41. The sun has one kind of splendour, the moon another and the stars another; and star differs from star in splendour.
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 dishonour, 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 is of heaven.
48. As was the earthly man, so are those who are of the earth; and as is the heavenly man, so also are those who are of heaven.