Victorious Resurrection

⁵⁰ What I am saying, brothers and sisters, is this: Flesh^(A) and blood^(B) cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor can the perishable inherit the imperishable.

¹⁶ to reveal his Son^(A) in me, so that I could preach him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately consult with anyone.^[a]

¹² For our struggle is not against flesh^(A) and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities,^(B) against the cosmic powers of this darkness, against evil,^(C) spiritual forces in the heavens.^(D)

¹⁴ Now since the children have flesh and blood in common, Jesus also shared in these, so that through his death he might destroy the one holding the power of death – that is, the devil^(A) –