1 Corinthians 15:48

Those who are of the dust are like him who came from the dust; and those who are of heaven are like him who came from heaven.

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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 was from the dust of the earth; the second man from heaven.

49And as we have borne the likeness of him who came from the dust, so let us bear the likeness of him who came from heaven.

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Cross References

Genesis 5:3Adam lived for a hundred and thirty years, and had a son in his own likeness, after his image; and named him Seth.

John 3:6All that owes its birth to human nature is human, and all that owes its birth to the Spirit is spiritual.

1 Corinthians 15:21For, since through a man there is death, so, too, through a man there is a resurrection of 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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