1 Korinther 15:48

48 Wie der von Staub ist, so sind auch die, welche von Staub sind; und wie der Himmlische, so sind auch die Himmlischen.

1 Korinther 15:48 Meaning and Commentary

1 Corinthians 15:48

As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy
As was Adam's body, so are the bodies of those that descend from him; they are houses of clay, earthly houses of this tabernacle, which rise out of the earth, are maintained by the things of it, and return to it again:

and as is the heavenly, such are,
or will be

they also that are heavenly;
as is the glorious and spiritual body of Christ, the Lord from heaven, as that now is in heaven, and will be when he descends from thence; so will be the bodies of them that are heavenly, that are heaven born souls now, are partakers of the heavenly calling, and whose conversation is in heaven; and who, in the resurrection morn, will have heavenly, spiritual, and glorious bodies, like unto Christ's: so Philo ^F8 the Jew on those words, "and man became a living soul", has this note;

``there are two kinds of men, for the one is "the heavenly man", and the other is "earthy"; the heavenly man is he, who is made after the image of God, incorruptible, and wholly devoid of earthy substance; the earthy is made of seminal matter, which is called the ground.''

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FOOTNOTES:

F8 Leg. Allegor. l. 1. p. 46.

1 Korinther 15:48 In-Context

46 Aber das Geistige war nicht zuerst, sondern das Natürliche, danach das Geistige.

47 Der erste Mensch ist von der Erde, von Staub; der zweite Mensch vom Himmel.

48 Wie der von Staub ist, so sind auch die, welche von Staub sind; und wie der Himmlische, so sind auch die Himmlischen.

49 Und wie wir das Bild dessen von Staub getragen haben, so werden wir auch das Bild des Himmlischen tragen.

50 Dies aber sage ich, Brüder, daß Fleisch und Blut das Reich Gottes nicht ererben können, auch die Verwesung nicht die Unverweslichkeit ererbt.