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49 Just as we have borne the image of the earthly one, we shall also bear the image[a] of the heavenly one.(A)

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  1. 15:49 We shall also bear the image: although it has less manuscript support, this reading better fits the context’s emphasis on futurity and the transforming action of God; on future transformation as conformity to the image of the Son, cf. Rom 8:29; Phil 3:21. The majority reading, “let us bear the image,” suggests that the image of the heavenly man is already present and exhorts us to conform to it.

49 And just as we have borne the image of the earthly man,(A) so shall we[a] bear the image of the heavenly man.(B)

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  1. 1 Corinthians 15:49 Some early manuscripts so let us