1 Corinthians 15:38

But God gives it a body even as it pleased him, and to each seed a body of its own.

World English Bible British with Deuterocanon

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

37That which you sow, you don’t sow the body that will be, but a bare grain, maybe of wheat, or of some other kind.

39All flesh is not the same flesh, but there is one flesh of men, another flesh of animals, another of fish, and another of birds.

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Cross References

Psalms 104:14He causes the grass to grow for the livestock, and plants for man to cultivate, that he may produce food out of the earth:

Mark 4:26He said, “God’s Kingdom is as if a man should cast seed on the earth,

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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