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.
YLT: All flesh is not the same flesh, but there is one flesh of men, and another flesh of beasts, and another of fishes, and another of birds;
Darby: Every flesh is not the same flesh, but one is of men, and another flesh of beasts, and another flesh of birds, and another of fishes.
ASV: All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one flesh of men, and another flesh of beasts, and another flesh of birds, and another of fishes.
| σὰρξ | flesh [is] |
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Parse: Noun, Nominative Feminine Singular Root: σάρξ Sense: flesh (the soft substance of the living body, which covers the bones and is permeated with blood) of both man and beasts. |
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| αὐτὴ | same |
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Parse: Personal / Possessive Pronoun, Nominative Feminine 3rd Person Singular Root: αὐτός Sense: himself, herself, themselves, itself. |
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| σάρξ | flesh |
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Parse: Noun, Nominative Feminine Singular Root: σάρξ Sense: flesh (the soft substance of the living body, which covers the bones and is permeated with blood) of both man and beasts. |
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| ἄλλη | one |
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Parse: Adjective, Nominative Feminine Singular Root: ἄλλος Sense: another, other. |
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| μὲν | indeed |
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Parse: Conjunction Root: μέν Sense: truly, certainly, surely, indeed. |
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| ἀνθρώπων | of men |
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Parse: Noun, Genitive Masculine Plural Root: ἄνθρωπος Sense: a human being, whether male or female. |
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| ἄλλη | another |
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Parse: Adjective, Nominative Feminine Singular Root: ἄλλος Sense: another, other. |
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| δὲ | now |
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Parse: Conjunction Root: δέ Sense: but, moreover, and, etc. |
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| σὰρξ | flesh |
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Parse: Noun, Nominative Feminine Singular Root: σάρξ Sense: flesh (the soft substance of the living body, which covers the bones and is permeated with blood) of both man and beasts. |
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| κτηνῶν | of beasts |
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Parse: Noun, Genitive Neuter Plural Root: κτῆνος Sense: a beast. |
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| πτηνῶν | of birds |
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Parse: Adjective, Genitive Neuter Plural Root: πτηνός Sense: furnished with wings. |
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| ἰχθύων | of fish |
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Parse: Noun, Genitive Masculine Plural Root: ἰχθύς Sense: a fish. |
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Greek Commentary for 1 Corinthians 15:39
Paul takes up animal life to show the great variety there is as in the plant kingdom. Even if evolution should prove to be true, Paul‘s argument remains valid. Variety exists along with kinship. Progress is shown in the different kingdoms, progress that even argues for a spiritual body after the body of flesh is lost. [source]
Old word, from κταομαι ktaomai to possess, and so property. See note on Luke 10:34. Of birds (πτηνων ptēnōn). Old word from πετομαι petomai to fly, winged, flying. Only here in N.T. [source]
Old word from πετομαι petomai to fly, winged, flying. Only here in N.T. [source]
Still arguing that it is conceivable that the resurrection-body should be organized differently from the earthly body, and in a way which cannot be inferred from the shape of the earthly body. There is a great variety of organization among bodies which we know: it may fairly be inferred that there may be a new and different organization in those which we do not know. Flesh is the body of the earthly, living being, including the bodily form. See on Romans 7:5, sec. 3. [source]
Reverse Greek Commentary Search for 1 Corinthians 15:39
Looking back to 1 Corinthians 15:39, and grouping men, beasts, birds, fishes under this term. It is to be observed that the apostle makes two general categories - terrestrial and celestial bodies, and shows the distinctions of organization subsisting between the members of each - men, beasts, fishes, birds, and the sun, moon, stars; and that he also shows the distinction between the two categories regarded as wholes. “The glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is different.” [source]