1 Corinthians 15:42

New International Reader's Version

It will be like that with bodies that are raised from the dead. The body that is planted does not last forever. The body that is raised from the dead lasts forever.

Cross References

Genesis 3:19

You will have to work hard and sweat a lot to produce the food you eat. You were made out of the ground. You will return to it when you die. You are dust, and you will return to dust.”

Job 17:14

Suppose I say to the grave, ‘You are like a father to me.’ And suppose I say to its worms, ‘You are like a mother or sister to me.’

Psalm 16:10

You will not leave me in the place of the dead. You will not let your faithful one rot away.

Psalm 49:14

They are like sheep and will end up in the grave. Death will be their shepherd. But when honest people come to power, a new day will dawn. The bodies of sinners will waste away in the grave. They will end up far away from their princely houses.

Psalm 49:9

No one can pay enough to live forever and not rot in the grave.

Isaiah 38:17

I’m sure it was for my benefit that I suffered such great pain. You love me. You kept me from going down into the pit of death. You have put all my sins behind your back.

Daniel 12:3

Those who are wise will shine like the brightness of the sky. Those who lead many others to do what is right will be like the stars for ever and ever.

Matthew 13:43

Then God’s people will shine like the sun in their Father’s kingdom. Whoever has ears should listen.

Acts 2:27

You will not leave me in the place of the dead. You will not let your holy one rot away.

Acts 2:31

David saw what was coming. So he spoke about the Messiah rising from the dead. He said that the Messiah would not be left in the place of the dead. His body wouldn’t rot in the ground.

Romans 1:23

They would rather have statues of gods than the glorious God who lives forever. Their statues of gods are made to look like people, birds, animals and reptiles.

Romans 2:7

God will give eternal life to those who keep on doing good. They want glory, honor, and life that never ends.

Romans 8:21

to set the created world free. He didn’t want it to rot away. Instead, God wanted it to have the same freedom and glory that his children have.

1 Corinthians 15:41

The sun has one kind of glory. The moon has another kind. The stars have still another. And one star’s glory is different from that of another star.

Galatians 6:8

Some people plant to please their desires controlled by sin. From these desires they will harvest death. Others plant to please the Holy Spirit. From the Spirit they will harvest eternal life.

1 Peter 1:4

He has given us new birth so that we might share in what belongs to him. This is a gift that can never be destroyed. It can never spoil or even fade away. It is kept in heaven for you.