1 Corinthians 15:40

An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

Also, there are heavenly bodies [i.e., stars and planets] and earthly bodies [i.e., men and animals] But the splendor of the heavenly bodies is one [kind], and the splendor of the earthly bodies is another [kind].

Cross References

1 Corinthians 15:39

All flesh is not the same [Note: The word “flesh” here refers to the material composition of matter, and in no way suggests anything sinful, as it does in many other places in Paul’s writings]. But mankind has one [kind of] flesh; animals have another kind; birds have another; and fish [still] another.

1 Corinthians 15:41

The sun has one [kind] of splendor, and the moon has another [kind], and the stars [still] another. For [even] one star’s splendor is different from another’s.