1 CORINTHIANS 15:53 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.”
For the perishable must clothe itself with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality — the metaphor of clothing (endyó): the perishable body puts on (endysámenon) imperishability like a garment. Transformation involves covering/transfiguring, not replacing the person.
Church Fathers on 1 Corinthians 15:53
“For this corruptible must put on incorruption.” Thus lest any, hearing that “flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God,” should suppose that our bodies do not rise again; he adds, “this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.” Now the body is “corruptible,” the body is “mortal:” so that the body indeed remains, for it is the body which is put on; but its mortality and corruption vanish away, when immortality and incorruption…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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