Verse 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 in spiritual service, for which it will be abundantly fitted and assisted by the Spirit of God; and it will be delighted with spiritual objects; it will be like the angels, those excellent spirits; it will live as spirits do, without natural helps and means, as meat, drink, clothes, sleep, and, as they, will never die:
there is a natural ; or "animal body", such as the first man's was, and those are that descend from him by ordinary generation; and
there is a spiritual body ; such as the body of Christ now is, and as will be the bodies of the risen saints; the phrase is Jewish, הגוף הרוחני , "the spiritual body" F25 Nishmath Chayim. fol. 37. 1. and the flesh of the righteous, being בשרם רוחנים , "spiritual flesh" F26 Tzeror Hammor, fol. 9. 4. , are to be met with in their writings.
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