1 Corinthians 15:49

And as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we shall also bear the image of the man of heaven.

Revised King James New Testament

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 man of dust, so it is with those who are of dust: and as is the man of heaven, so it is with those who are of heaven.

50Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.

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Cross References

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

2 Corinthians 4:10Always carrying about in our body the dying of Jesus, that the life of Jesus might also be made manifest 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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