1 Corinthians 15:49

And as we have worn the likeness of him who was dust, so shall we wear the likeness of him who is from heaven.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

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 he who was dust, so also are they who are dust: as is he who is from heaven, so also are the heavenly ones.

50But this I say, my brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of heaven; nor doth corruption inherit incorruption.

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Cross References

Romans 8:29And from the first he knew them, and signified them in the likeness of the image of his Son, that he might be the first-born of many brethren.

2 Corinthians 4:10In all time the dying of Jeshu in our bodies we bear, that the life also of Jeshu might in our bodies be revealed.

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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