1 Corinthians 15:37

And that which you sow, you sow not that body that shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain:

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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:

In Context

36You fool, that which you sow is not quickened, except it die:

38But God gives it a body as it has pleased him, and to every seed his own body.

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Cross References

Leviticus 11:37And if any part of their carcass fall upon any sowing seed which is to be sown, it shall be clean.

2 Corinthians 2:14Now thanks be unto God, which always causes us to triumph in Christ, and makes manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place.

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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