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1 Corinthians 15:40

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

καὶ σώματα ἐπουράνια, καὶ σώματα ἐπίγεια· ἀλλὰ ἑτέρα μὲν ἡ τῶν ἐπουρανίων δόξα, ἑτέρα δὲ ἡ τῶν ἐπιγείων.

Greek NT

Et corpora cælestia, et corpora terrestria : sed alia quidem cælestium gloria, alia autem terrestrium.

Vulgate

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

ASV

And there are bodies celestial and bodies terrestrial: but, one is the glory of the celestial, and another of the terrestrial.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

10 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
δόξα
doxa
noun · 166×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
μέν
men
particle · 177×
σῶμα
soma
noun · 141×
ἀλλά
alla
conjunction · 636×
ἐπίγειος
epigeios
adjective · 7×
ἐπουράνιος
epouranios
adjective · 19×
ἕτερος
eteros
adjective · 99×
o
article · 19778×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§646Christ's Resurrection was not a return to earthly life, as was the case with the raisings from the dead that he had performed before Easter: Jairus' daughter, the young man of Naim, Lazarus. These actions were miraculous events, but the persons miraculously raised returned by Jesus' power to ordinary earthly life. At some particular moment they would die again. Christ's Resurre…

Cross-references

  • Dan 12:3 — And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.