1 Corinthians 15:42
It is the same with the resurrection of the dead. Sown a mortal body, it rises immortal; sown disfigured, it rises beautiful;
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption:
In Context
43sown weak, it rises strong; sown a human body, it rises a spiritual body.
Cross References
Genesis 3:19By the sweat of your brow you will eat bread, until you return to the ground, for from it you were taken; for dust you are, and to dust you will return!”
Psalms 16:10For you will not give me up to Sheol nor let any who love you see the pit.
Psalms 49:14Like sheep they descend to Sheol with Death for their shepherd; down they go straight to the grave, and their form wastes away in their home below.
Luke 20:35but, for those who are thought worthy to attain to that other world and the resurrection from the dead, there is no marrying or being married,
Acts 2:31and referred to the resurrection of the Christ when he said that he had not been abandoned to Hades, nor had his body undergone corruption.
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 →