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There is one glory of the sun, another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for one star differs from another star in glory.
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God's Creative Variety
Commentators agree that Paul uses the cosmos as a powerful analogy. Just as the sun, moon, and stars each possess a unique and different kind of glory, our future resurrection bodies will be gloriously different from our current earthly ones. God's power to create such variety in the heavens assures us of His power to transform us for eternity.
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1 Corinthians
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18th Century
Presbyterian
There is one glory of the sun, etc. The sun has one degree of splendour, and the moon another, and so also the stars. They differ from eac…
For one star differeth from another star in glory (αστηρ γαρ αστερος διαφερε εν δοξη). A beautiful illustration of Paul's point. Α…
19th Century
Anglican
For one star . . .—Better, for star differeth from star in glory. It is not only that the heavenly bodies differ from ear…
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Baptist
All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and another of birds.<…
Paul now answers the question some believers were asking: since a resurrection “body” (GK 5393) would be like the sinful mortal body we now have, h…
16th Century
Protestant
There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon. Not only is there a difference between heavenly bodies and earthly, but even…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
There is one glory of the sun Which is the greater light, the fountain of light, and whose glory exceeds that of the other hea…
13th Century
Catholic
Here the Apostle presents an example of the different qualities of a resurrected body by comparing various types of bodies. First, he compares heav…
