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48 Those who are made of earth are like the man made of dust. Those who are for heaven are like the man from heaven.

49 We were made like the man of dust but we shall look like the man from heaven.

50 Now I tell you, my brothers, our bodies of flesh and blood can have no place in the kingdom where God rules. A body which will die can have no room in the kingdom of God where people will never die. 51,

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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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Footnotes

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