1 Corinthians 15:53 BSB

1 Corinthians 15:53

For the perishable must be clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.

KJV

For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.

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Commentary

1 voice

Ambrose of Milan

On the Death of Satyrus 2.54 (397)

The blossom of the resurrection is immortality and incorruption. What is richer than everlasting rest? What is a source of greater gain and satisfaction than perpetual security? Here is the manifold fruit, the harvest, whereby man's nature grows more vigorous and productive after death.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

For this corruptible ... - It is necessary that a change should take place, either by dying and then being raised, or by being changed without seeing death; for we cannot enter heaven as we are now. Must put on - The word used here (ἐνδύνω endunō ) properly means to go in, to envelope, to put on as a garment; and then to put on any thing; as the soul is, as it were, clothed with, or invested with a body; and here it means, must be endued with, or furnished with.

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
δεῖ	dei	It behooves	G1163 →
γὰρ	gar	for	G1063 →
τὸ	to	<the>	G3588 →
φθαρτὸν	phtharton	perishable	G5349 →
τοῦτο	touto	this	G3778 →
ἐνδύσασθαι	endusasthai	to put on	G1746 →
ἀφθαρσίαν	aphtharsian	imperishable	G861 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
τὸ	to	<the>	G3588 →
θνητὸν	thnēton	mortal	G2349 →
τοῦτο	touto	this	G3778 →
ἐνδύσασθαι	endusasthai	to put on	G1746 →
ἀθανασίαν.	athanasian	immortality.	G110 →

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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
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…
leads to
- Philippians 3:21
  who, by the power that enables Him to subject all things to Himself, will transform our lowly bodies to be like His glorious body.
- Colossians 3:4
  When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory.
- 1 Corinthians 13:12
  Now we see but a dim reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.
- 2 Corinthians 3:18
  And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into His image with intensifying glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.
Through
Ephesians 4:24
and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.
leads to
- Colossians 3:10–14
  and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator.
- 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!
- Romans 13:14
  Instead, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the desires of the flesh.
- Ephesians 2:10
  For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance as our way of life.