38. Then God gives it the new body he wants it to have. A different plant grows from each kind of seed.
39. Similarly there are different kinds of flesh—one kind for humans, another for animals, another for birds, and another for fish.
40. There are also bodies in the heavens and bodies on the earth. The glory of the heavenly bodies is different from the glory of the earthly bodies.
41. The sun has one kind of glory, while the moon and stars each have another kind. And even the stars differ from each other in their glory.
42. It is the same way with the resurrection of the dead. Our earthly bodies are planted in the ground when we die, but they will be raised to live forever.
43. Our bodies are buried in brokenness, but they will be raised in glory. They are buried in weakness, but they will be raised in strength.
44. They are buried as natural human bodies, but they will be raised as spiritual bodies. For just as there are natural bodies, there are also spiritual bodies.
45. The Scriptures tell us, “The first man, Adam, became a living person.” But the last Adam—that is, Christ—is a life-giving Spirit.
46. What comes first is the natural body, then the spiritual body comes later.
47. Adam, the first man, was made from the dust of the earth, while Christ, the second man, came from heaven.