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1 Corinthians 15

1 Corinthians 15:37

The Resurrection Body · 1 Corinthians 15:35–49
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Translations

Modern
And what you sow is not the body that will be, but just a seed, perhaps of wheat or something else.
Traditional
And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain:
Literal
And what you sow is not the body that will be, but you sow a bare grain, if it may be of wheat or of some of the rest.
Latin
…et quod seminas, non corpus, quod futurum est, seminas, sed nudum granum, ut puta tritici, aut alicujus ceterorum.

Original

Greek
English
And what you sow is not the body that will be, but just a seed, perhaps of wheat or something else.

Notes

1 Corinthians 15:37–39

Just as a plant's shape does not look like its seed, the seed still determines the plant's growth. Similarly, the resurrection body will differ from the current body but will still be recognizable as the same person.

1 Corinthians 15:35–58

Paul talks about what resurrection bodies are like, possibly answering doubts. In the Greco-Roman world, people often believed the soul was immortal, but not that the body could rise again.

1 Corinthians 15:1–58

Some church members doubted a future resurrection of the dead. Paul reassures them and addresses their skeptical questions by discussing the nature of a resurrection body.

Glossary

Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (New Testament) Body Body of Christ Death Eschatology First Letter to the Corinthians Glorification Intermediate State Man New Creation, New Creature Parousia Peter, the Apostle Place of the Dead Resurrection Second Adam Sleep

Topics

Body: Resurrection of Botany: Laws of Nature in the Vegetable Kingdom Uniform in Action Immortality: General Scriptures Concerning Resurrection: General Scriptures Concerning Seed: Difference Between, and the Plant Which Grows from It, Seed: Sowing of, Type of Burial of the Body Seed: Sowing, Illustrative of The Burial of the Body The Resurrection is not Contrary to Reason The Resurrection: Illustrated