1 Corinthians 15:43
It is sown in dishonor, it rises in glory. It is sown in weakness, it rises in power.
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
In The King James Version
It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power:
In Context
42So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption, it rises in incorruption.
Cross References
Matthew 13:43Then will the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He that has ears to hear, let him hear[13:43].
Mark 12:24Jesus answering said to them: Do ye not therefore err, because ye know not the Scriptures, nor the power of God?
2 Corinthians 13:4For even if he was crucified through weakness, yet he lives by the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we shall live with him by the power of God toward you.
Philippians 3:10that I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings[3:10], being conformed to his death;
Colossians 3:4When Christ, our life, shall be manifested, then will ye also with him be manifested in glory.
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 →