1 Corinthians 15:49

49 And just as we have borne the image of the earthly man, so shall we^[a] bear the image of the heavenly man.

1 Corinthians 15:49 in Other Translations

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

49 Just as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we shall also bear the image of the man of heaven.

49 Just as we are now like the earthly man, we will someday be like the heavenly man.

49 In the same way that we've worked from our earthy origins, let's embrace our heavenly ends.

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

49 As we have worn the likeness of the man who was made from the dust of the earth, we will also wear the likeness of the man who came from heaven.

49 And just as we have borne the image of the man made of dust, we will also bear the image of the heavenly man.

49 We are like the earthly man. And we will be like the man from heaven.

1 Corinthians 15:49 Meaning and Commentary

1 Corinthians 15:49

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 frailty and mortality on the body, having like him a body subject to infirmities and death:

we shall also bear the image of the heavenly;
which likewise regards not so much the spiritual image of Christ stamped on the soul in regeneration, when Christ is formed in the heart, and the new man is created after his likeness, and which more and more appears, through every transforming view of him, and will be complete in glory, as the image and likeness of Christ upon the bodies of the saints in the resurrection, when they shall be fashioned like unto his: some copies, as the Alexandrian and others, read the words as an exhortation, let us bear the image as if the words were an improvement of the apostle's reasoning on this subject, engaging saints to be more concerned for, and seeking after a greater likeness to Christ in righteousness and true holiness; but the other reading and sense are best.

1 Corinthians 15:49 In-Context

47 The first man was of the dust of the earth; the second man is of heaven.

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.

49 And just as we have borne the image of the earthly man, so shall we bear the image of the heavenly man.

50 I declare to you, brothers and sisters, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.

51 Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed—

Cross References

• 1. Genesis 5:3
• 2. S Romans 8:29

Footnotes

• [a]. Some early manuscripts "so let us"