1 Corinthians 15:49
New International Version
And just as we have borne the image of the earthly man, so shall we bear the image of the heavenly man.

New Living Translation
Just as we are now like the earthly man, we will someday be like the heavenly man.

English Standard Version
Just as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we shall also bear the image of the man of heaven.

Berean Standard Bible
And just as we have borne the likeness of the earthly man, so also shall we bear the likeness of the heavenly man.

Berean Literal Bible
And as we have borne the image of the earthly, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.

King James Bible
And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.

New King James Version
And as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly Man.

New American Standard Bible
Just as we have borne the image of the earthy, we will also bear the image of the heavenly.

NASB 1995
Just as we have borne the image of the earthy, we will also bear the image of the heavenly.

NASB 1977
And just as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.

Legacy Standard Bible
And just as we have borne the image of the earthy, we will also bear the image of the heavenly.

Amplified Bible
Just as we have borne the image of the earthly [the man of dust], we will also bear the image of the heavenly [the Man of heaven].

Christian Standard Bible
And just as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we will also bear the image of the man of heaven.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
And just as we have borne the image of the man made of dust, we will also bear the image of the heavenly man.

American Standard Version
And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And as we have worn the image of him who is from the dust, so we shall wear the image of him who is from Heaven.

Contemporary English Version
Just as we are like the one who was made out of earth, we will be like the one who came from heaven.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Therefore as we have borne the image of the earthly, let us bear also the image of the heavenly.

English Revised Version
And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
As we have worn the likeness of the man who was made from the dust of the earth, we will also wear the likeness of the man who came from heaven.

Good News Translation
Just as we wear the likeness of the man made of earth, so we will wear the likeness of the Man from heaven.

International Standard Version
Just as we have borne the likeness of the man who was made from dust, we will also bear the likeness of the man from heaven.

Literal Standard Version
and according as we bore the image of the earthly, we will also bear the image of the heavenly.

Majority Standard Bible
And just as we have borne the likeness of the earthly man, so also shall we bear the likeness of the heavenly man.

New American Bible
Just as we have borne the image of the earthly one, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly one.

NET Bible
And just as we have borne the image of the man of dust, let us also bear the image of the man of heaven.

New Revised Standard Version
Just as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we will also bear the image of the man of heaven.

New Heart English Bible
As we have borne the image of those made of dust, let us also bear the image of the heavenly.

Webster's Bible Translation
And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.

Weymouth New Testament
And as we have borne a resemblance to the earthy one, let us see to it that we also bear a resemblance to the heavenly One.

World English Bible
As we have borne the image of those made of dust, let’s also bear the image of the heavenly.

Young's Literal Translation
and, according as we did bear the image of the earthy, we shall bear also the image of the heavenly.

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Context
The Resurrection Body
48As was the earthly man, so also are those who are of the earth; and as is the heavenly man, so also are those who are of heaven. 49And just as we have borne the likeness of the earthly man, so also shall we bear the likeness of the heavenly man. 50Now I declare to you, brothers, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.…

Cross References
Genesis 5:3
When Adam was 130 years old, he had a son in his own likeness, after his own image; and he named him Seth.

Romans 8:29
For those God foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brothers.

Philippians 3:21
who, by the power that enables Him to subject all things to Himself, will transform our lowly bodies to be like His glorious body.


Treasury of Scripture

And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.

as.

Genesis 5:3
And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth:

we shall.

Matthew 13:43
Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.

Romans 8:29
For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.

2 Corinthians 3:18
But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.

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1. By Christ's resurrection,
12. he proves the necessity of our resurrection,
16. against all such as deny the resurrection of the body.
21. The fruit,
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(49) We shall also bear the image of the heavenly.--Better, let us bear also the image of the heavenly. Such is the reading of the best MSS. The words transport the thoughts of the reader to the future glory, and, at the same moment, show a light on present duty. The resurrection life is to be begun in us even now. "If by any means we can attain to the resurrection of the dead" (2Corinthians 3:18; Philippians 3:21).

Verse 49. - We shall also bear the image of the heavenly (for the fact, see Romans 8:29; 1 John 3:2). For "we shall bear," the best manuscripts (א, A, C, D, E, F, G, etc.) read "Let us bear." Our reading is, however, supported by B, and this is just one of the cases in which manuscript evidence (or as it is called "diplomatic evidence") has a minimum value, and other evidence (paradiplomatic) is decisive. For

(1) the pronunciation of the indicative and subjunctive at that time was almost identical, because in conversation the vowels seem to have been much slurred; and

(2) there was a universal tendency to substitute hortative for direct forms, with a view to edification (as in 1 Corinthians 14:15; Romans 6:2, 8; 2 Corinthians 5:11, etc.). Here the exhortation would ruin the texture of the argument.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
And
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

just as
καθὼς (kathōs)
Adverb
Strong's 2531: According to the manner in which, in the degree that, just as, as. From kata and hos; just as, that.

we have borne
ἐφορέσαμεν (ephoresamen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 1st Person Plural
Strong's 5409: To carry, wear, bear constantly. From phoros; to have a burden, i.e. to wear as clothing or a constant accompaniment.

the
τὴν (tēn)
Article - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

likeness
εἰκόνα (eikona)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 1504: An image, likeness, bust. From eiko; a likeness, i.e. statue, profile, or representation, resemblance.

of the
τοῦ (tou)
Article - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

earthly [man],
χοϊκοῦ (choikou)
Adjective - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 5517: Earthy, made of earth. From choos; dusty or dirty, i.e. terrene.

so also
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

shall we bear
φορέσομεν (phoresomen)
Verb - Future Indicative Active - 1st Person Plural
Strong's 5409: To carry, wear, bear constantly. From phoros; to have a burden, i.e. to wear as clothing or a constant accompaniment.

the
τὴν (tēn)
Article - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

likeness
εἰκόνα (eikona)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 1504: An image, likeness, bust. From eiko; a likeness, i.e. statue, profile, or representation, resemblance.

of the
τοῦ (tou)
Article - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

heavenly [man].
ἐπουρανίου (epouraniou)
Adjective - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 2032: From epi and ouranos; above the sky.


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