They gave up the glory of God who lives forever. People traded that glory for the worship of idols {\cf2\super [13]} made to look like earthly people. People traded God’s glory for things that look like birds, animals, and snakes.
1 Corinthians 15:53 - Easy To Read Version This \{body\} that will ruin must clothe itself with something that will never ruin. And this \{body\} that dies must clothe itself with something that will never die. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For this perishable [part of us] must put on the imperishable [nature], and this mortal [part of us, this nature that is capable of dying] must put on immortality (freedom from death). American Standard Version (1901) For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. Common English Bible It’s necessary for this rotting body to be clothed with what can’t decay, and for the body that is dying to be clothed in what can’t die. Catholic Public Domain Version Thus, it is necessary for this corruptibility to be clothed with incorruptibility, and for this mortality to be clothed with immortality. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For this corruptible must put on incorruption; and this mortal must put on immortality. |
They gave up the glory of God who lives forever. People traded that glory for the worship of idols {\cf2\super [13]} made to look like earthly people. People traded God’s glory for things that look like birds, animals, and snakes.
Some people live for God’s glory, for honor, and for life that cannot be destroyed. Those people live for those things by always continuing to do good. God will give life forever to those people.
You must become a new person, made to be like God—made to be truly good and holy. {\cf2\super [35]}
Dear friends, now we are children of God. We have not yet been shown what we will be in the future. But we know that when Christ comes again, we will be like him. We will see him like he really is.