1 Corinthians 15:36

Foolish man! the seed you yourself sow has no life given to it unless it first dies;

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

35But some one will say, "How can the dead rise? And with what kind of body do they come back?"

37and as for what you sow, it is not the plant which is to be that you are sowing, but a bare grain, of wheat (it may be) or of something else, and God gives it a body as He has seen fit,

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Cross References

Luke 11:40Foolish men! Did not He who made the outside make the inside also?

Luke 24:25"O dull-witted men," He replied, "with minds so slow to believe all that the Prophets have spoken!

Romans 1:22While boasting of their wisdom they became utter fools,

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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