1 Corinthians 15:50

Webster's Bible (1833)

Now I say this, brothers,{The word for "brothers" here and where context allows may also be correctly translated "brothers and sisters" or "siblings."} that flesh and blood can't inherit the Kingdom of God; neither does corruption inherit incorruption.

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  • Matt 16:17 : 17 Jesus answered him, "Blessed are you, Simon Bar Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven.
  • Gal 5:16 : 16 But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you won't fulfill the lust of the flesh.
  • Eph 4:17 : 17 This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you no longer walk as the rest of the Gentiles also walk, in the futility of their mind,
  • Col 2:4 : 4 Now this I say that no one may delude you with persuasiveness of speech.
  • John 3:3-6 : 3 Jesus answered him, "Most assuredly, I tell you, unless one is born anew,{The word translated "anew" here and in John 3:7 (anothen) also means "again" and "from above".} he can't see the Kingdom of God." 4 Nicodemus said to 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, "Most assuredly I tell you, unless one is born of water and spirit, he can't enter into the Kingdom of God! 6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh. That which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
  • 1 Cor 1:12 : 12 Now I mean this, that each one of you says, "I follow Paul," "I follow Apollos," "I follow Cephas," and, "I follow Christ."
  • 1 Cor 6:13 : 13 "Foods for the belly, and the belly for foods," but God will bring to nothing both it and them. But the body is not for sexual immorality, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body.
  • 1 Cor 7:29 : 29 But I say this, brothers: the time is short, that from now on, both those who have wives may be as though they had none;
  • 2 Cor 5:1 : 1 For we know that if the earthly house of our tent is dissolved, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in the heavens.
  • 2 Cor 9:6 : 6 Remember this: he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly. He who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.
  • Gal 3:17 : 17 Now I say this. A covenant confirmed beforehand by God in Christ, the law, which came four hundred thirty years after, does not annul, so as to make the promise of no effect.

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

    52in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we will be changed.

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

    54But when this corruptible will have put on incorruption, and this mortal will have put on immortality, then what is written will happen: "Death is swallowed up in victory."

    55"Death, where is your sting? Hades, where is your victory?"

  • 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. There is a natural body and there is also a spiritual body.

  • 1 Cor 15:48-49
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    48As is the one made of dust, such are those who are also made of dust; and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly.

    49As 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.

  • 1 Pet 1:23-24
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    23having been born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God, which lives and remains forever.

    24For, "All flesh is like grass, And all of man's glory like the flower in the grass. The grass withers, and its flower falls;

  • Gal 6:8
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    8For he who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption. But he who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.

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    9Or don't you know that the unrighteous will not inherit the Kingdom of God? Don't be deceived. Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor male prostitutes, nor homosexuals,

    10nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor slanderers, nor extortioners, will inherit the Kingdom of God.

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    4to an incorruptible and undefiled inheritance that doesn't fade away, reserved in heaven for you,

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    35But someone will say, "How are the dead raised?" and, "With what kind of body do they come?"

    36You foolish one, that which you yourself sow is not made alive unless it dies.

    37That which you sow, you don't sow the body that will be, but a bare grain, maybe of wheat, or of some other kind.

    38But God gives 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, another flesh of animals, another of fish, and another of birds.

    40There are also celestial bodies, and terrestrial bodies; but the glory of the celestial differs from that of the terrestrial.

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

    2For most assuredly in this we groan, longing to be clothed with our habitation which is from heaven;

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

    4For indeed we who are in this tent do groan, being burdened; not that we desire to be unclothed, but that we desire to be clothed, that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.

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    5Jesus answered, "Most assuredly I tell you, unless one is born of water and spirit, he can't enter into the Kingdom of God!

    6That which is born of the flesh is flesh. That which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

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    5Know this for sure, that no sexually immoral person, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the Kingdom of Christ and God.

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    8Those who are in the flesh can't please God.

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    35But those who are considered worthy to attain to that age and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage.

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    21envyings, murders, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these; of which I forewarn you, even as I also forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit the Kingdom of God.

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    46However that which is spiritual isn't first, but that which is natural, then that which is spiritual.

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    15Don't you know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them members of a prostitute? May it never be!

  • Rom 8:12-13
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    12So then, brothers, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.

    13For if you live after the flesh, you must die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.

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  • Gal 5:16-17
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    16But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you won't fulfill the lust of the flesh.

    17For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one other, that you may not do the things that you desire.

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    63It is the spirit who gives life. The flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and are life.

  • Eph 5:30
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    30because we are members of his body, of his flesh and bones.

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    19Or don't you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which you have from God? You are not your own,

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    58Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the Lord's work, because you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

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

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    37But he whom God raised up saw no decay.

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