1 Corinthians 15:39-50

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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 15:50

Now this I say, brethren ,.... Upon the whole, I assert this, and observe it to you, out of a truly Christian respect for you, as brethren in the Lord, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God : this shows the necessity there is of a difference between the body that now is, and that which shall be, which the apostle has so largely insisted on, and so clearly proved and explained, in the preceding verses; because the body, as it now is, is not capable of possessing the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 15:39

All flesh is not the same flesh - Though the organization of all animals is, in its general principles, the same, yet there are no two different kinds of animals that have flesh of the same flavour, whether the animal be beast, fowl, or fish. And this is precisely the same with vegetables. In opposition to this general assertion of St. Paul, there are certain people who tell us that fish is not flesh; and while their religion prohibits, at one time of the year, the flesh of quadrupeds and... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 15:40

There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial - The apostle certainly does not speak of celestial and terrestrial bodies in the sense in which we use those terms: we invariably mean by the former the sun, moon, planets, and stars; by the latter, masses of inanimate matter. But the apostle speaks of human beings, some of which were clothed with celestial, others with terrestrial bodies. It is very likely, therefore, that he means by the celestial bodies such as those refined human... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 15:41

There is one glory of the sun - As if he had said: This may be illustrated by the present appearance of the celestial bodies which belong to our system. The sun has a greater degree of splendor than the moon; the moon than the planets; and the planets than the stars. And even in the fixed stars, one has a greater degree of splendor than another, which may proceed either from their different magnitudes, or from the comparative proximity of some of them to our earth; but from which of these... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 15:42

So also is the resurrection of the dead - That is, the bodies of the dead, though all immortal, shall possess different degrees of splendor and glory, according to the state of holiness in which their respective souls were found. The rabbins have some crude notions concerning different degrees of glory, which the righteous shall possess in the kingdom of heaven. They make out seven degrees: - "The first of which is possessed by צדיקים tsaddikim , the just, who observe the covenant of... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 15:43

It is sown in dishonor - Being now stripped of all the glory it had as a machine, fearfully and wonderfully made by the hands of God; and also consigned to death and destruction because of sin. This is the most dishonorable circumstance. It is raised in glory - It is raised a glorious body, because immortal, and for ever redeemed from the empire of death. It is sown in weakness - The principles of dissolution, corruption, and decay, have prevailed over it; disease undermined it; and... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 15:44

It is sown a natural body - Σωμα ψυχικον· An animal body, having a multiplicity of solids and fluids of different kinds, with different functions; composed of muscles, fibres, tendons, cartilages, bones, arteries, veins, nerves, blood, and various juices, requiring continual support from aliment; and hence the necessity of labor to provide food, and skill to prepare it; which food must be masticated, digested, and refined; what is proper for nourishment secreted, brought into the... read more

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