1 Corinthians 15:50

American Standard Version (1901)

Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.

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  • Matt 16:17 : 17 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-jonah: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father who is in heaven.
  • Gal 5:16 : 16 But I say, walk by the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.
  • Eph 4:17 : 17 This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye no longer walk as the Gentiles also walk, in the vanity of their mind,
  • Col 2:4 : 4 This I say, that no one may delude you with persuasiveness of speech.
  • John 3:3-6 : 3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except one be born anew, he cannot see the kingdom of God. 4 Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter a second time into his mother's womb, and be born? 5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except one be born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God! 6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
  • 1 Cor 1:12 : 12 Now this I mean, that each one of you saith, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos: and I of Cephas; and I of Christ.
  • 1 Cor 6:13 : 13 Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall bring to nought both it and them. But the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body:
  • 1 Cor 7:29 : 29 But this I say, brethren, the time is shortened, that henceforth both those that have wives may be as though they had none;
  • 2 Cor 5:1 : 1 For we know that if the earthly house of our tabernacle be dissolved, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in the heavens.
  • 2 Cor 9:6 : 6 But this [I say], He that soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he that soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.
  • Gal 3:17 : 17 Now this I say: A covenant confirmed beforehand by God, the law, which came four hundred and thirty years after, doth not disannul, so as to make the promise of none effect.

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    51Behold, I tell you a mystery: We all shall not sleep, but we shall all be changed,

    52in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.

    53For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.

    54But when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.

    55O death, where is thy victory? O death, where is thy sting?

  • 1 Cor 15:42-44
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    42So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption:

    43it is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power:

    44it is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual [body] .

  • 1 Cor 15:48-49
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    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.

  • 1 Pet 1:23-24
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    23having been begotten again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God, which liveth and abideth.

    24For, All flesh is as grass, And all the glory thereof as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower falleth:

  • Gal 6:8
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    8For he that soweth unto his own flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth unto the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap eternal life.

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    9Or know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with men,

    10nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.

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    4unto an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,

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    35But some one will say, How are the dead raised? and with what manner of body do they come?

    36Thou foolish one, that which thou thyself sowest is not quickened except it die:

    37and that which thou sowest, thou sowest not the body that shall be, but a bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other kind;

    38but God giveth it a body even as it pleased him, and to each seed a body of its own.

    39All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one [flesh] of men, and another flesh of beasts, and another flesh of birds, and another of fishes.

    40There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial is one, and the [glory] of the terrestrial is another.

  • 2 Cor 5:1-4
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    1For we know that if the earthly house of our tabernacle be dissolved, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in the heavens.

    2For verily in this we groan, longing to be clothed upon with our habitation which is from heaven:

    3if so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked.

    4For indeed we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened; not for that we would be unclothed, but that we would be clothed upon, that what is mortal may be swallowed up of life.

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    5Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except one be born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God!

    6That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

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    8and they that are in the flesh cannot please God.

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    35but they that are accounted worthy to attain to that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage:

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    21envyings, drunkenness, revellings, and such like; of which I forewarn you, even as I did forewarn you, that they who practise such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

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    46Howbeit that is not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; then that which is spiritual.

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    15Know ye not that your bodies are members of Christ? shall I then take away the members of Christ, and make them members of a harlot? God forbid.

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    12So then, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh:

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    16But I say, walk by the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.

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    63It is the spirit that giveth life; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I have spoken unto you are spirit, and are life.

  • Eph 5:30
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    30because we are members of his body.

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    19Or know ye not that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which ye have from God? and ye are not your own;

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    58Wherefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor is not vain in the Lord.

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    17for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.

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    37but he whom God raised up saw no corruption.

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    20For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power.