49 And as we have born the [a]image of the earthly, so shall we bear the image of the heavenly.

50 [b]This say I, brethren, that [c]flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.

51 [d]Behold, I show you a [e]secret thing, We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 15:49 Not a vain and false image, but such an one as had the truth with it indeed.
  2. 1 Corinthians 15:50 The conclusion: We cannot be partakers of the glory of God, unless we put off all that gross and filthy nature of our bodies subject to corruption, that the same body may be adorned with incorruptible glory.
  3. 1 Corinthians 15:50 Flesh and blood are taken here for a living body, which cannot attain to incorruption, unless it put off corruption.
  4. 1 Corinthians 15:51 He goeth further, declaring that it shall come to pass that they which shall be found alive in the latterday, shall not descend into that corruption of the grave, but shall be renewed with a sudden change, which change is very requisite: and that the certain enjoying of the benefit and victory of Christ, is deferred unto that latter time.
  5. 1 Corinthians 15:51 A thing that hath been hid, and never known hitherto, and therefore worthy that you give good care unto it.

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