1 Corinthians 15:49

And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we must also bear the image of the heavenly.

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

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 who are earthy; and as was the heavenly, such are they also who are heavenly.

50But I say this, brethren, that flesh and blood are not able to inherit the kingdom of God; neither does corruption inherit incorruption.

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Cross References

Romans 8:29Because whom he did foreknow, he did also predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brethren:

2 Corinthians 4:10always bearing about the dying of Jesus in our body, in order that the life of Jesus may 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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