Matthew Poole and continuators on 1 Corinthians 15:50
Annotations upon the Holy Bible. Browse this work.
Read 1 Corinthians 15. Compare commentaries on this chapter.
Source and publication rights
Text Creation Partnership. Public domain; TCP unrestricted text and encoding. Source edition.
Berean Blue opens December 1, 2026. Explore this passage in the app preview.
1 Corinthians15:50
50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God , neither doth corruption inherit incorruption .
Flesh and blood do not here signifie Sin, the unrenewed Nature, (as some would have it) but our bodies, in their present natural, corruptible, frail, mortal state; so the terms signifie, Eph. 6.12. Heb. 2.14. Flesh and Blood shall inherit the Kingdom of God, (else our bodies could not be glorified) but our body, as in its present state, till changed and altered, as to qualities, till it be made as spiritual body, shall not inherit the Kingdom of God.
The latter words give a reason, why flesh and blood cannot inherit the Kingdom of God, because it is Corruption, that is, subject to natural corruption and pu[illegible: 1 letter]refaction, and the heavenly state is a sta[illegible: 1 letter]e of incorruption; the bodies of Believers therefore must be raised up in that state of incorruption mentioned v. 42. before they can be capable of inheriting the Kingdom of God.
Marginal references: Joh. 3.3.5.
Matthew Poole and continuators, Annotations upon the Holy Bible, 1 Corinthians 15:50. Public domain.
Permanent link. Source edition.