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1 Corinthians 15:36

Anyone 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.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die:

In Context

35But 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?”

37A seed, such as a wheat seed, is very different from the plant that sprouts from it.

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Cross References

Luke 11:40You foolish people! God is concerned about things that are outside our bodies, but ◄he is certainly also concerned about our inner beings!/isn’t he also concerned about our hearts?► [RHQ]

Luke 24:25He said to them, “ You two foolish men! You are so slow to believe all that the prophets have written about the Messiah!

Romans 1:22Although they claimed that they were wise, they became foolish,

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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