Not all flesh is the same: Men have one kind of flesh, animals have another, birds another, and fish another.
Parallel translations
- WEB All flesh is not the same flesh, but there is one flesh of men, another flesh of animals, another of fish, and another of birds.
- KJV All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and another of birds.
- NKJV All flesh is not the same flesh, but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of animals, another of fish, and another of birds.
- NASB All flesh is not the same flesh, but there is one flesh of mankind, another flesh of animals, another flesh of birds, and another of fish.
- NLT Similarly there are different kinds of flesh—one kind for humans, another for animals, another for birds, and another for fish.
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Quick answer
There are different kinds of flesh among creatures. It matters because it shows God can fashion a body suited to resurrection life.
Overview
Paul observes the variety God built into creation, with distinct kinds of flesh for humans, animals, fish, and birds. This diversity demonstrates the Creator's ability to make bodies appropriate to their existence. It supports the idea that God can provide a fitting body for the resurrected.
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- Gen 1:20–26And God said, “Let the waters teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the sky.”
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