All flesh is not the same flesh-celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial-one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon; the apostle introduces another argument, drawn from the variety that exists by the power of God among natural bodies, to show how easily he may cause the bodies raised to differ greatly from those that died. The contrast between terrestrial and celestial bodies seem to hint at that between our present and our future bodies, as given in 1 Corinthians 15:42-54. Some have thought that in referring to the difference in glory among the heavenly bodies, he has in view different degrees of glory and blessedness among the righteous in heaven. This, however, he does not afterwards insist on, but only the great contrast between the corruptible body and the incorruptible.

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