1 Corinthians 15:41

One has the brightness of the sun, another the brightness of the moon, and another the brightness of the stars. For even star differs from star in brightness.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

40Also, there are heavenly bodies and earthly bodies. But while the one, certainly, has the glory of heaven, the other has the glory of earth.

42So it is also with the resurrection of the dead. What is sown in corruption shall rise to incorruption.

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Cross References

Genesis 1:14Then God said: “Let there be lights in the firmament of heaven. And let them divide day from night, and let them become signs, both of the seasons, and of the days and years.

Job 31:26if I gazed upon the sun when it shined and the moon advancing brightly,

Psalms 19:4May he be mindful of all your sacrifices, and may your burnt-offerings be fat.

Isaiah 24:23And the moon will be ashamed, and the sun will be confounded, when the Lord of hosts will reign on mount Zion and in Jerusalem, and when he will have been glorified in the sight of his elders.

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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