{Celestial} (epourania). Old word, from epi, upon,
ouranos, heaven, existing in heaven. Paul now rises higher in
the range of his argument, above the merely {terrestrial}
(epigeia, upon earth, epi, ge) bodies. He has shown
differences in the bodies here on earth in plants and in the
animal kingdom and now he indicates like differences to be seen
in the heavens above us. {Is one} (hetera men) {--is another}
(hetera de). Antithesis that admits glory for bodies on earth
and bodies in the heavens. Experience does not argue against a
glory for the spiritual body ( Php 3:21 ).
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