Anf-01 ix.ii.ix Pg 16
1 Cor. xv. 48.
and in another place, “But the animal man receiveth not the things of the Spirit;”2763 2763
Anf-01 ix.vii.x Pg 7
1 Cor. xv. 48.
But where the Spirit of the Father is, there is a living man; [there is] the rational blood preserved by God for the avenging [of those that shed it]; [there is] the flesh possessed by the Spirit, forgetful indeed of what belongs to it, and adopting the quality of the Spirit, being made conformable to the Word of God. And on this account he (the apostle) declares, “As we have borne the image of him who is of the earth, we shall also bear the image of Him who is from heaven.”4510 4510
Anf-03 v.iv.vi.x Pg 38
The οἱ ἐπουράνιοι, the “de cœlo homines,” of this ver. 48 are Christ’s risen people; comp. Phil. iii. 20, 21 (Alford).
For he could not possibly have opposed to earthly men any heavenly beings that were not men also; his object being the more accurately to distinguish their state and expectation by using this name in common for them both. For in respect of their present state and their future expectation he calls men earthly and heavenly, still reserving their parity of name, according as they are reckoned (as to their ultimate condition5662 5662 Secundum exitum.
) in Adam or in Christ. Therefore, when exhorting them to cherish the hope of heaven, he says: “As we have borne the image of the earthy, so let us also bear the image of the heavenly,”5663 5663
Anf-03 v.viii.xlix Pg 7
1 Cor. xv. 48.
