1 CORINTHIANS 15:50 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.”
I declare to you, brothers and sisters, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable — sarx kai haima (flesh and blood) in their corruptible state cannot enter the kingdom. The earthly soma must be transformed; the perishable must become imperishable.
Church Fathers on 1 Corinthians 15:50
“Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God.” Do you see how he explains himself again, relieving us of the trouble? Which he often does: for by flesh he here denotes men's evil deeds, which he has done also elsewhere; as when he says, “But you are not in the flesh:” and again, “So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.” Romans 8:8-9 So that when he says, “Now this I say,” he means nothing else than this: “therefore said I…
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