1 Corinthians 15:38

But God gives it a body, as it is pleasing to him, and to every seed its special body.

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In The King James Version

But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body.

In Context

37And when you put it into the earth, you do not put in the body which it will be, but only the seed, of grain or some other sort of plant;

39All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one flesh of men, another of beasts, another of birds, and another of fishes.

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Cross References

Psalms 104:14He makes the grass come up for the cattle, and plants for the use of man; so that bread may come out of the earth;

Mark 4:26And he said, Such is the kingdom of God, as if a man put seed in the earth,

Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 15:36-51

The Resurrection of Saints. ( a. d. 57.) 35 But some man will say, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come? 36 Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die: 37 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: 38 But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body. 39 All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts,… Read the whole commentary →

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