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1 Corinthians 15:40

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.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

It is sown in dishonour,.... Its original is dishonourable, it comes, as the Jews often say (w), , "from a filthy drop"; its generated brought forth in a manner we are ashamed of; it is conceived in…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

There are also celestial bodies - The planets; the stars; the host of heaven; see 1Co 15:41. And bodies terrestrial - On earth; earthly. He refers here to the bodies of human beings, beasts, birds,…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial - The apostle certainly does not speak of celestial and terrestrial bodies in the sense in which we use those terms: we invariably mean by the…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

1 Corinthians 15:35-50

The apostle comes now to answer a plausible and principal objection against the doctrine of the resurrection of the dead, concerning which observe the proposal of the objection: Some man will say, How…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial The principle is now further extended to the heavenly bodies, and another argument thus drawn from the close analogy which subsists between the…