Sown in Corruption (body). (1 Co 15:42). In this passage Paul clarifies the difference between the natural body and the heavenly body, stating by inference that the natural body is not evil but only weak and transitory.
1 Corinthians 15:42 (KJV) So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption:
It is only necessary to have one kind of body before having the other. Calvin on 15:24: “It is necessary that before we are restored in Christ, we derive our origin from Adam, and resemble him. Let us, therefore, not wonder, if we begin with the living soul, for as being born precedes in order being born again, so living precedes rising again”[1] Paul says that there is a glory (doxa) connected with both (15:41), but they are not of the same “flesh.” That is, the prophetic word which is difficult because of our sin must be a necessary evil before we are granted the full range of its truths.
[1] (Calvin, Calvin’s Bible Commentaries: Corinthians, Part II 2007)
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