1 Corinthians 15:48

Contextual Overview

³⁵ But someone may ask, "How are the dead raised? What kind of body will they have?" ³⁵ But some one will ask, "How are the dead raised? With what kind of body do they come?" ³⁵ But some ma will saye: how aryse ye deed? with what bodyes come they in? ³⁵ But some one will say, "How are the dead raised?" and, "With what kind of body do they come?" ³⁵ But someone will ask, "How are the dead raised? What kind of body will they have when they come back?"Ezekiel 37:3;">[xr] ³⁵ But someone will say, "How are the dead raised? And with what kind of body do they come?" ³⁵ But someone may ask, "How are the dead raised? What kind of body will they have?" ³⁵ But some one will say, How are the dead raised? and with what manner of body do they come? ³⁵ But some [man] will say, How are the dead raised? and with what body do they come? ³⁵ But someone will ask, "How are the dead raised? With what kind of body do they come?"

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

such are they also that are earthy: 1 Corinthians 15:21, 1 Corinthians 15:22, Genesis 5:3, Job 14:4, John 3:6, Romans 5:12-21

and as: Philippians 3:20, Philippians 3:21

Reciprocal: Genesis 18:27 - dust Psalms 10:18 - the man John 3:31 - he that is John 8:23 - Ye are from Romans 8:5 - For they

Gill's Notes on the Bible

As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy,.... As was Adam's body, so are the bodies of those that descend from him; they are houses of clay, earthly houses of this tabernacle, which rise out of the earth, are maintained by the things of it, and return to it again:

and as is the heavenly, such are, or will be

they also that are heavenly; as is the glorious and spiritual body of Christ, the Lord from heaven, as that now is in heaven, and will be when he descends from thence; so will be the bodies of them that are heavenly, that are heaven born souls now, are partakers of the heavenly calling, and whose conversation is in heaven; and who, in the resurrection morn, will have heavenly, spiritual, and glorious bodies, like unto Christ's: so Philo h the Jew on those words, "and man became a living soul", has this note;

"there are two kinds of men, for the one is "the heavenly man", and the other is "earthy"; the heavenly man is he, who is made after the image of God, incorruptible, and wholly devoid of earthy substance; the earthy is made of seminal matter, which is called the ground.''

h Leg. Allegor. l. 1. p. 46.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 Philippians 3:21, “Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body.”

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 48. As is the earthy, c.] 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.