Quotes About Spirituality

But someone will ask, “How are the dead raised? With what kind of body will they come?”

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.

It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power.

It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body.

The first man was of the dust of the earth, the second man from heaven.

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.

And just as we have borne the likeness of the earthly man, so also shall we bear the likeness of the heavenly man.

For I do not want to see you now only in passing; I hope to spend some time with you, if the Lord permits.

All the brothers here send you greetings. Greet one another with a holy kiss.

My love be with all of you in Christ Jesus. Amen.

in order that Satan should not outwit us. For we are not unaware of his schemes.

For we are to God the sweet aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing.

To the one, we are an odor of death and demise; to the other, a fragrance that brings life. And who is qualified for such a task?

We are not like Moses, who would put a veil over his face to keep the Israelites from gazing at the end of what was fading away.

And even to this day when Moses is read, a veil covers their hearts.

The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers so they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

Therefore we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, yet our inner self is being renewed day by day.

So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.

Now we know that if the earthly tent we live in is dismantled, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands.

For in this tent we groan, longing to be clothed with our heavenly dwelling,

because when we are clothed, we will not be found naked.

For we walk by faith, not by sight.

We are confident, then, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.

So from now on we regard no one according to the flesh. Although we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer.