1 Corinthians 15:49

And as we haue borne the image of the earthly, so shall we beare the image of the heauenly.

Geneva Bible 1599

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 earthly, such are they that are earthly: and as is the heauenly, such are they also that are heauenly.

50This say I, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherite the kingdome of God, neither doeth corruption inherite incorruption.

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Cross References

Genesis 5:3Nowe Adam liued an hundred and thirtie yeeres, and begate a childe in his owne likenes after his image, and called his name Sheth.

Romans 8:29For those which hee knewe before, he also predestinate to bee made like to the image of his Sonne, that hee might be the first borne among many brethren.

2 Corinthians 4:10Euery where we beare about in our bodie the dying of the Lord Iesus, that the life of Iesus might also 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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