47. The first man came from the dust of the earth. The second man came from heaven.
48. People who belong to the earth are like the first man of earth. But those people who belong to heaven are like the man of heaven.
49. Just as we were made like the man of earth, so we will also be made like the man of heaven.
50. I tell you this, brothers and sisters: Flesh and blood cannot have a part in the kingdom of God. Something that will ruin cannot have a part in something that never ruins.
51. But look! I tell you this secret: We will not all sleep in death, but we will all be changed.
52. It will take only a second—as quickly as an eye blinks—when the last trumpet sounds. The trumpet will sound, and those who have died will be raised to live forever, and we will all be changed.
53. This body that can be destroyed must clothe itself with something that can never be destroyed. And this body that dies must clothe itself with something that can never die.