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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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Albert Barnes
On 1 Corinthians 15:41
18th Century
Theologian
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…
AT Robertson
On 1 Corinthians 15:41
For one star differeth from another star in glory (αστηρ γαρ αστερος διαφερε εν δοξη). A beautiful illustration of Paul's point. Α…
Charles Ellicott
On 1 Corinthians 15:41
19th Century
Bishop
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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Charles Spurgeon
On 1 Corinthians 15:39–42
19th Century
Preacher
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.<…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On 1 Corinthians 15:41
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…
John Calvin
On 1 Corinthians 15:41
16th Century
Theologian
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…
John Gill
On 1 Corinthians 15:41
17th Century
Pastor
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…
Matthew Henry
On 1 Corinthians 15:35–50
17th Century
Minister
- How are the dead raised up? That is, by what means? How can they be raised?
- Regarding the bodies that shall rise: will they be of th…