1 Corinthians 15:49

As we have borne the image of those made of dust, let’s also bear the image of the heavenly.

World English Bible British with Deuterocanon

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 is the one made of dust, such are those who are also made of dust; and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly.

50Now I say this, brothers, that flesh and blood can’t inherit God’s Kingdom; neither does the perishable inherit imperishable.

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Cross References

Genesis 5:3Adam lived one hundred and thirty years, and became the father of a son in his own likeness, after his image, and named him Seth.

Romans 8:29For whom he foreknew, he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn amongst many brothers.

2 Corinthians 4:10always carrying in the body the putting to death of the Lord Jesus, that the life of Jesus may also be revealed 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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