1 Corinthians 15:49 “And just as we have borne the likeness of the earthly man, so also sha…”

1 Corinthians 15:49

And just as we have borne the likeness of the earthly man, so also shall we bear the likeness of the heavenly man.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.

World English Bible

As we have borne the image of those made of dust, let’s also bear the image of the heavenly.

American Standard Version

And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.

Geneva Bible 1599

And as we haue borne the image of the earthly, so shall we beare the image of the heauenly.

Darby Translation

And as we have borne the image of the [one] made of dust, we shall bear also the image of the heavenly [one].

Young's Literal Translation

and, according as we did bear the image of the earthy, we shall bear also the image of the heavenly.

Bible in Basic English

And in the same way as we have taken on us the image of the man from the earth, so we will take on us the image of the one from heaven.

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Cross references

“as”

Genesis 5:3

Genesis 5:3 · BSB

When Adam was 130 years old, he had a son in his own likeness, after his own image; and he named him Seth.

“we shall”

Romans 8:29 2 Corinthians 3:18 1 John 3:2 Matthew 13:43 2 Corinthians 4:10 2 Corinthians 4:11

Romans 8:29 · BSB

For those God foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brothers.

2 Corinthians 3:18 · BSB

And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into His image with intensifying glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.

1 John 3:2 · BSB

Beloved, we are now children of God, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that when Christ appears, we will be like Him, for we will see Him as He is.

Matthew 13:43 · BSB

Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear.

2 Corinthians 4:10 · BSB

We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.

2 Corinthians 4:11 · BSB

For we who are alive are always consigned to death for Jesus’ sake, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our mortal body.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

48As was the earthly man, so also are those who are of the earth; and as is the heavenly man, so also are those who are of heaven.

50Now I declare to you, brothers, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.

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