As is the one made of dust, such are those who are also made of dust; and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly.
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As is the one made of dust, such are those who are also made of dust; and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly.
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As is the erthy soche are they that are erthye. And as is the hevely soche are they that are hevenly.
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As is the earthly, such are they that are earthly: and as is the heauenly, such are they also that are heauenly.
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Passages linked to 1 Corinthians 15:48 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Genesis 5:3 Adam lived one hundred thirty years, and became the father of a son in his own likeness, after his image, and named him Seth.
- John 3:6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh. That which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
- Philippians 3:20-21 For our citizenship is in heaven, from where we also wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, who will change the body of our humiliation to be conformed to the body of his glory, according to the working by which he is able even to subject all things to himself.
- Job 14:4 Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? Not one.
- Romans 5:12-21 Therefore as sin entered into the world through one man, and death through sin; so death passed to all men, because all sinned. For until the law, sin was in the world; but sin is not charged when there is no law. Nevertheless death reigned from Adam until Moses, even over those whose sins weren’t like Adam’s disobedience, who is a foreshadowing of him who was to come. But the free gift isn’t like the trespass. For if by the trespass of the one the many died, much more did the grace of God, and the gift by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, abound to the many. The gift is not as through one who sinned; for the judgment came by one to condemnation, but the free gift came of many trespasses to justification. For if by the trespass of the one, death reigned through the one; so much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one, Jesus Christ. So then as through one trespass, all men were condemned; even so through one act of righteousness, all men were justified to life. For as through the one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, even so through the obedience of the one, many will be made righteous. The law came in that the trespass might abound; but where sin abounded, grace abounded more exceedingly; that as sin reigned in death, even so grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
- 1 Corinthians 15:21-22 For since death came by man, the resurrection of the dead also came by man. For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain He applieth both the earthly naturalness of Adam (if…
He applieth both the earthly naturalness of Adam (if I may so say) to our bodies, so long as they are naturally conversant on earth, to wit, in this life, and in the grave: and also the spirituality of Christ to the same our bodies, after that they are risen again: and he saith, that that goeth before and this shall follow.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 48 As is the earthy, such are they also…
48 As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly.
Ver. 48. They that are earthy] κερυμος ο ανθρωπος, Vulgus fictilis. Man is but an earthen pot, Isa 64:8.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Such a body as Adam had, (which was earthy),…
Such a body as Adam had, (which was earthy), such all the sons of Adam have; and such a body as Christ now hath since his resurrection, (which is a heavenly body), such a body also shall believers, who are heavenly, have in the resurrection.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Behold, I show you a mystery,.... Or a secret,…
Behold, I show you a mystery,.... Or a secret, which could never have been discovered by reason, or the light of nature, and what is of pure revelation; and which perhaps the apostle became acquainted with, when he was caught up into the third heaven; and is what is never made mention of by any prophet, or apostle, but himself: he prefaces the account of it in this manner, partly to show the great respect he had for these Corinthians, that he treated them as his bosom friends, to whom he communicated his secrets; and partly to excite their curiosity and attention:
we shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed; some copies read, "we shall all rise again, but we shall not all be changed", and so the Vulgate Latin version; according to which the sense is, all will rise again, both just and unjust, but all will not be changed into a state of glory; but the apostle is only speaking of the saints, of whom it is true, not only that they shall rise again, but shall be changed from corruption to incorruption; wherefore this cannot be a true reading: others read the words thus, "we shall all die, but we shall not all be changed"; and so the Ethiopic version and the Alexandrian copy seem to have read; which is just the reverse of the text, and arises from a wrong sense of Heb 9:27 where it is not said, it is "appointed unto all men", but "unto men once to die"; from which rule there has been some exceptions, as the instances of Enoch and Elijah show; and there will be more at the time of Christ's coming, for all will not sleep in their graves, or die, for death is meant by sleeping; they will not die as men ordinarily do, and continue under the power of death, but they will be changed at once from corruption to incorruption, from dishonour to glory, from weakness to power, from being natural to be spiritual bodies; this change all the saints will undergo, whether dead or alive, at Christ's coming; the dead by a resurrection from the dead, and the living by a secret and sudden power, which will at once render their bodies, without separating them from their souls, immortal and glorious: and this reading and sense are confirmed by the Syriac and Arabic versions.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain They that are earthy - Who continue without any…
They that are earthy - Who continue without any higher principle. They that are heavenly - Who receive a divine principle from heaven.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 48. As is the earthy, c.] As Adam…
Verse 48. As is the earthy, c.] As Adam was, who was formed from the earth, so are all his descendants frail, decaying, and subject to death.
