1st Corinthians Chapter 15 verse 49 Holy Bible
And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.
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And in the same way as we have taken on us the image of the man from the earth, so we will take on us the image of the one from heaven.
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And as we have borne the image of the [one] made of dust, we shall bear also the image of the heavenly [one].
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And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.
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As we have borne the image of those made of dust, let's{NU, TR read "we will" instead of "let's"} also bear the image of the heavenly.
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and, according as we did bear the image of the earthy, we shall bear also the image of the heavenly.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 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.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(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).
