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It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power.
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It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body.
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So also it is written, "The first man, Adam, became a living soul." The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.
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However that which is spiritual isn`t first, but that which is natural, then that which is spiritual.
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The first man is of the earth, made of dust. The second man is the Lord from heaven.
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As is the one made of dust, such are those who are also made of dust; and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly.
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As we have borne the image of those made of dust, let`s also bear the image of the heavenly.
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Now I say this, brothers, that flesh and blood can`t inherit the kingdom of God; neither does corruption inherit incorruption.
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Behold, I tell you a mystery. We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed,
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in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we will be changed.
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For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
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But when this corruptible will have put on incorruption, and this mortal will have put on immortality, then what is written will happen: "Death is swallowed up in victory."
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"Death, where is your sting? Hades, where is your victory?"
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The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.
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But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.