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 garment. So B. 'Aleph (') A C Delta G f g, Vulgate, read 'let us also bear' х foresomen (G5409)]. It implies the divine appointment (cf. "must," 1 Corinthians 15:53), and faith assenting to it. An exhortation, yet implying a promise (Romans 8:29). The conformity to the image of the heavenly Representative man is to be begun here in our souls, and shall be perfected at the resurrection in both bodies and souls (Romans 8:11; 2 Corinthians 3:18).