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1 Corinthians 15

1 Corinthians 15:38

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

Modern
But God gives it a body as He has designed, and to each kind of seed He gives its own body.
Traditional
But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body.
Literal
But God gives it a body as He willed, and to each of the seeds, its own body.
Latin
Deus autem dat illi corpus sicut vult: ut unicuique seminum proprium corpus.

Original

Greek
English
But God gives it a body as He has designed, and to each kind of seed He gives its own body.

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 Genetic Engineering God: Creator of Man Immortality: General Scriptures Concerning Resurrection: General Scriptures Concerning Seed: Difference Between, and the Plant Which Grows from It, Seed: Each Kind Has Its own Body Seed: Each Kind of, Has Its own Body Seed: Sowing of, Type of Burial of the Body Seed: Sowing, Illustrative of The Burial of the Body Seeds The Resurrection is not Contrary to Reason