1 Corinthians 15:48 · KJV
“As {is} the earthy, such {are} they also that are earthy: and as {is} the heavenly, such {are} they also that are heavenly.”
— 1 Corinthians 15:48
The first man {is} of the earth, earthy: the second man {is} the Lord from heaven.
And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.
1 Corinthians 15 — Context
Howbeit that {was} not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual.
47The first man {is} of the earth, earthy: the second man {is} the Lord from heaven.
48As {is} the earthy, such {are} they also that are earthy: and as {is} the heavenly, such {are} they also that are heavenly.
49And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.
50Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.
Cross References
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:
Philippians 3:20-21
For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ: {conversation...: or, we live or conduct ourselves as citizens of heaven, or, for obtaining heaven}
John 3:6
That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
Job 14:4
Who can bring a clean {thing} out of an unclean? not one. {can...: Heb. will give}
Romans 5:12-21
Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned: {for that: or, in whom}
1 Corinthians 15:21-22
For since by man {came} death, by man {came} also the resurrection of the dead.