40. There are both heavenly bodies and earthly bodies, but the brightness of the heavenly is one kind and that of the earthly another.
41. The brightness of the sun is one kind, the brightness of the moon another, and the brightness of the stars another. For star differs from star in brightness.
42. So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown corruptible; it is raised incorruptible.
43. It is sown dishonorable; it is raised glorious. It is sown weak; it is raised powerful.
44. It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual one.
45. So, too, it is written, “The first man, Adam, became a living being,” the last Adam a life-giving spirit.
46. But the spiritual was not first; rather the natural and then the spiritual.
47. The first man was from the earth, earthly; the second man, from heaven.
48. As was the earthly one, so also are the earthly, and as is the heavenly one, so also are the heavenly.
49. Just as we have borne the image of the earthly one, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly one.
50. This I declare, brothers: flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does corruption inherit incorruption.