1 Corinthians 15:35-49

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 15:43

It is sown in dishonour ,.... Its original is dishonourable, it comes, as the Jews often say F23 Pirke Abot, c. 3. sect. 1. , מטפה סרוהה , "from a filthy drop"; its generated brought forth in a manner we are ashamed of; it is conceived in sin, and shapen in iniquity; it is unclean, and born of the flesh: and when born, is in such a condition, as is to the loathing of it; some of its members are less honourable; and so uncomely as always to need a covering; it is subject to various... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 15:44

It is sown a natural body ,.... Or an animal one, being generated as animals are, and supported with food as they be, and die at last as they do: see Ecclesiastes 3:19 . It is raised a spiritual body ; not as to substance, but as to its quality; it will not be changed into a spirit; our Lord's risen body, to which ours will be conformed, was not a spirit, but, as before, consisted of flesh and bones: but the body will then be subject to the spirit and soul of man; it will be employed... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 15:45

And so it is written ,.... In Genesis 2:7 the first man Adam was made a living soul : in the Hebrew text it is, man, or Adam, became, or was made a living soul; that is, as the apostle says, "the first man Adam": he calls him, as the Jews F1 T. Bab. Sanhedrin, fol 38. 2. & 100. 1. & alibi passim. & קדמון אדם , Cabala denud. par. 4. p. 195, &c.; Vid. 2 Esdras iii. 21. frequently do, אדם הראשון , "the first man"; he was the first man that was made, and the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 15:46

Howbeit, that was not first which is spiritual ,.... As the apostle before proves the distinction of a natural and spiritual body, and gives instances of both in the two principal men in the world, the first and the last; and points out the difference between them, the one being animated, and having life given unto it, the other animating, and giving life to others; proceeds to observe the order of these, how that one was before the other; the spiritual body, though the more perfect and most... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 15:47

The first man is of the earth, earthy ,.... He was formed out of the earth, Genesis 2:7 and the word there used signifies red earth. Josephus F3 Antiqu. l. 1. c. 1. sect. 2. observes, that the first man was called Adam, which in the Hebrew tongue signifies red, because he was made out of red earth; for such, adds he, is the true and virgin earth: Pausanias F4 Phocica, sive l. 10. p. 615. makes mention of a clay, which is not the colour of earth, but like the sand of brooks and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible 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... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible 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... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 15:35

But some man will say - Αλλα ερει τις . It is very likely that the apostle, by τις some, some one, some man, means particularly the false apostle, or teacher at Corinth, who was chief in the opposition to the pure doctrine of the Gospel, and to whom, in this covert way, he often refers. The second part of the apostle's discourse begins at this verse. What shall be the nature of the resurrection body? The question is stated, 1 Corinthians 15:35 . It is answered: first, by a... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 15:36

Thou fool - Αφρον . If this be addressed, as it probably is, to the false apostle, there is a peculiar propriety in it; as this man seems to have magnified his own wisdom, and set it up against both God and man; and none but a fool could act so. At the same time, it is folly in any to assert the impossibility of a thing because he cannot comprehend it. That which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die - I have shown the propriety of this simile of the apostle in the note on John... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 15:37

Thou sowest not that body that shall be - This is decomposed, and becomes the means of nourishing the whole plant, roots, stalk, leaves, ear, and full corn in the ear. read more

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