1 Corinthians 15:50 BSB

1 Corinthians 15:50

Now I declare to you, brothers, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.

KJV

Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.

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Commentary

1 voice

Irenaeus

Against Heresies Book V (202)

Among the other [truths] proclaimed by the apostle, there is also this one, "That flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God." This is [the passage] which is adduced by all the heretics in support of their folly, with an attempt to annoy us, and to point out that the handiwork of God is not saved. They do not take this fact into consideration, that there are three things out of which, as I have shown, the complete man is composed-flesh, soul, and spirit.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

But first we must be entirely changed; for such flesh and blood as we are clothed with now, cannot enter into that kingdom which is wholly spiritual: neither doth this corruptible body inherit that incorruptible kingdom.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom - This is a Hebrew periphrasis for man, and man in his present state of infirmity and decay. Man, in his present state, cannot inherit the kingdom of God; his nature is not suited to that place; he could not, in his present weak state, endure an exceeding great and eternal weight of glory. Therefore, it is necessary that he should die, or be changed; that he should have a celestial body suited to the celestial state.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

"Flesh and blood" of the same animal and corruptible nature as our present (1Co 15:44) animal-souled bodies, cannot inherit the kingdom of God. Therefore the believer acquiesces gladly in the unrepealed sentence of the holy law, which appoints the death of the present body as the necessary preliminary to the resurrection body of glory.

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Original language & word study

19 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Τοῦτο	Touto	This	G3778 →
δέ	de	now	G1161 →
φημι,	phēmi	I say,	G5346 →
ἀδελφοί,	adelphoi	brothers,	G80 →
ὅτι	hoti	that	G3754 →
σὰρξ	sarx	flesh	G4561 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
αἷμα	haima	blood	G129 →
βασιλείαν	basileian	[the] kingdom	G932 →
θεοῦ	theou	of God	G2316 →
κληρονομῆσαι	klēronomēsai	to inherit	G2816 →
οὐ	ou	not	G3756 →
δύναται,	dunatai	is able,	G1410 →
οὐδὲ	oude	nor	G3761 →
ἡ	hē	the	G3588 →
φθορὰ	phthora	decay	G5356 →
τὴν	tēn	the	G3588 →
ἀφθαρσίαν	aphtharsian	immortality	G861 →
κληρονομεῖ.	klēronomei	does inherit.	G2816 →

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
Galatians 5:16
So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.
leads to
- Galatians 5:24–25
  Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
- Romans 8:12–14
  Therefore, brothers, we have an obligation, but it is not to the flesh, to live according to it.
- Galatians 6:8
  The one who sows to please his flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; but the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.
- Galatians 5:19–21
  The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery;
- Colossians 3:5–10
  Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry.
Through
Ephesians 4:17
So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking.
leads to
- Romans 1:21
  For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking and darkened in their foolish hearts.
Through
2 Corinthians 5:1
Now we know that if the earthly tent we live in is dismantled, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands.
leads to
- Job 19:25–26
  But I know that my Redeemer lives, and in the end He will stand upon the earth.
- 1 John 3:2
  Beloved, we are now children of God, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that when Christ appears, we will be like Him, for we will see Him as…