1 Corinthians 15:39

All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and another of birds.

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Word	Greek	Strong’s	Meaning
All	πᾶσα pasa	G3956	all · adjective — nominative singular feminine
flesh	σὰρξ sarx	G4561	flesh (as stripped of the skin) · noun — nominative singular feminine
not	Οὐ Ou	G3756	the absolute negative (compare G3361 (μή)) adverb · particle — negative
same	αὐτὴ autē	G846	the reflexive pronoun self · personal pronoun — nominative singular feminine
flesh	σὰρξ sarx	G4561	flesh (as stripped of the skin) · noun — nominative singular feminine
but	ἀλλ᾽ all᾽	G235	properly · conjunction
one	ἄλλη allē	G243	"else · adjective — nominative singular feminine
flesh	σὰρξ sarx	G4561	flesh (as stripped of the skin) · noun — nominative singular feminine
men	ἀνθρώπων, anthrōpōn	G444	from G3700 (ὀπτάνομαι)) · noun — genitive plural masculine
another	ἄλλη allē	G243	"else · adjective — nominative singular feminine
flesh	σάρξ sárx	G4561	flesh (as stripped of the skin)
beasts	κτηνῶν, ktēnōn	G2934	property · noun — genitive plural neuter
another	ἄλλη allē	G243	"else · adjective — nominative singular feminine
fishes	ἰχθύων. ichthuōn	G2486	a fish · noun — genitive plural masculine
another	ἄλλη allē	G243	"else · adjective — nominative singular feminine
birds	πτηνῶν, ptēnōn	G4421	a bird · adjective — genitive plural neuter

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Cross-references

Genesis 1:20-26 And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open fi…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 15:35-50

The apostle comes now to answer a plausible and principal objection against the doctrine of the resurrection of the dead, concerning which observe the proposal of the objection: Some man will say, How are the dead raised up? And with what body do they come? Co1 15:35. The objection is plainly two-fold. How are they raised up? that is, "By what means? How can they be raised? What power is equal to this effect?" It was an opinion that prevailed much among the heathens, and the Sadducees seem to have been in the same sentiment, that it was not within the compass of divine power, mortales aeternitate donare, aut revocare defunctos - to make mortal men immortal, or revive and restore the dead. Su…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Corinthians 15:39

Illustrations of the suitability of bodies, however various, to their species: the flesh of the several species of animals; bodies celestial and terrestrial; the various kinds of light in the sun, moon, and stars, respectively. flesh--animal organism [DE WETTE]. He implies by the word that our resurrection bodies shall be in some sense really flesh, not mere phantoms of air [ESTIUS]. So some of the oldest creeds expressed it, "I believe in the resurrection of the flesh." Compare as to Jesus' own resurrection body, Luk 24:39; Joh 20:27; to which ours shall be made like, and therefore shall be flesh, but not of animal organism (Phi 3:21) and liable to corruption. But Co1 15:50 below implies,…

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Adam Clarke on 1 Corinthians 15:39

All flesh is not the same flesh - Though the organization of all animals is, in its general principles, the same, yet there are no two different kinds of animals that have flesh of the same flavour, whether the animal be beast, fowl, or fish. And this is precisely the same with vegetables. In opposition to this general assertion of St. Paul, there are certain people who tell us that fish is not flesh; and while their religion prohibits, at one time of the year, the flesh of quadrupeds and fowls, it allows them to eat fish, fondly supposing that fish is not flesh: they might as well tell us that a lily is not a vegetable, because it is not a cabbage. There is a Jewish canon pronounced by Scho…

The Church Fathers

In the resurrection a better body is constructed, one which is no longer flesh and blood as such but which is an immortal and indestructible living being.
— Theodore of Mopsuestia, PAULINE COMMENTARY FROM THE GREEK CHURCH

Let the Sophists explain this if they can! All the philosophers of this world are unwilling to submit their minds to the law of God in order to believe in him. Instead they confound one another with diverse and mutually contradictory theories, none of which can be proved. God, on the other hand, does not argue. Instead, he demonstrates his power by raising Christ from the dead.
— Ambrosiaster, COMMENTARY ON PAUL'S EPISTLES

Whatever bodily or seminal causes may play a part in reproduction, by the intermingling of the two sexes, or in animals, or even by the influence of angels, and whatever longings or emotions of the mother may affect the features or the hue while the fetus is soft and pliable, nevertheless every nature as such, however affected by circumstances, is created wholly by the supreme God. It is the hidden and penetrating power of God's irresistible presence that gives being to every creature that can be said to be, whatever its genus and species may be. For without his creative act, a nature would not only not be in this or that genus. It simply could not have being at all.
— Augustine of Hippo, City of God 12.26

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Dictionary and topics

Adam — Red, a Babylonian word, the generic name for man, having the same meaning in the Hebrew and the Assyrian languages. It was the name given to the first man, whose creation, fall, and subsequent…
Beast — This word is used of flocks or herds of grazing animals (Ex. 22:5; Num. 20:4, 8, 11; Ps. 78:48); of beasts of burden (Gen. 45:17); of eatable beasts (Prov. 9:2); and of swift beasts or dromedaries…
Immortality — Perpetuity of existence. The doctrine of immortality is taught in the Old Testament. It is plainly implied in the writings of Moses (Gen. 5:22, 24; 25:8; 37:35; 47:9; 49:29, comp. Heb. 11:13-16; Ex.…
Sin — Is “any want of conformity unto or transgression of the law of God” (1 John 3:4; Rom. 4:15), in the inward state and habit of the soul, as well as in the outward conduct of the life, whether by…
B · Differ in flesh from birds and fishes — Differ in flesh from birds and fishes
Birds · Differ in flesh from beasts and fishes — Differ in flesh from beasts and fishes
Body · Resurrection of — Resurrection of
Fishes · Different in flesh from beasts & c — Different in flesh from beasts & c
Immortality · 2:11; — 2:11;
Man · Nature and constitution of, different from other creatures — Nature and constitution of, different from other creatures
Resurrection · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Resurrection, The · Is not contrary to reason

1 Corinthians 15:39

Word by word — the Greek

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 15:35-50

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Corinthians 15:39

Adam Clarke on 1 Corinthians 15:39

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

1 Corinthians 15:39

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 15:35-50

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Corinthians 15:39

Adam Clarke on 1 Corinthians 15:39

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Gill on 1 Corinthians 15:39

John Calvin on 1 Corinthians 15:35-50

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 1 Corinthians 15:37-39