1 Corinthians 15:49 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly. ”

• 1 Corinthians 15:49 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  And as we have borne the image of the earthy - As like our first father, we are frail, decaying, dying; as we are so closely connected with him as to be like him. This does not refer, mainly, to...

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• 1 Corinthians 15:49 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  And as we have borne the (b) image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly. (b) Not a vain and false image, but such a one as indeed had the truth with it.

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• 1 Corinthians 15:49 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Paul now meets the objection, How are the dead raised? in what kind of a body do they come back from the tomb? Only a fool (in the Hebrew rather than the Greek sense), he tartly says, would ask such...

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• 1 Corinthians 15:49 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  image . Greek. eikon. See Romans 1:23 . also bear, &c . = bear the image also.

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• 1 Corinthians 15:49 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  49. As we have borne Some have thought, that there is here an exhortation to a pious and holy life, into which Paul was led by way of digression; and on that account they have changed the ve...

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• 1 Corinthians 15:49 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly. And as we have borne the image of the earthy - As being descendants from Adam we have all been born in his...

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• 1 Corinthians 15:49 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly. As, х kathoos ( G2531 )] - 'even as' (see Genesis 5:3 ). We shall also bear - wear as a ga...

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• 1 Corinthians 15:49 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  (f) The Fact and the Doctrine of the Resurrection of the Dead Some Corinthians disbelieved in the resurrection of the dead—not, apparently, in Christ's Resurrection, though St. Paul felt this wo...

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• 1 Corinthians 15:49 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  We shall also bear the image of the heavenly. — Better, let us bear also the image of the heavenly. Such is the reading of the best MSS. The words transport the thoughts of the reader to the futu...

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• 1 Corinthians 15:49 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  Chapter 24 THE SPIRITUAL BODY THE proofs of the Resurrection which Paul has adduced are satisfactory. So long as they are clearly before the mind, we find it possible to believe in that great exp...

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• 1 Corinthians 15:49 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  Victory over Sin and Death 1 Corinthians 15:42-58 Life on the other side will be as real and as earnest as here. We shall not dissolve into thin mist or flit as bodiless ghosts. We shall each b...

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• 1 Corinthians 15:49 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  The last fact of the "spiritualities" is the resurrection, and the apostle first gives the proof of the resurrection of Christ. His final proof was his own experience. It is evident that there were...

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• 1 Corinthians 15:49 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  (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...

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• 1 Corinthians 15:49 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And as we have borne the image of the earthy ,.... Which regards not so much the sinful image of the first man upon the soul, or the depravity of the powers and faculties of it, as his image of frai...

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• 1 Corinthians 15:49 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly. Ver. 49. The image of the heavenly ] See Philippians 3:21 . Our bodies shall be fashioned like to Chris...

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• 1 Corinthians 15:49 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  The first man is [was] of the earth, earthy Being from earth, and having forfeited his immortality by sin, he became subject to corruption and dissolution, like the earth from which he came. The...

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• 1 Corinthians 15:49 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  This chapter itself forms a third division of the book, and deals with another most serious matter in Corinth. Some among them denied the resurrection of the dead. But the resurrection of Christ is t...

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• 1 Corinthians 15:49 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  The Resurrection of Saints. A. D.  57.       35 But some man will say, How are the dead raised up...

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• 1 Corinthians 15:49 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  And as believers, being the natural sons of the first Adam, have borne his image, had such bodies as he had while they lived here; so they shall also in the resurrection bear the image of the heavenl...

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• 1 Corinthians 15:49 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  'And as we have borne the image of the earthy, so let us bear the image of the heavenly.' That being so, says Paul, consider how it should change our whole attitude to life. When we bore only the im...

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• 1 Corinthians 15:49 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL NOTES 1 Corinthians 15:35 .— (1) Emphasis on “ the dead ,—the DEAD!—the DEAD!” (2) “ With what (kind of) body? ” See Homiletic Analysis. 1 Corinthians 15:36 .—Emphasis on “ thou ”...

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• 1 Corinthians 15:49 - Sermon Bible Commentary

  1 Corinthians 15:45-49 The two bodies, the natural and the spiritual, are connected with the first Adam and the second Adam respectively. That is the teaching of these verses. The Apostle is anxio...

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• 1 Corinthians 15:49 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  1 Corinthians 15:1-2 . Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; by which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memo...

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• 1 Corinthians 15:49 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  1 Corinthians 15:1 . I declare unto you the gospel by which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you. We have here an epitome of the whole gospel, comprising essentially th...

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• 1 Corinthians 15:49 - The Biblical Illustrator

  The first man Adam was made a living soul Adam and Christ Or the mystery of life contemplated:-- I. In its sources. 1. Adam was endued with natural life, Christ with a life-giving Spirit...

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• 1 Corinthians 15:49 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION 1 Corinthians 15:1-46 The doctrine of the resurrection. This chapter, and the thirteenth, on Christian love, stand out, even among the writings of St. Paul, as pre-eminently be...

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• 1 Corinthians 15:49 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  A contrast between the present and the future states:

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• 1 Corinthians 15:49 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 John 3:2 ; 2 Corinthians 3:18 ; 2 Corinthians 4:10 ; 2 Corinthians 4:11 ; Genesis 5:3 ; Matthew 13:43 ; Romans 8:29

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• 1 Corinthians 15:49 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

  How Are the Dead Raised Up? 1 Corinthians 15:29-58 INTRODUCTORY WORDS There are two rather startling questions asked and answered in the opening verses; that is, from 1 Corinthians 15:29-34...

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• 1 Corinthians 15:49 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  The image of the heavenly — Holiness and glory.

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