1 Corinthians 15:41
New International Version
The sun has one kind of splendor, the moon another and the stars another; and star differs from star in splendor.

New Living Translation
The sun has one kind of glory, while the moon and stars each have another kind. And even the stars differ from each other in their glory.

English Standard Version
There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for star differs from star in glory.

Berean Standard Bible
The sun has one degree of splendor, the moon another, and the stars another; and star differs from star in splendor.

Berean Literal Bible
There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for star differs from star in glory.

King James Bible
There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars: for one star differeth from another star in glory.

New King James Version
There is one glory of the sun, another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for one star differs from another star in glory.

New American Standard Bible
There is one glory of the sun, another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for star differs from star in glory.

NASB 1995
There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for star differs from star in glory.

NASB 1977
There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for star differs from star in glory.

Legacy Standard Bible
There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for star differs from star in glory.

Amplified Bible
There is a glory and beauty of the sun, another glory of the moon, and yet another [distinctive] glory of the stars; and one star differs from another in glory and brilliance.

Christian Standard Bible
There is a splendor of the sun, another of the moon, and another of the stars; in fact, one star differs from another star in splendor.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
There is a splendor of the sun, another of the moon, and another of the stars; for one star differs from another star in splendor.

American Standard Version
There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for one star differeth from another star in glory.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And there is one glory of the sun and another glory of the moon and another glory of a star, and one star is greater than another star in glory.

Contemporary English Version
The sun isn't like the moon, the moon isn't like the stars, and each star is different.

Douay-Rheims Bible
One is the glory of the sun, another the glory of the moon, and another the glory of the stars. For star differeth from star in glory.

English Revised Version
There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for one star differeth from another star in glory.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The sun has one kind of splendor, the moon has another kind of splendor, and the stars have still another kind of splendor. Even one star differs in splendor from another star.

Good News Translation
The sun has its own beauty, the moon another beauty, and the stars a different beauty; and even among stars there are different kinds of beauty.

International Standard Version
One kind of splendor belongs to the sun, another to the moon, and still another to the stars. In fact, one star differs from another star in splendor.

Literal Standard Version
one glory of sun, and another glory of moon, and another glory of stars, for star differs from star in glory.

Majority Standard Bible
The sun has one degree of splendor, the moon another, and the stars another; and star differs from star in splendor.

New American Bible
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.

NET Bible
There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon and another glory of the stars, for star differs from star in glory.

New Revised Standard Version
There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; indeed, star differs from star in glory.

New Heart English Bible
There is one glory of the sun, another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for one star differs from another star in glory.

Webster's Bible Translation
There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for one star differeth from another star in glory.

Weymouth New Testament
There is one glory of the sun, another of the moon, and another of the stars; for star differs from star in glory.

World English Bible
There is one glory of the sun, another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for one star differs from another star in glory.

Young's Literal Translation
one glory of sun, and another glory of moon, and another glory of stars, for star from star doth differ in glory.

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Context
The Resurrection Body
40There are also heavenly bodies and earthly bodies. But the splendor of the heavenly bodies is of one degree, and the splendor of the earthly bodies is of another. 41The sun has one degree of splendor, the moon another, and the stars another; and star differs from star in splendor. 42So will it be with the resurrection of the dead: What is sown is perishable; it is raised imperishable.…

Cross References
1 Corinthians 15:40
There are also heavenly bodies and earthly bodies. But the splendor of the heavenly bodies is of one degree, and the splendor of the earthly bodies is of another.

1 Corinthians 15:42
So will it be with the resurrection of the dead: What is sown is perishable; it is raised imperishable.


Treasury of Scripture

There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars: for one star differs from another star in glory.

Genesis 1:14
And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:

Deuteronomy 4:19
And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the LORD thy God hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven.

Job 31:26
If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness;

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1 Corinthians 15
1. By Christ's resurrection,
12. he proves the necessity of our resurrection,
16. against all such as deny the resurrection of the body.
21. The fruit,
35. and the manner thereof;
51. and of the resurrection of those who shall be found alive at the last day.














(41) For one star . . .--Better, for star differeth from star in glory. It is not only that the heavenly bodies differ from earthly, but they differ from each other--sun from moon, moon from stars. And there is a further variety still--even amid the stars themselves there is variety. The word "glory" is naturally used as intimating the aspect in which the difference of the heavenly bodies strikes us, looking at them from earth. The God who is thus not limited to a monotonous form for the substance of which Physical Nature consists, need not be in any difficulty as to some other variety of form for Human Nature beyond that which we see it confined to during its earthly life.

Verse 41. - There is one glory of the sun. "Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun" (Matthew 13:43). The point of the illustration is the difference between the earthly and the resurrection body; not the supposed differences between the saints themselves in glory. This is not a question under consideration, and St. Paul, as we have seen, is not in the habit of mixing up half a dozen different questions in the same immediate argument. St. Augustine says of the saints, "Their splendour is unequal; their heaven is one." This may be very true, but to deduce it from this verse is to press into the argument an illustration used for another purpose. Tertullian's comment is very unhappy. He makes "men" mean servants of God; "beasts," Gentiles; "birds," martyrs; "fishes," those who have been baptized; the "sun," Christ; the "moon," the Church, etc. One star differeth from another star in glory. All the righteous shall shine as "the brightness of the firmament and ... as the stars forever and ever" (Daniel 12:3), and their future bodies shall differ from their present, as one star differs from another.

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Greek
[The] sun
ἡλίου (hēliou)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 2246: The sun, sunlight. From hele; the sun; by implication, light.

[has] one
ἄλλη (allē)
Adjective - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's 243: Other, another (of more than two), different. A primary word; 'else, ' i.e. Different.

[degree of] splendor,
δόξα (doxa)
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's 1391: From the base of dokeo; glory, in a wide application.

[the] moon
σελήνης (selēnēs)
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's 4582: The moon. From selas; the moon.

another,
ἄλλη (allē)
Adjective - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's 243: Other, another (of more than two), different. A primary word; 'else, ' i.e. Different.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

[the] stars
ἀστέρων (asterōn)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural
Strong's 792: A star. Probably from the base of stronnumi; a star, literally or figuratively.

another;
ἄλλη (allē)
Adjective - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's 243: Other, another (of more than two), different. A primary word; 'else, ' i.e. Different.

and
γὰρ (gar)
Conjunction
Strong's 1063: For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason.

star
ἀστὴρ (astēr)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 792: A star. Probably from the base of stronnumi; a star, literally or figuratively.

differs
διαφέρει (diapherei)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 1308: From dia and phero; to bear through, i.e. transport; usually to bear apart, i.e. to toss about; subjectively, to 'differ', or surpass.

from star
ἀστέρος (asteros)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 792: A star. Probably from the base of stronnumi; a star, literally or figuratively.

in
ἐν (en)
Preposition
Strong's 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.

splendor.
δόξῃ (doxē)
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular
Strong's 1391: From the base of dokeo; glory, in a wide application.


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