KJV King James Version
And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.
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1 Corinthians 15:49
And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
And just as we have borne the likeness of the earthly man, so also shall we bear the likeness of the heavenly man.
WEB World English Bible
As we have borne the image of those made of dust, let’s also bear the image of the heavenly.
ASV American Standard Version
And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and, according as we did bear the image of the earthy, we shall bear also the image of the heavenly.
Surrounding context — 1 Corinthians 15
46 Howbeit that [was] not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual.
47 The first man [is] of the earth, earthy: the second man [is] the Lord from heaven.
48 As [is] the earthy, such [are] they also that are earthy: and as [is] the heavenly, such [are] they also that are heavenly.
49 And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.
50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.
51 Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
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Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
καὶG2532 · kaiandκαθὼςG2531 · kathōsas/just asἐφορέσαμενG5409 · phoreōto wearτὴνG3588 · hothe/this/whoεἰκόναG1504 · eikōnimageτοῦG3588 · hothe/this/whoχοϊκοῦ,G5517 · choikosmade of dustφορέσομενG5409 · phoreōto wearκαὶG2532 · kaiandτὴνG3588 · hothe/this/whoεἰκόναG1504 · eikōnimageτοῦG3588 · hothe/this/whoἐπουρανίου.¶G2032 · epouraniosheavenly
Cross-references
Romans 8:29For 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.2 Corinthians 3:18But 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.Genesis 5:3And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat [a son] in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth:2 Corinthians 4:10-11Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body.1 John 3:2Beloved, 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.Matthew 13:43Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.
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