1 Corinthians 15:41

New American Bible - revised edition

The brightness of the sun is one kind, the brightness of the moon another, and the brightness of the stars another. For star differs from star in brightness.

Cross References

Genesis 1:14

Then God said: Let there be lights in the dome of the sky, to separate day from night. Let them mark the seasons, the days and the years,

Job 31:26

Had I looked upon the light as it shone, or the moon in the splendor of its progress,

Psalm 8:3

with the mouths of babes and infants. You have established a bulwark against your foes, to silence enemy and avenger.

Isaiah 24:23

Then the moon will blush and the sun be ashamed, For the Lord of hosts will reign on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, glorious in the sight of the elders.

Luke 19:19

And to this servant too he said, ‘You, take charge of five cities.’

1 Corinthians 15:40

There are both heavenly bodies and earthly bodies, but the brightness of the heavenly is one kind and that of the earthly another.

1 Corinthians 15:42

So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown corruptible; it is raised incorruptible.

Deuteronomy 4:19

And when you look up to the heavens and behold the sun or the moon or the stars, the whole heavenly host, do not be led astray into bowing down to them and serving them. These the Lord, your God, has apportioned to all the other nations under the heavens;