42. It will be like that with bodies that are raised from the dead. The body that is planted does not last forever. The body that is raised from the dead lasts forever.
43. It is planted without honor. But it is raised in glory. It is planted in weakness. But it is raised in power.
44. It is planted as an earthly body. But it is raised as a spiritual body. Just as there is an earthly body, there is also a spiritual body.
45. It is written, "The first man Adam became a living person." (Genesis 2:7) The last Adam became a spirit that gives life.
46. What is spiritual did not come first. What is earthly came first. What is spiritual came after that.
47. The first man came from the dust of the earth. The second man came from heaven.
48. Those who belong to the earth are like the one who came from the earth. And those who are spiritual are like the one who came from heaven.
49. We are like the earthly man. And we will be like the man from heaven.
50. Brothers and sisters, here is what I'm telling you. Bodies made of flesh and blood can't share in the kingdom of God. And what dies can't share in what never dies.
51. Listen! I am telling you a mystery. We will not all die. But we will all be changed.
52. That will happen in a flash, as quickly as you can wink an eye. It will happen when the last trumpet sounds. The trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised to live forever. And we will be changed.