1 Corinthians 15:49

and as we bore the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.

Noyes Bible

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

48As was the earthy, such are they also that are earthy; and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly;

50And this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor doth corruption inherit incorruption.

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Cross References

Romans 8:29For he determined beforehand that those whom he foreknew should be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the first-born among many brethren.

2 Corinthians 4:10always bearing about in the body the dying of Jesus, that the life also of Jesus may be manifested in our body.

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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