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1 Corinthians 15

1 Corinthians 15:39

The Resurrection Body · 1 Corinthians 15:35–49
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Translations

Modern
Not all flesh is the same: Men have one kind of flesh, animals have another, birds another, and fish another.
Traditional
All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and another of birds.
Literal
Not all flesh is the same, but indeed one flesh is of men, and another flesh is of beasts, and another flesh is of birds, and another is of fish.
Latin
Non omnis caro, eadem caro: sed alia quidem hominum, alia vero pecorum, alia volucrum, alia autem piscium.

Original

Greek
English
Not all flesh is the same: Men have one kind of flesh, animals have another, birds another, and fish another.

Notes

1 Corinthians 15:37–39

Just as a plant's shape does not look like its seed, the seed still determines the plant's growth. Similarly, the resurrection body will differ from the current body but will still be recognizable as the same person.

1 Corinthians 15:35–58

Paul talks about what resurrection bodies are like, possibly answering doubts. In the Greco-Roman world, people often believed the soul was immortal, but not that the body could rise again.

1 Corinthians 15:1–58

Some church members doubted a future resurrection of the dead. Paul reassures them and addresses their skeptical questions by discussing the nature of a resurrection body.

Glossary

Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (New Testament) Body Body of Christ Death Eschatology First Letter to the Corinthians Flesh Glorification Glory Intermediate State Man New Creation, New Creature Parousia Peter, the Apostle Place of the Dead Resurrection Second Adam Sleep

Topics

Beasts: Differ in Flesh from Birds and Fishes Birds: Differ in Flesh from Beasts and Fishes Body: Resurrection of Fishes: Different in Flesh from Beasts Genetic Engineering Human Life Immortality: General Scriptures Concerning Man: Nature and Constitution of, Different from Other Creatures Resurrection: General Scriptures Concerning The Resurrection is not Contrary to Reason