What Does 1 Corinthians 15:41 Mean in the King James?

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.

1 Corinthians 15:41 · KJV

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King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.

This verse in the Selah Decoded Version

THE KEY

The heavens hold many distinct glories, and every star differs in its own splendor.

THE MEANING

You are surrounded by forms of radiance that do not collapse into a single standard. The sun, moon, and stars each have a distinct glory, and even star differs from star. Difference is visible within glory itself.

WHAT THIS UNDOES

The verse undoes the belief that only the brightest kind of radiance counts as glory; it names distinct glory in the moon and stars as well as the sun.

THE ROOT

δόξα

doxa

GROWS FROM

δοκ-

dok-

The word family centers on seeming, thinking, or regarding; ⁨δόξα⁩ develops toward reputation, honor, and splendor.

One English word, “glory,” carries both honor and visible splendor; the repeated Greek ⁨δόξα⁩ (doxa, glory or splendor) holds distinct radiances together. Each star’s difference remains within glory itself.

ALSO GROWS

dokeō: seem, think, regard

δοκέω

This related verb shows how the word family connects what is regarded with reputation and honor.

doxazō: glorify, honor

δοξάζω

This verbal branch keeps honor and the display of splendor within the same word family.

THE PATTERN

The created order holds distinct forms and functions together without making them identical.

And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.

Genesis 1:16 · KJVThe lights have distinct roles and forms within the same ordered heavens.

When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;

Psalm 8:3 · KJVThe moon and stars appear as distinct parts of the heavens, each placed within the created order.

Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit.

1 Corinthians 12:4 · KJVDifferent gifts coexist within one shared source, echoing the verse’s many forms of glory.

THE THREAD

And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one:

John 17:22 · KJV

The Greek ⁨δόξα⁩ (doxa, glory) names the splendor of the heavenly bodies here and the glory given to others in this verse. Together they hold distinct radiance and shared glory in view.

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