King James Version
52 In a moment,
in the twinkling of an eye,
at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound,
and the dead shall be raised incorruptible,
and we shall be changed.
53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption,
and this mortal must put on immortality.
This is fourth in the "citizenship in heaven" series.
This time, we talk about the LORD's glorified body, and how He will transform our vile bodies.
Bible translations speak of the LORD's power in doing so:
Philippians 3:21
King James Version
21 Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.
Philippians 3:21
American Standard Version
21 who shall fashion anew the body of our humiliation, that it may be conformed to the body of his glory, according to the working whereby he is able even to subject all things unto himself.
Philippians 3:21
Amplified Bible
21 who, by exerting that power which enables Him even to subject everything to Himself, will [not only] transform [but completely refashion] our earthly bodies so that they will be like His glorious resurrected body.
Philippians 3:21
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
21 Who will [a]transform and fashion anew the body of our humiliation to conform to and be like the body of His glory and majesty, by exerting that power which enables Him even to subject everything to Himself.
Philippians 3:21
Christian Standard Bible
21 He will transform the body of our humble condition into the likeness of his glorious body, by the power that enables him to subject everything to himself.
Philippians 3:21
Common English Bible
21 He will transform our humble bodies so that they are like his glorious body, by the power that also makes him able to subject all things to himself.
Philippians 3:21
Contemporary English Version
21 has power over everything, and he will make these poor bodies of ours like his own glorious body.
Philippians 3:21
Darby Translation
21 who shall transform our body of humiliation into conformity to his body of glory, according to the working of [the] power which he has even to subdue all things to himself.
Philippians 3:21
Disciples’ Literal New Testament
21 Who will transform the body of our lowliness[a] so as to be similar-in-form[b] to the body of His glory, according-to the working that enables Him also to subject all things to Himself.
Philippians 3:21
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
21 Who will reform the body of our lowness, made like to the body of his glory, according to the operation whereby also he is able to subdue all things unto himself.
Philippians 3:21
Easy-to-Read Version
21 He will change our humble bodies and make them like his own glorious body. Christ can do this by his power, with which he is able to rule everything.
Philippians 3:21
Evangelical Heritage Version
21 By the power that enables him to subject all things to himself, he will transform our humble bodies to be like his glorious body.
Philippians 3:21
1599 Geneva Bible
21 Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working, whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.
Philippians 3:21
GOD’S WORD Translation
21 Through his power to bring everything under his authority, he will change our humble bodies and make them like his glorified body.
Philippians 3:21
International Standard Version
21 He will change our unassuming bodies and make them like his glorious body through the power that enables him to bring everything under his authority.
Philippians 3:21
J.B. Phillips New Testament
17-21 Let me be your example here, my brothers: let my example be the standard by which you can tell who are the genuine Christians among those about you. For there are many, of whom I have told you before and tell you again now, even with tears, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ. These men are heading for utter destruction—their god is their own appetite, their pride is in what they should be ashamed of, and this world is the limit of their horizon. But we are citizens of Heaven; our outlook goes beyond this world to the hopeful expectation of the saviour who will come from Heaven, the Lord Jesus Christ. He will re-make these wretched bodies of ours to resemble his own glorious body, by that power of his which makes him the master of everything that is.
Philippians 3:21
Jubilee Bible 2000
21 Who shall transform our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto the body of his glory, according to the working by which he is also able to subdue all things unto himself.
Philippians 3:21
Lexham English Bible
21 who will transform our humble body to be conformed to his glorious body, in accordance with the power that enables him even to subject all things to himself.
Philippians 3:21
Living Bible
21 When he comes back, he will take these dying bodies of ours and change them into glorious bodies like his own, using the same mighty power that he will use to conquer all else everywhere.
Philippians 3:21
The Message
20-21 But there’s far more to life for us. We’re citizens of high heaven! We’re waiting the arrival of the Savior, the Master, Jesus Christ, who will transform our earthy bodies into glorious bodies like his own. He’ll make us beautiful and whole with the same powerful skill by which he is putting everything as it should be, under and around him.
Philippians 3:21
Modern English Version
21 who will transform our body of humiliation, so that it may be conformed to His glorious body, according to the working of His power even to subdue all things to Himself.
Philippians 3:21
Names of God Bible
21 Through his power to bring everything under his authority, he will change our humble bodies and make them like his glorified body.
Philippians 3:21
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
21 He will change our lowly body to conform with his glorified body by the power that enables him also to bring all things into subjection to himself.
Philippians 3:21
New American Standard Bible
21 who will transform the body of our lowly condition into conformity with [a]His glorious body, by the exertion of the power that He has even to subject all things to Himself.
Philippians 3:21
New American Standard Bible 1995
21 who will transform [a]the body of our humble state into conformity with [b]the body of His glory, by the exertion of the power that He has even to subject all things to Himself.
