1 Corinthians 15:40 BSB

1 Corinthians 15:40

There are also heavenly bodies and earthly bodies. But the splendor of the heavenly bodies is of one degree, and the splendor of the earthly bodies is of another.

BSB

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ASV

There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another.

KJV

There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another.

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Commentary

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John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

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.

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Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

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.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

He implies by the word that our resurrection bodies shall be in some sense really flesh, not mere phantoms of air [ESTIUS]. So some of the oldest creeds expressed it, "I believe in the resurrection of the flesh." Compare as to Jesus' own resurrection body, Lu 24:39;

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Original language & word study

18 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
σώματα	sōmata	bodies [there are]	G4983 →
ἐπουράνια	epourania	heavenly	G2032 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
σώματα	sōmata	bodies	G4983 →
ἐπίγεια·	epigeia	earthly;	G1919 →
ἀλλ᾽	all᾽	But	G235 →
ἑτέρα	hetera	one	G2087 →
μὲν	men	indeed	G3303 →
ἡ	hē	[is] the	G3588 →
τῶν	tōn	of the	G3588 →
ἐπουρανίων	epouraniōn	heavenly	G2032 →
δόξα,	doxa	glory,	G1391 →
ἑτέρα	hetera	another	G2087 →
δὲ	de	however	G1161 →
ἡ	hē	that	G3588 →
τῶν	tōn	of the	G3588 →
ἐπιγείων.	epigeiōn	earthly.	G1919 →