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Will there be sickness after the resurrection?

Inferred

No single verse settles it; the conclusion is assembled across texts and leans one way.

No, the texts converge strongly on a post-resurrection state free from sickness, though no single verse uses the word "sickness" and then says "it will be absent after the resurrection" in one breath. The answer is assembled across several texts that together leave no room for it.

God's own speech in Isaiah 65 abolishes weeping and premature death in the new creation; Paul states the resurrection body is raised in incorruptibility and power, explicitly contrasted with malady and weakness; and the voice from the throne in Revelation 21 declares death, pain, and mourning gone forever, but no single verse says "sickness will not exist after the resurrection" in those exact words, making this INFERRED rather than DIRECT.

Key texts:
1 Corinthians 15:42-44Tier 4 · Apostle
“So also is the resurrection of the dead. The body is sown perishable; it is raised imperishable. It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power. It is sow…”
1 Corinthians 15:50-53Tier 4 · Apostle
“Now I say this, brothers, that flesh and blood can’t inherit God’s Kingdom; neither does the perishable inherit imperishable. Behold, I tell you a mystery. We will not all sleep, but we will all be ch…”
Revelation 21:4Tier 3 · Apostle
“He will wipe away every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; neither will there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain any more. The first things have passed away.””

…and 11 more verses weighed in the full analysis.

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Original-language words behind this answer:
enteûthen (Greek G1782)potamós (Greek G4215)pneumatikós (Greek G4152)ekeîthen (Greek G1564)apodídōmi (Greek G591)châlâh (Hebrew H2470)qâlal (Hebrew H7043)zâqên (Hebrew H2205)mâlêʼ (Hebrew H4390)qôwl (Hebrew H6963)

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