1 Corinthians 15:41

1 Corinthians 15:41 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars: for one star differeth from another star in glory.
• New International Version (NIV)The sun has one kind of splendor, the moon another and the stars another; and star differs from star in splendor.
• English Standard Version (ESV)There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for star differs from star in glory.
• New King James Version (NKJV)There is one glory of the sun, another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for one star differs from another star in glory.

Context of 1 Corinthians 15:41

39All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one flesh of men, and another flesh of beasts, and another flesh of birds, and another of fishes. 40There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another. There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for one star differeth from another star in glory. 42So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption: 43it is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power:

1 Corinthians 15:41 word by word

ἄλλη δόξα ἡλίου, καὶ ἄλλη δόξα σελήνης, καὶ ἄλλη δόξα ἀστέρων· ἀστὴρ γὰρ ἀστέρος διαφέρει ἐν δόξῃ.¶Read the interlinear

• oneἄλλοςallos · anotherG243
• gloryδόξαdoxa · gloryG1391
• sunἥλιοςhēlios · sunG2246
• moonσελήνηselēnē · moonG4582
• starsἀστήρastēr · starG792

Cross-references for 1 Corinthians 15:41

• Genesis 1:14And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years:
• Deuteronomy 4:19and lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun and the moon and the stars, even all the host of heaven, thou be drawn away and worship them, and serve them, which Jehovah thy God hath allotted unto all the peoples under the whole heaven.
• Job 31:26If I have beheld the sun when it shined, Or the moon walking in brightness,
• Psalms 8:3When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, The moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;
• Psalms 19:4Their line is gone out through all the earth, And their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun,
• Psalms 148:3Praise ye him, sun and moon: Praise him, all ye stars of light.
• Isaiah 24:23Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed; for Jehovah of hosts will reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem; and before his elders shall be glory.

Commentaries on 1 Corinthians 15:41

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 41There is one glory of the sun - As if he had said: This may be illustrated by the present appearance of the celestial bodies which belong to our system. The sun has a greater degree of splendor than the moon; the moon than the planets; and the planets than the stars. And even in the fixed stars, one has a greater degree of splendor than another, which may proceed either from their different magnitudes, or from the comparative proximity of some of them to…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 41There is one glory of the sun … - The sun has one degree of splendor, and the moon another, and so also the stars. They differ from each other in magnitude, in brightness, in beauty. The idea in this verse differs from that in the former. In that 1 Corinthians 15:40 Paul says, that there was a difference between the different classes of bodies; between those in heaven and those on earth. He here says, that in the former class, in the heavenly bodies…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 35-50Verses 35-50 1. How are the dead raised up? that is, by what means? How can they be raised? 2. As to the bodies which shall rise. Will it be with the like shape, and form, and stature, and members, and qualities? The former objection is that of those who opposed the doctrine, the latter of curious doubters. To the first the answer is, This was to be brought about by Divine power; that power which all may see does somewhat like it, year after year, in the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 40-41Everything God has made has its own glory. This means each thing has its own beauty and greatness. The resurrection body will also be different. It will not be like anything else.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 39-4139-41. Illustrations of the suitability of bodies, however various, to their species: the flesh of the several species of animals; bodies celestial and terrestrial; the various kinds of light in the sun, moon, and stars, respectively. flesh--animal organism [De Wette]. He implies by the word that our resurrection bodies shall be in some sense really flesh, not mere phantoms of air [Estius]. So some of the oldest creeds expressed it, "I believe in the…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Corinthians 15:41

• Astronomy
• Body
• Immortality
• Moon
• Resurrection
• Stars

In the dictionaries

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Commentaries on 1 Corinthians 15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings