1 Corinthians 15:41
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. 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.
The verse belongs to the extended teaching in the fifteenth chapter of 1 Corinthians about the resurrection of the dead and of the body. The resurrection is necessary because the whole person sleeps in the grave until that event. The passage distinguishes the mortal body from the immortal body without requiring the same particles of matter, while identity is preserved through organization.
The hiding of a seed in the tomb and its springing up to deathless life illustrates the hope that the dead will rise. The same growth of a planted seed also illustrates the renewing of the heart, where the human agent plants and God waters and shines His sun upon it until the tiny blade springs up. In the same way God gives life in resurrection and renewal, and spiritual things are learned from the development of earthly things.
The differing glories of sun, moon, and stars mean that resurrected bodies and saved people will differ from one another in glory, with one saint differing from another. The differing glory includes different spheres of service in the future life, with rewards corresponding to the good deeds that are the fruit of faith. The glory of each saved person's crown depends on faithfulness in using entrusted opportunities, privileges, mercies, and talents, because each receives according to works.
Parents who neglect or indulge their children and let them follow their own way because it is easier will not stand on the same footing or be regarded in the same light as parents who follow God's will and way and devote their lives to Christ's service. Those who build defective character of wood, hay, and stubble on the foundation may yet be saved with their children if they awake to their defects, but their glory in light will be less. A life of careless inattention to God's claims that wastes substance and refuses sanctifying light and truth and the peace and joy of Christ brings terrible loss through all eternity even if the person is saved, leaving a diminished glory.