1 Corinthians 15:38

but God giveth it a body, as he willed, and to every seed its own body.

Noyes Bible

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 what thou sowest, not the body that shall be dost thou sow, but a bare grain, of wheat perhaps, or of some of the other grains;

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

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Cross References

Psalms 104:14He causeth grass to spring up for cattle, And herbage for the service of man, To bring forth food out of the earth,

Mark 4:26And he said, Thus is the kingdom of God, as when a man has cast seed upon the ground,

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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