1 Corinthians 15:48 BSB

1 Corinthians 15:48

As was the earthly man, so also are those who are of the earth; and as is the heavenly man, so also are those who are of heaven.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly.

KJV

As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly.

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Commentary

1 voice

Irenaeus

Against Heresies Book I (202)

Paul, too, very plainly set forth the material, animal, and spiritual, saying in one place, "As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy;" and in another place, "But the animal man receiveth not the things of the Spirit;" and again: "He that is spiritual judgeth all things."

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

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.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

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 (Php 3:20, 21).

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
οἷος	hoios	As	G3634 →
ὁ	ho	the [one]	G3588 →
χοϊκός,	choikos	made of dust,	G5517 →
τοιοῦτοι	toioutoi	so	G5108 →
καὶ	kai	also [are]	G2532 →
οἱ	hoi	those	G3588 →
χοϊκοί,	choikoi	of the earth,	G5517 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
οἷος	hoios	as	G3634 →
ὁ	ho	the	G3588 →
ἐπουράνιος,	epouranios	heavenly [one],	G2032 →
τοιοῦτοι	toioutoi	so	G5108 →
καὶ	kai	also	G2532 →
οἱ	hoi	those	G3588 →
ἐπουράνιοι·	epouranioi	of heaven;	G2032 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
John 3:6
Flesh is born of flesh, but spirit is born of the Spirit.
leads to
- Galatians 5:16–21
  So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.
- Ezekiel 36:26–27
  I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will remove your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.
- Romans 8:4–9
  so that the righteous standard of the law might be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.
- 2 Corinthians 5:17
  Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come!
- 1 Corinthians 15:47–50
  The first man was of the dust of the earth, the second man from heaven.
Through
Job 14:4
Who can bring out clean from unclean? No one!
leads to
- Ephesians 2:3
  All of us also lived among them at one time, fulfilling the cravings of our flesh and indulging its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature children of wrath.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- John 3:6
  Flesh is born of flesh, but spirit is born of the Spirit.
- Job 15:14
  What is man, that he should be pure, or one born of woman, that he should be righteous?