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Selected Verse: 1 Corinthians 15:48 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| 1Co 15:48 |
King James |
As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
As is the earthy--namely, Adam.
they . . . that are earthy--All Adam's posterity in their natural state (Joh 3:6-7).
the heavenly--Christ.
they . . . that are heavenly--His people in their regenerate state (Phi 3:20-21). As the former precedes the latter state, so the natural bodies precede the spiritual bodies. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
As is the earthy - Such as Adam was.
Such are they also ... - Such are all his descendants; all who derive their nature from him. That is, they are frail, corruptible, mortal; they live in an animal body as he did, and like him, they are subject to corruption and decay.
And as is the heavenly - As is he who was from heaven; as is the Lord Jesus now in is glorified body. "Such are they also, etc." Such will they be also. They will be like him; they will have a body like his. This idea is more fully expressed in Phi 3:21, "Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body." |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| They that are earthy - Who continue without any higher principle. They that are heavenly - Who receive a divine principle from heaven. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
As is the earthy, etc. - As Adam was, who was formed from the earth, so are all his descendants; frail, decaying, and subject to death.
As is the heavenly - As is the heavenly state of Adam and all glorified beings, so shall be the state of all those who, at the resurrection, are found fit for glory. |
20 For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:
21 Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.
6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
7 Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.
21 Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.