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He will take our weak mortal bodies and change them into glorious bodies like his own, using the same power with which he will bring everything under his control. English Standard Version who will transform our lowly body to be like his glorious body, by the power that enables him even to subject all things to himself.
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- 21 KJV
Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned...
- 21 NIV
who, by the power that enables him to bring everything under...
- 21 ESV
who will transform our lowly body to be like his glorious...
- 21 NASB
Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned...
- 21 NLT
He will take our weak mortal bodies and change them into...
- 21 Catholic Bible
He will change our weak mortal bodies and make them like his...
- Philippians 2
Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of...
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He will change our weak mortal bodies and make them like his own glorious body, using that power by which he is able to bring all things under his rule.
- 1 Respecting Our Fleshly Bodies
- 2 Keeping Our Fleshly Desires Natural
- 3 Giving Our Bodies to God
- God Desires Our Flesh
Our flesh is an asset
Some of us may consider our mortal bodies to be an evil burden. But we should regard them as "instruments of righteousness", as assets not liabilities. The words translated "righteousness" and "holiness" (Romans 6:19) , are the same words elsewhere translated "justification" and "sanctification". Were our bodies essentially evil, they could not participate in holiness. So we must regard our bodies as a spiritual asset.
The flesh can be mastered
You may have noticed the phrase "lawlessness to lawlessness" (Romans 6:19) . Compare that with "faith to faith" (Romans 1:15-17). According to the Bible, there is no need to slide down the sand dune of lawlessness leading to more lawlessness, but there is a need to struggle upward from faith to faith, to master the flesh by faith. If our fleshly bodies can be slaves, then of course they can be mastered. When our bodies are given to enslavement in sin, then sin masters them. But when we presen...
Our flesh is not naturally weak
The "weakness of your flesh" (Romans 6:19) is not an inbuilt weakness which the Creator or our first ancestor imparted to our bodies. It is a weakness imparted by our sinful environment, and our own personal sin. When sin has been reigning in our mortal bodies, it corrupts and weakens them. That weakness is not magically removed by our change of heart or the gift of the Holy Spirit. When we yield our bodies to God, the damage from sin remains, and takes time and effort to heal. This creates t...
Lust does not originate in our flesh
Evil desires originate in our hearts. Paul describes those who, according to him, gave their bodies over to vile passions. He says they exchanged the natural use of their bodies for what was against nature (Romans 1:24-27). Sexual immorality, whatever form it takes, is viewed by the Bible as unnatural. In Paul’s understanding of these matters, these “vile passions” were not natural desires in the bodies of these persons originally, but "uncleaness in the lusts of their hearts to dishonour the...
Natural fleshly desires are good
The word "lusts" (Romans 6:12) suggests that the body's desires are evil. But this is true only when we have dishonoured our bodies and have let sin reign in them. God created our bodies to have noble desires. For example, thirst can be corrupted into a lust for drunkeness. Libido can be corrupted into a lust for "strange flesh" (Jude 1:7). The desire to sleep can be turned into sloth. But thirst, libido, and the desire to sleep are not evil in themselves. It is the corruption of fleshly desi...
Deeds of the flesh really matter
Through the centuries, various philosophies have arisen about the relationship between spirit and body. Some of these have dismissed the deeds of the flesh as irrelevant. But they won't be irrelevant on judgment day (Romans 2:6-9) . The judgment seat of Christ will be concerned with "the things done in the body whether they be good or bad" (2Corinthians 5:10).
Destiny of our flesh
Some people have so "spiritualised" Christian faith that they think God is not interested in (and may even be offended by) our physical or animal nature. We should not elevate our fleshly nature above the spiritual nature. But our flesh is part of the whole beautiful creation wrought by God's hand. God wants to save this creation from corruption (Romans 8:21) . God wants this corruptible to put on incorruption and this mortal to put on immortality (1Corinthians 15:37-38,53). Out of a seed's d...
Redemption of Our Bodies
The words "the redemption of our body" (Romans 8:23) have a similar sense as the parallel expression "the redemption of the transgressions" (Hebrews 9:15) . The transgressions under the first covenant were forgiven provisionally, until the true sacrifice was made once and for all. Animal sacrifices could not take away sin, yet they were effectual for a time through faith. Then the transgressions were redeemed in the sense that their forgiveness was finally purchased by Christ. In a parallel s...
God wants people to stop dishonouring their bodies (Romans 2:24) . God says, "Present your body a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God which is your reasonable service" (Romans 12:1) . The dedication of our bodies to God's glory is a logical extension of our heartfelt faith. As we said at the outset, when Paul uses the expression "From faith t...
New Living Translation. 21 He will take our weak mortal bodies and change them into glorious bodies like his own, using the same power with which he will bring everything under his control. Read full chapter. Philippians 3:21 in all English translations.
Feb 11, 1996 · “Who will transform our lowly body that it may be conformed to His glorious body, according to the working by which He is able even to subdue all things to Himself.” This passage describes two changes in our physical body at death or the rapture.
20 We, however, are citizens of heaven, and we eagerly wait for our Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, to come from heaven. 21 He will change our weak mortal bodies and make them like his own glorious body, using that power by which he is able to bring all things under his rule.
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NLT He will take our weak mortal bodies and change them into glorious bodies like his own, using the same power with which he will bring everything under his control.
