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1 Corinthians 15:41-54

41 The sun has one kind of splendor, the moon another and the stars another; and star differs from star in splendor.

42 So will it be with the resurrection of the dead. The body that is sown is perishable, it is raised imperishable;

43 it is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power;

44 it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body.
If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body.

45 So it is written: “The first man Adam became a living being”; the last Adam, a life-giving spirit.

46 The spiritual did not come first, but the natural, and after that the spiritual.

47 The first man was of the dust of the earth, the second man from heaven.

48 As was the earthly man, so are those who are of the earth; and as is the man from heaven, so also are those who are of heaven.

49 And just as we have borne the likeness of the earthly man, so shall we bear the likeness of the man from heaven.

50 I declare to you, brothers, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.

51 Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed—

52 in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.

53 For the perishable must clothe itself with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality.

54 When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come true: “Death has been swallowed up in victory.”

Cross References for 1 Corinthians 15:41-54

Psalms 8:3 - When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have ... Click to read the verse Psalms 8:3 Click to read the verse Psalms 8:3

Genesis 1:14 - And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to separate the day from the night... Click to read the verse Genesis 1:14 Click to read the verse Genesis 1:14

Deuteronomy 4:19 - And when you look up to the sky and see the sun, the moon and the stars—all the heavenly array—... Click to read the verse Deuteronomy 4:19 Click to read the verse Deuteronomy 4:19

Genesis 1:16 - God made two great lights—the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern th... Click to read the verse Genesis 1:16 Click to read the verse Genesis 1:16

Isaiah 24:23 - The moon will be abashed, the sun ashamed; for the Lord Almighty will reign on Mount Zion and i... Click to read the verse Isaiah 24:23 Click to read the verse Isaiah 24:23

Job 31:26 - if I have regarded the sun in its radiance or the moon moving in splendor, Click to read the verse Job 31:26 Click to read the verse Job 31:26

Psalms 148:3-5 - Praise him, sun and moon, praise him, all you shining stars. Click to read the verse Psalms 148:3-5 Click to read the verse Psalms 148:3-5

2 Corinthians 3:9 - If the ministry that condemns men is glorious, how much more glorious is the ministry that brin... Click to read the verse 2 Corinthians 3:9 Click to read the verse 2 Corinthians 3:9

2 Samuel 23:19 - Was he not held in greater honor than the Three? He became their commander, even though he was ... Click to read the verse 2 Samuel 23:19 Click to read the verse 2 Samuel 23:19

1 Chronicles 11:21 - He was doubly honored above the Three and became their commander, even though he was not includ... Click to read the verse 1 Chronicles 11:21 Click to read the verse 1 Chronicles 11:21

Psalms 19:4-6 - Their voice goes out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world. In the heavens h... Click to read the verse Psalms 19:4-6 Click to read the verse Psalms 19:4-6