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You foolish one, that which you yourself sow is not made alive unless it dies.
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A Rebuke to Intellectual Pride
Commentators explain that Paul calls the questioner "foolish" not as a personal insult, but because the objection ignores a fundamental principle seen in nature. Skeptics who pride themselves on their intellect are shown to be senseless for overlooking the everyday miracle of a seed "dying" to produce new life. The argument against resurrection is undermined by the very world God created.
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1 Corinthians
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Thou fool. Foolish, inconsiderate man! The meaning is that it was foolish to make this objection when the same difficulty existed in an un…
Thou foolish one (αφρων). Old word (α privative, φρην), lack of sense. It is a severe term and justified by the implication "that …
19th Century
Anglican
You fool.—Better, Fool, or more literally, Senseless one. The word in the Greek does not have t…
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Baptist
Would you take the seed into your hand, and begin to argue, "How can that little seed ever become a flower?" Could you guess, apart from observatio…
Paul now answers the question some believers were asking: since a resurrection “body” (GK 5393) would be like the sinful mortal body we now have, h…
16th Century
Protestant
Thou fool, that which thou sowest. The Apostle might have replied that the method, which is incomprehensible to us, is nevertheless easy f…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
You fool Not transgressing the law of Christ, which makes him that calls his brother a fool in danger of hell fire; …
13th Century
Catholic
Having proved the resurrection of the dead, the Apostle now shows the quality and manner of those who rise. In this regard, he does two things: fir…
