its own body.
39. All things made of flesh are not the same kinds of flesh: People have one kind of flesh, animals have another kind, birds have another, and fish have another.
40. Also there are heavenly bodies and earthly bodies. But the beauty of the heavenly bodies is one kind. The beauty of the earthly bodies is another kind.
41. The sun has one kind of beauty. The moon has another beauty, and the stars have another. And each star is different in its beauty.
42. It is the same with the dead who are raised to life. The body that is “planted” will ruin and decay. But that body is raised to a life that cannot be destroyed.
43. When the body is “planted,” it is without honor. But it is raised in glory. When the body is “planted,” it is weak. But when it is raised, it has power.
44. The body that is “planted” is a physical body. When it is raised, it is a spiritual body.There is a physical body. And there is also a spiritual body.