Monday in Easter

1Verse 1. In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2Verse 2. Now the earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters. 3Verse 3. And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. 4Verse 4. And God saw that the light was good, and He separated the light from the darkness. 5Verse 5. God called the light “day,” and the darkness He called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning — the first day. 6Verse 6. And God said, “Let there be an expanse between the waters, to separate the waters from the waters.” 7Verse 7. So God made the expanse and separated the waters beneath it from the waters above. And it was so. 8Verse 8. God called the expanse “sky.” And there was evening, and there was morning — the second day. 9Verse 9. And God said, “Let the waters under the sky be gathered into one place, so that the dry land may appear.” And it was so. 10Verse 10. God called the dry land “earth,” and the gathering of waters He called “seas.” And God saw that it was good. 11Verse 11. Then God said, “Let the earth bring forth vegetation: seed-bearing plants and fruit trees, each bearing fruit with seed according to its kind.” And it was so. 12Verse 12. The earth produced vegetation: seed-bearing plants according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good. 13Verse 13. And there was evening, and there was morning — the third day. 14Verse 14. And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to distinguish between the day and the night, and let them be signs to mark the seasons and days and years. 15Verse 15. And let them serve as lights in the expanse of the sky to shine upon the earth.” And it was so. 16Verse 16. God made two great lights: the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night. And He made the stars as well. 17Verse 17. God set these lights in the expanse of the sky to shine upon the earth, 18Verse 18. to preside over the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good. 19Verse 19. And there was evening, and there was morning — the fourth day.

35Verse 35. But someone will ask, “How are the dead raised? With what kind of body will they come?” 36Verse 36. You fool! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies. 37Verse 37. And what you sow is not the body that will be, but just a seed, perhaps of wheat or something else. 38Verse 38. But God gives it a body as He has designed, and to each kind of seed He gives its own body. 39Verse 39. Not all flesh is the same: Men have one kind of flesh, animals have another, birds another, and fish another. 40Verse 40. There are also heavenly bodies and earthly bodies. But the splendor of the heavenly bodies is of one degree, and the splendor of the earthly bodies is of another. 41Verse 41. The sun has one degree of splendor, the moon another, and the stars another; and star differs from star in splendor. 42Verse 42. So will it be with the resurrection of the dead: What is sown is perishable; it is raised imperishable. 43Verse 43. It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power. 44Verse 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. 45Verse 45. So it is written: “The first man Adam became a living being”; the last Adam a life-giving spirit. 46Verse 46. The spiritual, however, was not first, but the natural, and then the spiritual. 47Verse 47. The first man was of the dust of the earth, the second man from heaven. 48Verse 48. As was the earthly man, so also are those who are of the earth; and as is the heavenly man, so also are those who are of heaven. 49Verse 49. And just as we have borne the likeness of the earthly man, so also shall we bear the likeness of the heavenly man.