1 Corinthians 15:40 (LSB)

Passage

There are also heavenly bodies and earthly bodies, but the glory of the heavenly is one, and the glory of the earthly is another.

Nearby Context

1 Corinthians 15:38 But God gives it a body just as He wished, and to each of the seeds a body of its own.

1 Corinthians 15:39 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 fish.

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

1 Corinthians 15:41 There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for star differs from star in glory.

1 Corinthians 15:42 So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown a corruptible body, it is raised an incorruptible body;

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "heavenly", "bodies", "earthly", and "glory". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "heavenly" 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 one glory of the sun...", so "heavenly" 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 "heavenly" and "bodies" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.