1 Corinthians 15:48

As he was of the dust, so also those who are of the dust; and as was he who was from heaven, so also are the heavenly.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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

49And as we have worn the likeness of him from the dust, so shall we wear the likeness of him from heaven.

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Cross References

John 3:6That which is born of the flesh, is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit, is spirit.

1 Corinthians 15:21And as by a man came death, so also by a man came the reviviscence 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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