1 Corinthians 15:48

Those who are of the earth are like the man who was from the earth: and those who are of heaven are like the one from heaven.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly.

In Context

47The first man is from the earth, and of the earth: the second man is from heaven.

49And in the same way as we have taken on us the image of the man from the earth, so we will take on us the image of the one from heaven.

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Cross References

Genesis 5:3Adam had been living for a hundred and thirty years when he had a son like himself, after his image, and gave him the name of Seth:

John 3:6That which has birth from the flesh is flesh, and that which has birth from the Spirit is spirit.

1 Corinthians 15:21For as by man came death, so by man there is a coming back from the dead.

Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 15:36-51

The Resurrection of Saints. ( a. d. 57.) 35 But some man will say, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come? 36 Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die: 37 And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain: 38 But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body. 39 All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts,… Read the whole commentary →

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