John Gill Commentary 1 Corinthians 15:48

"As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly." — 1 Corinthians 15:48 (ASV)

As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy
As was Adam's body, so are the bodies of those that descend from him; they are houses of clay, earthly houses of this tabernacle, which rise out of the earth, are maintained by the things of it, and return to it again:

and as is the heavenly, such are ,
or will be they also that are heavenly ;
as is the glorious and spiritual body of Christ, the Lord from heaven, as that now is in heaven, and will be when he descends from thence; so will be the bodies of them that are heavenly, that are heaven born souls now, are partakers of the heavenly calling, and whose conversation is in heaven; and who, in the resurrection morn, will have heavenly, spiritual, and glorious bodies, like unto Christ's: so Philo ^F8 the Jew on those words, "and man became a living soul", has this note; ``there are two kinds of men, for the one is "the heavenly man", and the other is "earthy"; the heavenly man is he, who is made after the image of God, incorruptible, and wholly devoid of earthy substance; the earthy is made of seminal matter, which is called the ground.''

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FOOTNOTES:

• F8: Leg. Allegor. l. 1. p. 46.