1 Corinthians 15:48
As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly.
KJV
οἷος ὁ χοϊκός, τοιοῦτοι καὶ οἱ χοϊκοί, καὶ οἷος ὁ ἐπουράνιος, τοιοῦτοι καὶ οἱ ἐπουράνιοι·
Greek NT
Qualis terrenus, tales et terreni : et qualis cælestis, tales et cælestes.
Vulgate
As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly.
ASV
Such as is the earthly, such also are the earthly: and such as is the heavenly, such also are they that are heavenly.
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In the original Greek
6 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
οἷος
oios
relative_pronoun · 14×
τοιοῦτος
toioutos
demonstrative · 57×
χοϊκός
choikos
adjective · 4×
ἐπουράνιος
epouranios
adjective · 19×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
Historic Christian voices
6 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…
Against Heresies (Adversus Haereses) · 2 passages
How the Valentinians pervert the Scriptures to support their own pious opinions. 1. Such, then, is their system, which neither the prophets announced, nor the Lord taught, nor the apostles delivered, but of which they boast that beyond all others they have a perfect knowledge. They gather their views from other sources than the Scriptures; and, to use a common proverb, they str…
Showing how that passage of the apostle which the heretics pervert, should be understood; viz., Flesh and blood shall not possess the kingdom of God. 1. Among the other [truths] proclaimed by the apostle, there is also this one, That flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God. 1 Corinthians 15:50 This is [the passage] which is adduced by all the heretics in support of th…
Cross-references
- Gen 5:3 — And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth:
- Job 14:4 — Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.
- John 3:6 — That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
- Phil 3:20 — For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:
- Rom 5:12 — Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:
- Rom 8:5 — For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.