1 Corinthians 15:49

Therefore as we have borne the image of the earthly, let us bear also the image of the heavenly.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.

In Context

48Such as is the earthly, such also are the earthly: and such as is the heavenly, such also are they that are heavenly.

50Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot possess the kingdom of God: neither shall corruption possess incorruption.

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Cross References

Genesis 5:3And Adam lived a hundred and thirty years, and begot a son to his own image and likeness, and called his name Seth.

Romans 8:29For whom he foreknew, he also predestinated to be made conformable to the image of his Son; that he might be the firstborn amongst many brethren.

2 Corinthians 4:10Always bearing about in our body the mortification of Jesus, that the life also of Jesus may be made manifest in our bodies.

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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