The Resurrection of Christ and Our Resurrection
1 Corinthians 15:20-23, 35-45
20. But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who have fallen asleep.
21. For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man.
22. For as in Adam all die, so in Christ, all will be made alive.
23. But each in turn: Christ, the first fruits; then, when he comes, those who belong to him.
35. But someone will ask, “How are the dead raised? With what kind of body will they come?”
36. How foolish! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies.
37. When you sow, you do not plant the body that will be, but just a seed, perhaps of wheat or of something else.
38. But God gives it a body as he has determined, and to each kind of seed he gives its own body.
39. Not all flesh is the same: People have one kind of flesh, animals have another, birds another, and fish another.
40. There are also heavenly bodies and there are earthly bodies, but the splendor of the heavenly bodies is one kind, and the splendor of the earthly bodies is another.
41. The sun has one kind of splendor, the moon another, and the stars another; and star differs from the 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.
