John Calvin Commentary 1 Corinthians 15:36

"Thou foolish one, that which thou thyself sowest is not quickened except it die:" — 1 Corinthians 15:36 (ASV)

Thou fool, that which thou sowest. The Apostle might have replied that the method, which is incomprehensible to us, is nevertheless easy for God. Therefore, we must not form our judgment here according to our own understanding, but must assign to the stupendous and secret power of God the honor of believing that it will accomplish what we cannot comprehend.

He proceeds, however, in another way. For he shows that the resurrection is so far from being contrary to nature that we have a clear illustration of it every day in the course of nature itself—in the growth of the fruits of the earth. For from what else but from rottenness do the fruits that we gather from the earth spring?

For when the seed has been sown, unless the grains die, there will be no increase. Corruption, then, being the commencement and cause of production, we have in this a sort of picture of the resurrection. Therefore, it follows that we are exceedingly perverse and ungrateful in estimating the power of God if we deny Him what is already manifest before our eyes.