1 Corinthians 15:37
And what you sow is not the body that will be in the future, but a bare grain, such as of wheat, or of some other grain.
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In Context
36How foolish! What you sow cannot be brought back to life, unless it first dies.
38For God gives it a body according to his will, and according to each seed’s proper body.
Cross References
Leviticus 11:37If it falls upon seed grain, it shall not defile it.
2 Corinthians 2:14But thanks be to God, who always brings triumph to us in Christ Jesus, and who manifests the fragrance of his knowledge through us in every place.
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 →