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1 Corinthians 15:50
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
1 Corinthians 15:50
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
The Resurrection Event. 50 [a]This I declare, brothers: flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does corruption[b] inherit incorruption.(A)
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- 15:50–57 These verses, an answer to the first question of 1 Cor 15:35, explain theologically how the change of properties from one image to another will take place: God has the power to transform, and he will exercise it.
- 15:50–53 Flesh and blood…corruption: living persons and the corpses of the dead, respectively. In both cases, the gulf between creatures and God is too wide to be bridged unless God himself transforms us.
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