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1 Corinthians 15:48
48People who live on the earth have bodies like the first man. That is the man that God made from the soil of the earth. People in heaven have bodies like the man who came from heaven.
1 Corinthians 15:48 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly.
- New International Version (NIV)As was the earthly man, so are those who are of the earth; and as is the heavenly man, so also are those who are of heaven.
- English Standard Version (ESV)As was the man of dust, so also are those who are of the dust, and as is the man of heaven, so also are those who are of heaven.
- New King James Version (NKJV)As was the man of dust, so also are those who are made of dust; and as is the heavenly Man, so also are those who are heavenly.
Context of 1 Corinthians 15:48
46The spiritual body does not come first. No, what is human comes first. Then, after that, what is spiritual comes. 47God used soil from the ground to make the first man, Adam. But the second man came from heaven. People who live on the earth have bodies like the first man. That is the man that God made from the soil of the earth. People in heaven have bodies like the man who came from heaven. 49Now God has given us bodies that look like the first man. One day we will have bodies that look like the man who belongs in heaven. 50I tell you this, my Christian friends. Our weak human bodies cannot go to heaven, to join God in his kingdom there. Our human bodies will die. They cannot share in something that will continue for ever.
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οἷος ὁ χοϊκός, τοιοῦτοι καὶ οἱ χοϊκοί, καὶ οἷος ὁ ἐπουράνιος, τοιοῦτοι καὶ οἱ ἐπουράνιοι·Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for 1 Corinthians 15:48
- 1 Corinthians 15:21All people die because of what one man did. That was Adam. And it is because of another man that people can rise up after death to a new life. That is Christ.
- Genesis 5:3When Adam was 130 years old, he had a son who was like him. Adam called him Seth.
- Job 14:4People are not clean and pure. Nobody can change them to become pure.
- John 3:6People give birth to what is human. But God's Spirit gives birth to spirit.
- Romans 5:12It was because of one man, Adam, that sin came into the world. Death was the result of Adam's sin. Because of that, death came to all people, because everyone failed to obey God.
- Philippians 3:20But as for us, the home where we belong is in heaven. We are waiting for the Lord Jesus Christ to come from there. He is the one who will come from heaven and save us.
Commentaries on 1 Corinthians 15:48
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 48As is the earthy, etc. - As Adam was, who was formed from the earth, so are all his descendants; frail, decaying, and subject to death. As is the heavenly - As is the heavenly state of Adam and all glorified beings, so shall be the state of all those who, at the resurrection, are found fit for glory.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 48As is the earthy - Such as Adam was. Such are they also - Such are all his descendants; all who derive their nature from him. That is, they are frail, corruptible, mortal; they live in an animal body as he did, and like him, they are subject to corruption and decay. And as is the heavenly - As is he who was from heaven; as is the Lord Jesus now in is glorified body. “Such are they also, etc.” Such will they be also. They will be like him; they will have…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. 48Earthly man: Like Adam, natural human beings face the curse of sin and death. All return to dust (see Genesis 3:19). They all die. as is the heavenly man, so also are those who are of heaven: Those who belong to Christ share in his eternal spiritual life.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4848. As is the earthy--namely, Adam. they ... that are earthy--All Adam's posterity in their natural state (Joh 3:6, 7). the heavenly--Christ. they ... that are heavenly--His people in their regenerate state (Php 3:20, 21). As the former precedes the latter state, so the natural bodies precede the spiritual bodies.Read the comment
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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
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