Albert Barnes Commentary 1 Corinthians 15:43

"it is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power:" — 1 Corinthians 15:43 (ASV)

It is sown in dishonour. In the grave, where it is shut out from human view, hurried away from the sight of friends, loathsome and offensive as a mass turning to decay. There is, moreover, a kind of disgrace and ignominy attending it here, as under the curse of God, and, on account of sin, sentenced to the offensiveness of the grave.

It is raised in glory. In honour, in beauty; honoured by God by the removal of the curse, and in a form and manner that will be glorious. This refers to the fact that everything like dishonour, vileness, and ignominy that attends it here will be removed there, and that the body will bear a resemblance to the glorified body of Jesus Christ (Ephesians 3:21).

It will be adapted to a world of glory, and everything that here rendered it vile, valueless, cumbersome, offensive, or degraded will be removed there. Of course, any idea we can get from this is chiefly negative, consisting in the denial that the body will have there the qualities that here render it vile or loathsome. The word glory (doxh) means dignity, splendour, honour, excellence, perfection, and is used here to denote the combination of all those things that will rescue it from ignominy and disgrace.

It is sown in weakness. Weak, feeble, liable to decay. Here disease prostrates the strength, takes away its power, and consigns it to the dust. It denotes the many weaknesses, frailties, and liabilities to sickness to which we are exposed here. Its feeble powers are soon prostrate; its vital functions soon cease in death.

It is raised in power.

This does not denote power like that of God, nor like the angels. It does not affirm that it will be endowed with remarkable and enormous physical strength, or that it will have the power of performing what would now be regarded as miraculous. It is to be regarded as the opposite of the word "weakness" and means that it will no longer be liable to disease, no more overcome by the attacks of sickness, and no more subject to the infirmities and weaknesses that it experiences here.

It will not be prostrate by sickness, nor overcome by fatigue. It will be capable of the service of God without weariness and languor; it will need no rest as it does here (Revelation 7:15; Revelation 22:5), but it will be in a world where there will be no fatigue, lassitude, or disease, but where there will be ample power to engage in the service of God forever. There is, however, no improbability in supposing that the physical powers of man, as well as his intellectual, may be greatly augmented in heaven. But on this point, there is no revelation.