As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly.
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Gill's Exposition
Behold, I show you a mystery,.... Or a secret, which could never have been discovered by reason, or the light of nature, and what is of pure revelation; and which perhaps the apostle became acquainted…
Barnes' Notes
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…
Adam Clarke
As is the earthy, etc. - 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…
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…
Cambridge Bible
As is the earthy i.e. Adam. Man, when united to Christ by faith, partakes of bothnatures. He is liable, therefore, still to the weakness and infirmities of the former. "This infection of nature doth…
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