1 Corinthians 15:49

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

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Word by word — the Greek

Word	Greek	Strong’s	Meaning
And	καὶ kai	G2532	and · conjunction
as	καθὼς kathōs	G2531	just (or inasmuch) as · conjunction
borne	ἐφορέσαμεν ephoresamen	G5409	to have a burden · verb — aorist active indicative, 1st person plural
image	εἰκόνα eikona	G1504	a likeness · noun — accusative singular feminine
earthy	χοϊκοῦ, choikou	G5517	dusty or dirty (soil-like) · adjective — genitive singular masculine
shall	φορέσομεν phoresomen	G5409	to have a burden · verb — future active indicative, 1st person plural
also	καὶ kai	G2532	and · conjunction
bear	φορέω phoréō	G5409	to have a burden
image	εἰκόνα eikona	G1504	a likeness · noun — accusative singular feminine
heavenly	ἐπουρανίου.¶ epouraniou	G2032	above the sky · adjective — genitive singular masculine

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Cross-references

Romans 8:29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethr…
2 Corinthians 3:18 But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by th…
Genesis 5:3 And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth:
2 Corinthians 4:10-11 Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body.
1 John 3:2 Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like h…
Matthew 13:43 Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.

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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 15:49

as--Greek, "even as" (see Gen 5:3). we shall also bear--or wear as a garment [BENGEL]. The oldest manuscripts and versions read, "We must also bear," or "let us also bear." It implies the divine appointment (compare "must," Co1 15:53) and faith assenting to it. An exhortation, and yet implying a promise (so Rom 8:29). The conformity to the image of the heavenly Representative man is to be begun here in our souls, in part, and shall be perfected at the resurrection in both bodies and souls.

Adam Clarke on 1 Corinthians 15:49

And as we have borne the image of the earthy - As being descendants from Adam we have all been born in his likeness, and subject to the same kind of corruption, disgrace, and death; we shall also be raised to a life immortal, such as he now enjoys in the kingdom of God. This interpretation proceeds on the ground that what is here spoken belongs to Adam in his twofold state: viz. of mortality and immortality; of disgrace and honor; of earth and heaven. But by many commentators the words are understood to refer to Adam and Christ, in Co1 15:46-49. By these, Christ is called the second Adam, the quickening Spirit, the second man, and the heavenly; whose image of righteousness and true holiness…

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The Church Fathers

They are also a "heaven" "bearing the likeness of the heavenly man," since God is dwelling in them and mingling with them.
— Cyril of Jerusalem, MYSTAGOGICAL LECTURES 5.11

This means that just as we have borne the corruptible body of the earthly Adam, so we shall in the future bear an incorruptible body, like that of the resurrected Christ.
— Ambrosiaster, COMMENTARY ON PAUL'S EPISTLES

But you indeed then bore "the image of the earthly"; now, however, having heard these things, cleansed by the Word of God from all that earthly mass and oppression, make "the image of the heavenly" shine forth in you.
— Origen of Alexandria, HOMILIES ON GENESIS 13.4

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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…
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.…
Resurrection of Christ — One of the cardinal facts and doctrines of the gospel. If Christ be not risen, our faith is vain (1 Cor. 15:14). The whole of the New Testament revelation rests on this as an historical fact. On the…
Resurrection of the dead — Will be simultaneous both of the just and the unjust (Dan. 12:2; John 5:28, 29; Rom. 2:6-16; 2 Thess. 1:6-10). The qualities of the resurrection body will be different from those of the body laid in…
Body · Resurrection of — Resurrection of
Fall Of Man, The · Man in consequence of: Made in the image of Adam — Man in consequence of: Made in the image of Adam
Immortality · 2:11; — 2:11;
Man · CREATED IN THE IMAGE OF GOD — CREATED IN THE IMAGE OF GOD
Resurrection · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Resurrection Of Christ, The · Saints: Shall rise in the likeness of — Saints: Shall rise in the likeness of
Resurrection, The · Is not contrary to reason — Is not contrary to reason

1 Corinthians 15:49

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 15:35-50

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Corinthians 15:49

Adam Clarke on 1 Corinthians 15:49

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

1 Corinthians 15:49

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 15:35-50

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Corinthians 15:49

Adam Clarke on 1 Corinthians 15:49

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Gill on 1 Corinthians 15:49

John Calvin on 1 Corinthians 15:35-50

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 1 Corinthians 15:49