First Reading1 Corinthians 15:35-37, 42-49
From the First Letter of Paul to the Corinthians
35But someone will say, “How are the dead raised?”and, “With what kind of body do they come?”36You foolish one, thatwhich you yourself sow is not made alive unless it dies.37That which you sow,you don’t sow the body that will be,but a bare grain, maybe of wheat,or of some other kind.
verses 38–41 are not read42So also is the resurrection of the dead.The body is sown perishable;it is raised imperishable.43It is sown in dishonor;it is raised in glory.It is sown in weakness;it is raised in power.44It is sown a natural body;it is raised a spiritual body.There is a natural bodyand there is also a spiritual body.
45So also it is written,“The first man Adam became a living soul.”The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.46However, that which is spiritual isn’t first,but that which is natural,then that which is spiritual.47The first man is of the earth, made of dust.The second man is the Lord from heaven.48As is the one made of dust,such are those who are also made of dust;and as is the heavenly,such are they also that are heavenly.49As we have borne the image of those made of dust,let’s also bear the image of the heavenly.