1 Corinthians 15:49
And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.
KJV
καὶ καθὼς ἐφορέσαμεν τὴν εἰκόνα τοῦ χοϊκοῦ, φορέσωμεν καὶ τὴν εἰκόνα τοῦ ἐπουρανίου.
Greek NT
Igitur, sicut portavimus imaginem terreni, portemus et imaginem cælestis.
Vulgate
And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.
ASV
Therefore, as we have borne the image of the earthly, let us bear also the image of the heavenly.
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In the original Greek
7 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
εἰκών
eikon
noun · 23×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
καθώς
kathos
adverb · 181×
φορέω
phoreo
verb · 6×
χοϊκός
choikos
adjective · 4×
ἐπουράνιος
epouranios
adjective · 19×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
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SBLGNT: φορέσομεν | NIV: φορέσομεν | WH/Treg/RP: φορέσωμεν
- φορέσομεν — SBLGNT
- φορέσομεν — Reader's GNT (NA27)
- φορέσωμεν — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Robinson-Pierpont
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Historic Christian voices
9 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
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…
Treats upon the actions of carnal and of spiritual persons; also, that the spiritual cleansing is not to be referred to the substance of our bodies, but to the manner of our former life. 1. [The apostle], foreseeing the wicked speeches of unbelievers, has particularized the works which he terms carnal; and he explains himself, lest any room for doubt be left to those who do dis…
1. Beloved, God being loving towards man and beneficent, does and contrives all things in order that we may shine in virtue, and as desiring that we be well approved by Him. And to this end He draws no one by force or compulsion: but by persuasion and benefits He draws all that will, and wins them to Himself. Wherefore when He came, some received Him, and others received Him no…
Chapter 1.— This Work Not Intended as a Treatise on Rhetoric. 1. This work of mine, which is entitled On Christian Doctrine, was at the commencement divided into two parts. For, after a preface, in which I answered by anticipation those who were likely to take exception to the work, I said, There are two things on which all interpretation of Scripture depends: the mode of ascer…
Man was created last as the crown of creation, made in the image of God — meaning in the image of the Logos, since the Logos is the image of God. The human mind is a reflection of the divine Reason. Philo distinguishes the heavenly man of Genesis 1:27, who is an idea, from the earthly man of Genesis 2:7, who is formed from clay and given a soul by divine breath.
Cross-references
- 1John 3:2 — Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
- 1John 3:2 — Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
- 2Cor 3:18 — But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the LORD.
- 2Cor 3:18 — But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the LORD.
- 2Cor 4:10 — Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body.
- 2Cor 4:11 — For we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus’ sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh.
- 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:
- Matt 13:43 — Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.
- Rom 5:17 — For if by one man’s offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.)
- Rom 8:29 — For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.
- Rom 8:29 — For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.