1 Corinthians 15:40 (GNV)

Passage

There are also heauenly bodies, and earthly bodies: but the glorie of the heauenly is one, and the glorie of the earthly is another.

Nearby Context

1 Corinthians 15:38 But God giueth it a body at his pleasure, euen to euery seede his owne body,

1 Corinthians 15:39 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.

1 Corinthians 15:40 There are also heauenly bodies, and earthly bodies: but the glorie of the heauenly is one, and the glorie of the earthly is another.

1 Corinthians 15:41 There is another glorie of the sunne, and another glorie of the moone, and another glorie of the starres: for one starre differeth from another starre in glorie.

1 Corinthians 15:42 So also is the resurrection of the dead. The bodie is sowen in corruption, and is raysed in incorruption.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "heauenly", "bodies", "earthly", and "glorie". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "heauenly" and "bodies", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 39's "All flesh is not the same flesh..." into verse 41's "There is another glorie of the sunne...", so "heauenly" and "bodies" belong inside that flow. In 1 Corinthians context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "heauenly" and "bodies" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.