As is the heavenly] As is the heavenly state of Adam and all glorified beings, so shall be the state of all those who, at the resurrection, are found fit for glory.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain As is the earthy - Such as Adam was.
As is the earthy - Such as Adam was.
Such are they also ... - Such are all his descendants; all who derive their nature from him. That is, they are frail, corruptible, mortal; they live in an animal body as he did, and like him, they are subject to corruption and decay.
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And as is the heavenly - As is he who was from heaven; as is the Lord Jesus now in is glorified body. “Such are they also, etc.” Such will they be also. They will be like him; they will have a body like his. This idea is more fully expressed in Phi 3:21, “Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body.”
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain As is the earthy--namely, Adam.
As is the earthy--namely, Adam.
they . . . that are earthy--All Adam's posterity in their natural state (Joh 3:6-7).
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the heavenly--Christ.
they . . . that are heavenly--His people in their regenerate state (Phi 3:20-21). As the former precedes the latter state, so the natural bodies precede the spiritual bodies.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 48. As… earthy, such… earthy—By the universal law of…
48. As… earthy, such… earthy—By the universal law of descent, earthly beings inherit the nature of their progenitors. See note, Rom_5:12, on the phrase all have sinned.
Heavenly—But the nature of the heavenly is stamped at the resurrection upon the earthy by a direct act of divine power.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 48. As is the earthy] i.e. Adam. Man, when…
48. As is the earthy] i.e. Adam. Man, when united to Christ by faith, partakes of both natures. He is liable, therefore, still to the weakness and infirmities of the former. “This infection of nature doth remain, yea in them that are regenerated.” Art. IX. And this he must bear to the end. He must be subject to the law of the natural order of things, before he attains fully to the law of the spiritual order. He must receive the wages of sin, namely death. But, possessing faith in Christ, he possesses the imperishable principle of life.
as is the heavenly] i.e. Christ. ‘When that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be brought to an end.’ ‘Mortality shall be swallowed up of life:’ the old Adam shall be done away in Christ Cf. Php_3:20-21.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain As is the earthy, etc. Men resemble their first…
As is the earthy, etc. Men resemble their first parent Adam; Christians, their spiritual Redeemer, Christ. (Php_3:20, 21)
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B. W. Johnson 1891 · Public Domain 48. As is the earthy. All have earthly bodies…
48. As is the earthy. All have earthly bodies like that of Adam. As is the heavenly. When we are raised to heaven we shall have spiritual bodies like Christ's, not like the body he received from Mary, but the glorious body in which he appears to saints and angels on high. Do we ask what body we shall have? It shall be like Christ's glorious body. See Phil. 3:21. Not of flesh and blood, for (verse 50)
flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God. If of flesh and blood, our bodies would be corruptible, and would not be suited to the eternal kingdom.
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J. W. McGarvey 1914 · Public Domain As is the earthy, such are they also that…
As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly .
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 15:48 Earthly people (literally those of the dust): Like…
15:48 Earthly people (literally those of the dust): Like Adam, natural human beings are under the curse of sin and death. All return to dust (see Gen 3:19)—they all die. • heavenly people are like the heavenly man: Those who belong to Christ are like him in having an unending spiritual life.
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