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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain: but God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body. Every man shall have his own body. There will be differences and peculiarities, even as there are here; and we shall therefore know...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
But God giveth it a body, as it hath pleased him,.... It is not the husbandman, nor the sun, nor the rain, that give the grain of wheat, or any other, its verdure and beauty, the form in which it springs up, its stalk, blade, and ear, but God by his own power, and of his sovereign will and pleasure; and he does not create this new form, but gives...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
All flesh is not the same flesh,.... Or "equal", as the Syriac version renders it; though all flesh is flesh, as to the nature and substance of it; agrees in its original, being by generation; and is supported by food, and is alike frail and mortal; all flesh is grass, rises out of it, or is maintained by it, or withers like that, yet not of equal...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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. There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another. There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
There are also celestial bodies,.... Or bodies in the heavens, as the sun, moon, and stars: and bodies terrestrial; or bodies on earth, animate and inanimate, men, beasts, trees, minerals, c. But the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another: though both sorts are bodies, yet their qualities differ, and there is a...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
There is one glory of the sun,.... Which is the greater light, the fountain of light, and whose glory exceeds that of the other heavenly bodies: and another glory of the moon; which is the lesser light, and receives its light from the sun, and consequently its glory is inferior: and another glory of the stars; which though very bright and...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
So also is the resurrection of the dead,.... This will be the case and condition of risen bodies, they will be as different from what they now are, though they will be the same in substance, as a stalk of wheat in its blade and ear, and full corn in the ear, is from the naked grain, when cast into the earth; or as the flesh of men is from the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
It is raised in incorruption: What an anticipation for us!
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
It is sown in dishonour,.... Its original is dishonourable, it comes, as the Jews often say (w), מטפה סרוהה, "from a filthy drop"; its generated brought forth in a manner we are ashamed of; it is conceived in sin, and shapen in iniquity; it is unclean, and born of the flesh: and when born, is in such a condition, as is to the loathing of it; some...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
It is sown in dishonour; For, with all the honour that we can pay to our departed dear ones, it is a dishonour to them to have to lie encased in a coffin, in the cold clay of the cemetery. 1Co_15:43. It is raised in glory: Oh, the splendor of that resurrection! 1Co_15:43. It is sown in weakness; It is so weak that it cannot get into its own last...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
It is raised in power: it is sown a natural body; A soulish body, a body fitted for the human soul.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
It is sown a natural body,.... Or an animal one, being generated as animals are, and supported with food as they be, and die at last as they do: see Ecclesiastes 3:19. It is raised a spiritual body; not as to substance, but as to its quality; it will not be changed into a spirit; our Lord's risen body, to which ours will be conformed, was not a...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
It is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body. A body fitted for the new-born spirit which is given in regeneration.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And so it is written,.... In Genesis 2:7 the first man Adam was made a living soul: in the Hebrew text it is, man, or Adam, became, or was made a living soul; that is, as the apostle says, "the first man Adam": he calls him, as the Jews (a) frequently do, אדם הראשון, "the first man"; he was the first man that was made, and the first parent of...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit. Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural, and afterward that which is spiritual. The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven. As is the earthy, such are they also that are...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Howbeit, that was not first which is spiritual,.... As the apostle before proves the distinction of a natural and spiritual body, and gives instances of both in the two principal men in the world, the first and the last; and points out the difference between them, the one being animated, and having life given unto it, the other animating, and...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
The first man is of the earth, earthy,.... He was formed out of the earth, Genesis 2:7 and the word there used signifies red earth. Josephus (c) observes, that the first man was called Adam, which in the Hebrew tongue signifies red, because he was made out of red earth; for such, adds he, is the true and virgin earth: Pausanias (d) makes mention...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
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...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly. Glory be to the name of Christ we belong to him, and already the heavenly light begins to shine upon us, and we are getting ready soon to put on the garments of immortality.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And as we have borne the image of the earthy,.... Which regards not so much the sinful image of the first man upon the soul, or the depravity of the powers and faculties of it, as his image of frailty and mortality on the body, having like him a body subject to infirmities and death: we shall also bear the image of the heavenly; which likewise...