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 it 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 is powerful.
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.
45. It is written in the Scriptures: “The first man, Adam, became a living person.” But the last Adam became a spirit that gives life.
46. The spiritual did not come first, but the physical and then the spiritual.
47. The first man came from the dust of the earth. The second man came from heaven.