1 Corinthians 15:38

and to each kind of seed a body of its own.

Weymouth NT (1912)

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

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,

39All flesh is not the same: there is human flesh, and flesh of cattle, of birds, and of fishes.

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Cross References

Mark 4:26Another saying of His was this: "The Kingdom of God is as if a man scattered seed over the ground:

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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