1 Corinthians 15:48

48 As is the erthy soche are they that are erthye. And as is the hevely soche are they yt are hevenly.

1 Corinthians 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.''


FOOTNOTES:

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

1 Corinthians 15:48 In-Context

46 How be it yt is not fyrst which is spirituall: but yt which is naturall and then yt which is spretuall.
47 The fyrst ma is of the erth erthy: the seconde man is ye Lorde fro heave.
48 As is the erthy soche are they that are erthye. And as is the hevely soche are they yt are hevenly.
49 And as we have borne the ymage of the erthy so shall we beare the ymage of the hevenly.
50 This saye I brethren that flesshe and bloud canot inheret the kyngdome of God. Nether corrupcion inhereth vncorrupcion.
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