1 Corinthians 15:39

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“Not all flesh is the same: Men have one kind of flesh, animals have another, birds another, and fish another.”

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BSBPD

“Not all flesh is the same: Men have one kind of flesh, animals have another, birds another, and fish another.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“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.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“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.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“All flesh <FI>is<Fi> not the same flesh, but there is one flesh of men, and another flesh of beasts, and another of fishes, and another of birds;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo 1 Corinthians 15:39 — 1 related verse from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 1:20And God said, “Let the waters teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the sky.”

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