1 Corinthians 15:39

Verse

Not all flesh is the same: Men have one kind of flesh, animals have another, birds another, and fish another.

American Standard Version (1901)

All 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.

Bible in Basic English

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

Douay-Rheims 1899

All flesh is not the same flesh: but one is the flesh of men, another of beasts, another of birds, another of fishes.

Free Bible Version

What living things are made from is not the same. Human beings have one kind of body tissue, while animals have another, birds another, and fish another.

Geneva Bible 1599

All flesh is not the same flesh, but there is one flesh of men, and another flesh of beastes, and another of fishes, and another of birdes.

King James (Authorized) Version

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

Plain English Version

Every sort of thing that is alive has a different sort of body from every other sort of thing. People have one sort of body. Animals have a different sort of body. Birds have another sort of body, and fish have another sort of body.

Translation for Translators

Similarly, people, animals, birds, and fish all have flesh, but each one has a different kind of flesh.

Unlocked Literal Bible

Not all flesh is the same. Instead, there is one flesh of human beings, and another flesh for animals, and another flesh for birds, and another for fish.

Noah Webster Bible

All flesh is not the same flesh; but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and another of fowls.

World English Bible

All flesh is not the same flesh, but there is one flesh of men, another flesh of animals, another of fish, and another of birds.

Young's Literal Translation

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

Context

The Resurrection Body

³⁸But God gives it a body as He has designed, and to each kind of seed He gives its own body.³⁹Not all flesh is the same: Men have one kind of flesh, animals have another, birds another, and fish another.⁴⁰There are also heavenly bodies and earthly bodies. But the splendor of the heavenly bodies is of one degree, and the splendor of the earthly bodies is of another.

Summary

In this verse, the apostle Paul is discussing the concept of resurrection and the different types of bodies that exist. He compares the variety of bodies in the natural world, such as humans, animals, birds, and fish, to the diversity of bodies that will be raised in the resurrection. Paul emphasizes that just as there are different kinds of physical bodies, there will also be different kinds of spiritual bodies in the resurrection. This verse highlights the transformative power of God in raising believers to eternal life in a glorified form, suited for the kingdom of heaven.

Commentary

Adam Clarke
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
John Gill

Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

All flesh is not the same flesh - Though the organization of all animals is, in its general principles, the same, yet there are no two different kinds of animals that have flesh of the same flavour, whether the animal be beast, fowl, or fish. And this is precisely the same with vegetables. In opposition to this general assertion of St. Paul, there are certain people who tell us that fish is not flesh; and while their religion prohibits, at one time of the year, the flesh of quadrupeds and fowls, it allows them to eat fish, fondly supposing that fish is not flesh: they might as well tell us that a lily is not a vegetable, because it is not a cabbage. There is a Jewish canon pronounced by Schoettgen which my readers may not be displeased to find inserted here: Nedarim, fol. 40: הנודר מן הבשר יהא אסור בבור רגים והגים He who is bound by a vow to abstain from flesh, is bound to abstain from the flesh of fish and of locusts. From this it appears that they acknowledged that there was one flesh of beasts and another of fishes, and that he was religiously bound to abstain from the one, who was bound to abstain from the other.

John Gill Bible Commentary

So also is the resurrection of the dead,.... This will be the case and condition of risen bodies, they will be as different from what they now are, though they will be the same in substance, as a stalk of wheat in its blade and ear, and full corn in the ear, is from the naked grain, when cast into the earth; or as the flesh of men is from the flesh of beasts, fishes, and birds; or as celestial bodies from terrestrial ones; or as the glory of the sun differs from the glory of the moon and stars; or as one star differs from another star in glory; that this is the apostle's sense is clear from the induction of particulars following, by which he explains in clear terms what he before signified by similitudes: it is sown in corruption; it should be observed, that the word sown, in this and the following verses, does not merely relate to the interment of the body, but also to its generation; and includes its state, condition, and character, during life; as well as points out what it is at death, and its sepulture in the earth: it is from first to last a corruptible body; it is born frail and mortal, and liable to corruption and death; it is corrupted with sin, and so a vile body; there is a world of iniquity in one of its members, the tongue, and what then must there be in all its parts? but besides this moral corruption, in which it is during the present state, it is liable to a natural one; from the crown of the head to the sole of the foot, it may be covered with wounds, bruises, and putrefying sores; a right arm may be dried up and withered away, and a leg may corrupt and mortify, and so any other part; the whole is supported by corruptible things, by meat that perisheth; and which if it did not corrupt and perish, would not be nourishing; and as meats are for the belly, and the belly for meats, in a short time God will destroy both it and them; the whole frame and texture of the body will be dissolved by death, and be brought to worms, corruption, and dust; and in this case will lie in the grave till the resurrection morn: it is raised in incorruption: the very same body that was sown, generated, lived, and died, shall be raised again, but different from what it was; it will be incorruptible; its parts will be no more subject to corruption; it will not be supported by corruptible things; it will be immortal, and never die more, and will be clear of all its moral corruption; it will no more be a vile body, but fashioned like to the holy and glorious body of Christ.

1 Corinthians 15:39

The Resurrection Body

Scripture
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Berean Standard Bible

Not all flesh is the same: Men have one kind of flesh, animals have another, birds another, and fish another.

American Standard Version (1901)

All 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.

Bible in Basic English

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

Douay-Rheims 1899

All flesh is not the same flesh: but one is the flesh of men, another of beasts, another of birds, another of fishes.

Free Bible Version

What living things are made from is not the same. Human beings have one kind of body tissue, while animals have another, birds another, and fish another.

Geneva Bible 1599

All flesh is not the same flesh, but there is one flesh of men, and another flesh of beastes, and another of fishes, and another of birdes.

King James (Authorized) Version

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

Plain English Version

Translation for Translators

Similarly, people, animals, birds, and fish all have flesh, but each one has a different kind of flesh.

Unlocked Literal Bible

Not all flesh is the same. Instead, there is one flesh of human beings, and another flesh for animals, and another flesh for birds, and another for fish.

Noah Webster Bible

All flesh is not the same flesh; but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and another of fowls.

World English Bible

All flesh is not the same flesh, but there is one flesh of men, another flesh of animals, another of fish, and another of birds.

Young's Literal Translation

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

Adam Clarke
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
John Gill

Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

John Gill Bible Commentary

1 Corinthians 15:39

Verse

Context

The Resurrection Body

Summary

Commentary

Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

John Gill Bible Commentary

1 Corinthians 15:39

The Resurrection Body

Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

John Gill Bible Commentary