1 Corinthians 15:40 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁴⁰ There are both heavenly bodies and earthly bodies, but the glory of the heavenly is one thing, and that of the earthly is another.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴⁰ There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴⁰ There are heavenly bodies (sun, moon, and stars) and there are earthly bodies (men, animals, and plants), but the beauty and glory of the heavenly bodies is of one kind, while the beauty and glory of earthly bodies is a different kind.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴⁰ There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another.

Common English Bible

⁴⁰ There are heavenly bodies and earthly bodies. The heavenly bodies have one kind of glory, and the earthly bodies have another kind of glory.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴⁰ Also, there are heavenly bodies and earthly bodies. But while the one, certainly, has the glory of heaven, the other has the glory of earth.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴⁰ And there are bodies celestial, and bodies terrestrial: but, one is the glory of the celestial, and another of the terrestrial.

1 Corinthians 15:40 Cross References

Daniel 12:3

Those who are wise shall shine like the brightness of the sky, and those who lead the many to righteousness, like the stars forever and ever.

1 Corinthians 15:39

Not all flesh is alike, but there is one flesh for humans, another for animals, another for birds, and another for fish.

1 Corinthians 15:41

There is one glory of the sun and another glory of the moon and another glory of the stars; indeed, star differs from star in glory.