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1 Corinthians 15:50-58
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1 Corinthians 15:50-58
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1 Corinthians 15:35-49
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1 Corinthians 15:12-19
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1 Corinthians 15:50-58
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1 Corinthians 15:35-49
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1 Corinthians 15:20-28
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1 Corinthians 15:1-11
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1 Corinthians 15:50-58
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1 Corinthians 15:35-49
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1 Corinthians 15:29-34
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1 Corinthians 15:20-28
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1 Corinthians 15:20-28
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1 Corinthians 15:12-19
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SO WE SHALL BEAR HIS LIKENESS
Key verse: 49
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The Resurrection Body
35 But someone will ask,(A) “How are the dead raised? With what kind of body will they come?”(B) 36 How foolish!(C) What you sow does not come to life unless it dies.(D) 37 When you sow, you do not plant the body that will be, but just a seed, perhaps of wheat or of something else. 38 But God gives it a body as he has determined, and to each kind of seed he gives its own body.(E) 39 Not all flesh is the same: People have one kind of flesh, animals have another, birds another and fish another. 40 There are also heavenly bodies and there are earthly bodies; but the splendor of the heavenly bodies is one kind, and the splendor of the earthly bodies is another. 41 The sun has one kind of splendor,(F) the moon another and the stars another;(G) and star differs from star in splendor.
42 So will it be(H) with the resurrection of the dead.(I) The body that is sown is perishable, it is raised imperishable;(J) 43 it is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory;(K) it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power; 44 it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body.(L)
If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body. 45 So it is written: “The first man Adam became a living being”[a];(M) the last Adam,(N) a life-giving spirit.(O) 46 The spiritual did not come first, but the natural, and after that the spiritual.(P) 47 The first man was of the dust of the earth;(Q) the second man is of heaven.(R) 48 As was the earthly man, so are those who are of the earth; and as is the heavenly man, so also are those who are of heaven.(S) 49 And just as we have borne the image of the earthly man,(T) so shall we[b] bear the image of the heavenly man.(U)
Footnotes
- 1 Corinthians 15:45 Gen. 2:7
- 1 Corinthians 15:49 Some early manuscripts so let us
Cross references
- 1 Corinthians 15:35 : Ro 9:19
- 1 Corinthians 15:35 : Eze 37:3
- 1 Corinthians 15:36 : Lk 11:40; 12:20
- 1 Corinthians 15:36 : Jn 12:24
- 1 Corinthians 15:38 : Ge 1:11
- 1 Corinthians 15:41 : Ps 19:4-6
- 1 Corinthians 15:41 : Ps 8:1, 3
- 1 Corinthians 15:42 : Da 12:3; Mt 13:43
- 1 Corinthians 15:42 : ver 12
- 1 Corinthians 15:42 : ver 50, 53, 54
- 1 Corinthians 15:43 : Php 3:21; Col 3:4
- 1 Corinthians 15:44 : ver 50
- 1 Corinthians 15:45 : Ge 2:7
- 1 Corinthians 15:45 : Ro 5:14
- 1 Corinthians 15:45 : Jn 5:21; 6:57, 58; Ro 8:2
- 1 Corinthians 15:46 : ver 44
- 1 Corinthians 15:47 : Ge 2:7; 3:19; Ps 90:3
- 1 Corinthians 15:47 : Jn 3:13, 31
- 1 Corinthians 15:48 : Php 3:20, 21
- 1 Corinthians 15:49 : Ge 5:3
- 1 Corinthians 15:49 : S Ro 8:29
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ESV
The Resurrection Body
35 But someone will ask, (A)“How are the dead raised? With what kind of body do they come?” 36 You foolish person! (B)What you sow does not come to life unless it dies. 37 And what you sow is not the body that is to be, but a bare kernel, perhaps of wheat or of some other grain. 38 But God gives it a body as he has chosen, and to each kind of seed its own body. 39 For not all flesh is the same, but there is one kind for humans, another for animals, another for birds, and another for fish. 40 There are heavenly bodies and earthly bodies, but the glory of the heavenly is of one kind, and the glory of the earthly is of another. 41 There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for star differs from star in glory.
42 (C)So is it with the resurrection of the dead. What is sown is perishable; what is raised is imperishable. 43 It is sown in dishonor; (D)it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power. 44 It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body. 45 Thus it is written, (E)“The first man Adam became a living being”;[a] (F)the last Adam became a (G)life-giving spirit. 46 But it is not the spiritual that is first but the natural, and then the spiritual. 47 (H)The first man was from the earth, (I)a man of dust; (J)the second man is from heaven. 48 As was the man of dust, so also are those who are of the dust, and as is the man of heaven, (K)so also are those who are of heaven. 49 Just (L)as we have borne the image of the man of dust, (M)we shall[b] also bear the image of the man of heaven.
Read full chapterFootnotes
- 1 Corinthians 15:45 Greek a living soul
- 1 Corinthians 15:49 Some manuscripts let us
Cross references
- 1 Corinthians 15:35 : [Ezek. 37:3]
- 1 Corinthians 15:36 : John 12:24
- 1 Corinthians 15:42 : Dan. 12:3; [Matt. 13:43]
- 1 Corinthians 15:43 : Phil. 3:21; Col. 3:4
- 1 Corinthians 15:45 : Cited from Gen. 2:7
- 1 Corinthians 15:45 : Rom. 5:14
- 1 Corinthians 15:45 : John 5:21; [John 6:33, 39, 40, 54, 57; Rom. 8:2, 10]
- 1 Corinthians 15:47 : John 3:31
- 1 Corinthians 15:47 : [Gen. 2:7; 3:19]
- 1 Corinthians 15:47 : John 3:13, 31
- 1 Corinthians 15:48 : [Phil. 3:20]
- 1 Corinthians 15:49 : Gen. 5:3
- 1 Corinthians 15:49 : See Rom. 8:29
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1. God gives it a body (35-44)
What will our resurrection bodies be like? This is the resurrection principle: We plant a seed; it dies. Then it rises to a new and more beautiful life. Our old body is a perishable seed. It is full of sickness and sin. Our new resurrection body is imperishable; it is glorious and powerful. It is the body which God gives. This principle is a spiritual truth. We must die to self in order to bear fruit for God.
2. We shall bear the likeness of Jesus (45-49)
We are descendants of Adam; we bear his image. We are dust. We sin and die, as did he. But when we belong to Jesus, we have forgiveness of sin and eternal life. We die with him and live with him. When Jesus comes again, he will give us a resurrection body like his. The broken image of God will be completely restored in us. There will be no more tears. We will know and love God perfectly, and be with him forever.
Prayer: Lord, let this glorious hope fill my heart until Jesus comes again.
One Word: We shall bear his likeness