1 Corinthians 15:38

God gives it the body that he pleases – to each seed its special body.

Open English Bible (US)

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 sow, you sow not the body that will be, but a mere grain – perhaps of wheat, or something else.

39All forms of life are not the same; there is one for people, another for beasts, another for birds, and another for fish.

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Cross References

Psalms 104:14He makes grass grow for the cattle, and herbs for people. He brings bread out of the earth;

Mark 4:26Jesus also said, “This is what the kingdom of God is like – like a man who has scattered seed on 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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