1 Corinthians 15:44-53

44It is planted as a physical body. It comes back to life as a spiritual body. As there is a physical body, so there is also a spiritual body.

45This is what Scripture says: “The first man, Adam, became a living being.” The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.

46The spiritual does not come first, but the physical and then the spiritual.

47The first man was made from the dust of the earth. He came from the earth. The second man came from heaven.

48The people on earth are like the man who was made from the dust of the earth. The people in heaven are like the man who came from heaven.

49As we have worn the likeness of the man who was made from the dust of the earth, we will also wear the likeness of the man who came from heaven.

50Brothers and sisters, this is what I mean: Flesh and blood cannot inherit God’s kingdom. What decays cannot inherit what doesn’t decay.

51I’m telling you a mystery. Not all of us will die, but we will all be changed.

52It will happen in an instant, in a split second at the sound of the last trumpet. Indeed, that trumpet will sound, and then the dead will come back to life. They will be changed so that they can live forever.

53This body that decays must be changed into a body that cannot decay. This mortal body must be changed into a body that will live forever.