1 CORINTHIANS 15:41 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars: for one star differeth from another star in glory.”
The sun has one kind of splendor, the moon another and the stars another; and even among the stars, one star differs from another in splendor — cosmic hierarchy of brightness: each heavenly body has distinct glory. By analogy, resurrection bodies will have distinct forms reflecting their relation to the new creation.
Church Fathers on 1 Corinthians 15:41
“There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars: for one star differs from another star in glory.” And what means he by these expressions? Wherefore from the resurrection of the body did he throw himself into the discourse of the stars and the sun? He did not throw himself out, neither did he break off from his purpose; far from it: but he still keeps to it. For whereas he had established the doctrine concerning the resurrection,…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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