Philippians 3:21
New Catholic Bible
21 He will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be conformed to his glorified body by the power that also enables him to make all things subject to himself.
Philippians 3:21
New Century Version
21 By his power to rule all things, he will change our humble bodies and make them like his own glorious body.
Philippians 3:21
New English Translation
21 who will transform these humble bodies of ours[a] into the likeness of his glorious body by means of that power by which he is able to subject all things to himself.
Philippians 3:21
New International Reader's Version
21 He has the power to bring everything under his control. By his power he will change our earthly bodies. They will become like his glorious body.
Philippians 3:21
New International Version
21 who, by the power that enables him to bring everything under his control, will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body.
Philippians 3:21
New Life Version
21 He will change these bodies of ours of the earth and make them new. He will make them like His body of shining-greatness. He has the power to do this because He can make all things obey Him.
Philippians 3:21
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.
Philippians 3:21
New Matthew Bible
21 who will change our lowly bodies so that they may be fashioned like his glorious body, by the power with which he is able to subdue all things to himself.
Philippians 3:21
New Revised Standard Version
21 He will transform the body of our humiliation[a] that it may be conformed to the body of his glory,[b] by the power that also enables him to make all things subject to himself.
Philippians 3:21
New Testament for Everyone
21 Our present body is a shabby old thing, but he’s going to transform it so that it’s just like his glorious body. And he’s going to do this by the power which makes him able to bring everything into line under his authority.
Kehillah in Philippi 3:21
Orthodox Jewish Bible
21 Who will transfigure the basar of our humiliation into the demut of the mode of being of the guf kavod of Moshiach, according to the pe’ulah (action, work—1:6; 2:13) of his ko’ach (power) [Ro 8:29;1C 15:43 53], even to the subjecting of all things to himself [1C 15:28]. T.N. The joyous tone of this letter is miraculous, given the fact that Rav Sha’ul is, as he is writing it, in danger of capital punishment by decapitation at anytime and without warning. But Sha’ul selflessly thinks about two quarreling women and the danger their quarrel poses to the kehillah in Philippi. He seems to have been leading up to this statement in 4:2: “I appeal to Euodias and I appeal to Syntyche, think the same thing in Adoneinu.” ]
Philippians 3:21
Revised Geneva Translation
21 He shall transform our humiliated body into a body conformed to His glory, according to the working whereby He is able even to subdue all things to Himself.
Philippians 3:21
Tree of Life Version
21 He will transform this humble body of ours
into the likeness of His glorious body,
through the power that enables Him
even to put all things in subjection to Himself.
Philippians 3:21
The Voice
21 transform these humble, earthly bodies into the form of His glorious body by the same power that brings all things under His control.
Philippians 3:21
World English Bible
21 who will change the body of our humiliation to be conformed to the body of his glory, according to the working by which he is able even to subject all things to himself.
Philippians 3:21
Worldwide English (New Testament)
21 He will change our body which was made for this world. He will make it like his own wonderful body. He will do this by his power to make all things obey him.
Philippians 3:21
Wycliffe Bible
21 which shall reform the body of our meekness, that is made like to the body of his clearness, by the working by which he may also make all things subject to him. [which shall reform the body of our meekness, configured, or made like, to the body of his clearness, after the working by which he may also make all things subject to him.]
Philippians 3:21
Young's Literal Translation
21 who shall transform the body of our humiliation to its becoming conformed to the body of his glory, according to the working of his power, even to subject to himself the all things.
In SUMMARY, having our bodies changed into the LORD's "glorious body" means:
that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body
that it may be conformed to the body of his glory
that they will be like His glorious resurrected body
be like the body of His glory and majesty
into the likeness of his glorious body
so that they are like his glorious body
like his own glorious body
into conformity to his body of glory
so as to be similar-in-form[b] to the body of His glory
made like to the body of his glory
and make them like his own glorious body
to be like his glorious body
that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body
and make them like his glorified body
and make them like his glorious body
resemble his own glorious body
that it may be fashioned like unto the body of his glory
to be conformed to his glorious body
and change them into glorious bodies like his own
into glorious bodies like his own
so that it may be conformed to His glorious body
and make them like his glorified body
to conform with his glorified body
into conformity with [a]His glorious body
into conformity with [b]the body of His glory
that they will be conformed to his glorified body
make them like his own glorious body
into the likeness of his glorious body
They will become like his glorious body
so that they will be like his glorious body
and make them new. He will make them like His body of shining-greatness
and change them into glorious bodies like his own
they may be fashioned like his glorious body
that it may be conformed to the body of his glory
but he’s going to transform it so that it’s just like his glorious body
into the demut of the mode of being of the guf kavod of Moshiach
into a body conformed to His glory
into the likeness of His glorious body
into the form of His glorious body
to be conformed to the body of his glory
He will make it like his own wonderful body
that is made like to the body of his clearness
to its becoming conformed to the body of his glory
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Updated 4 August 2022
