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48 Like the one made of dust,
    so also are those made of dust[a];
and like the heavenly,
    so also are those who are heavenly.
49 And just as we have borne the image of the one made from dust,
    so also shall we bear[b] the image of the One from heaven.

50 Now I say this, brothers and sisters, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, and what decays cannot inherit what does not decay.

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  1. 1 Corinthians 15:48 cf. Gen. 3:19.
  2. 1 Corinthians 15:49 Many mss. say let us bear.

48 As was the earthly man, so are those who are of the earth; and as is the heavenly man, so also are those who are of heaven.(A) 49 And just as we have borne the image of the earthly man,(B) so shall we[a] bear the image of the heavenly man.(C)

50 I declare to you, brothers and sisters, that flesh and blood(D) cannot inherit the kingdom of God,(E) nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.(F)

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  1. 1 Corinthians 15:49 Some early manuscripts so let us