39. All things made of flesh are not the same kinds of flesh: People have one kind of flesh, animals have another kind, birds have another, and fish have another.
40. Also there are heavenly bodies and earthly bodies. But the beauty of the heavenly bodies is one kind. The beauty of the earthly bodies is another kind.
41. The sun has one kind of beauty. The moon has another beauty, and the stars have another. And each star is different in its beauty.
42. It is the same with the dead who are raised to life. The body that is “planted” will ruin and decay. But that body is raised to a life that cannot be destroyed.
43. When the body is “planted,” it is without honor. But it is raised in glory. When the body is “planted,” it is weak. But when it is raised, it has power.
44. The body that is “planted” is a physical body. When it is raised, it is a spiritual body.There is a physical body. And there is also a spiritual body.
45. It is written in the Scriptures: “The first man became a living person.” But the last Adam became a spirit that gives life.
46. The spiritual man did not come first. It was the physical man who came first; then came the spiritual.
47. The first man came from the dust of the earth. The second man came from heaven.
48. People belong to the earth. They are like the first man of earth. But those people who belong to heaven are like the man of heaven.