1 Corinthians 15:40-44 KJV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Corinthians 15:35-50

The apostle comes now to answer a plausible and principal objection against the doctrine of the resurrection of the dead, concerning which observe the proposal of the objection: Some man will say, How are the dead raised up? And with what body do they come? 1 Cor. 15:35. The objection is plainly two-fold. How are they raised up? that is, ?By what means? How can they be raised? What power is equal to this effect?? It was an opinion that prevailed much among the heathens, and the Sadducees seem... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 Corinthians 15:1-58

1 Corinthians 15:1-58 is both one of the greatest and one of the most difficult chapters in the New Testament. Not only is it in itself difficult, but it has also given to the creed a phrase which many people have grave difficulty in affirming, for it is from this chapter that we mainly derive the idea of the resurrection of the body. The chapter will be far less difficult if we study it against its background, and even that troublesome phrase will become quite clear and acceptable when we... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 15:40

There are also celestial bodies ,.... Or bodies in the heavens, as the sun, moon, and stars: and bodies terrestrial ; or bodies on earth, animate and inanimate, men, beasts, trees, minerals, &c.; But the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another : though both sorts are bodies, yet their qualities differ, and there is a greater glory in the one than in the other. This is another similitude, serving to help our ideas of this doctrine of the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 15:41

There is one glory of the sun ,.... Which is the greater light, the fountain of light, and whose glory exceeds that of the other heavenly bodies: and another glory of the moon ; which is the lesser light, and receives its light from the sun, and consequently its glory is inferior: and another glory of the stars ; which though very bright and sparkling, and are innumerable, have a lesser glory, at least to our appearance, than the sun and moon: the Jews have a notion F21 Maimon.... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 15:42

So also is the resurrection of the dead ,.... This will be the case and condition of risen bodies, they will be as different from what they now are, though they will be the same in substance, as a stalk of wheat in its blade and ear, and full corn in the ear, is from the naked grain, when cast into the earth; or as the flesh of men is from the flesh of beasts, fishes, and birds; or as celestial bodies from terrestrial ones; or as the glory of the sun differs from the glory of the moon and... read more

John Gill

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

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

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Corinthians 15:35-50

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 Corinthians 15:1-58

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 15:40

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 15:41

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 15:42

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

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

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

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

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

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