1 Corinthians 15:35

But some of you are asking, “How will dead people be raised {How will God cause dead people to become alive} again? What kind of bodies will they have?”

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

But some man will say, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come?

In Context

34Start thinking correctly again about these matters, as you should, and stop your sinful behavior which has resulted from your wrong thinking. I say that because it seems that some among you do not know God, and as a result they are thinking wrongly. I say that to make you ashamed.

36Anyone who asks such questions is foolish. You know that a seed that is planted in the ground must completely change its form [MET] before it sprouts.

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Cross References

Job 11:12Stupid people like you will start to become wise [SAR] when wild donkeys stop giving birth to wild donkeys and start giving birth to tame donkeys.

Psalms 73:11Wicked people say to themselves, “God will certainly not [RHQ] know what we have done; people say that he is greater than any other god, but he does not know everything.”

Ezekiel 37:3He asked me, “You human, do you think that these bones can become living people again?” I replied, “Yahweh my Lord, only you know if that can happen.”

Matthew 22:29Jesus replied to them, “You are certainly wrong in what you are thinking. You do not know what is written in the Scriptures. You also do not know that God has the power to make people alive again.

John 3:9Nicodemus replied to him, “How can that happen?”

Romans 9:19One of you may object to this by saying to me, “ Because God determines ahead of time everything that people do, that also implies that he wants us to do everything that we do. ◄No one has resisted what God has willed!/Who has resisted what God has willed?► [RHQ] Therefore, ◄it would not be right that God would still condemn a person for having sinned!/why does God still condemn a person for having sinned?► [RHQ]”

Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 15:21-35

The Resurrection of Christ; The Resurrection of Saints. ( a. d. 57.) 20 But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept. 21 For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. 22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. 23 But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming. 24 Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he… Read the whole commentary →

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