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That which you sow, you don`t sow the body that will be, but a bare grain, maybe of wheat, or of some other kind.
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The Seed vs. The Plant
Paul uses a simple farming analogy to explain the resurrection. Commentators note that you don't plant a fully formed wheat stalk; you plant a 'bare grain.' What grows is far more glorious and complex than the seed. In the same way, our resurrected bodies will be fundamentally different from, and superior to, our current mortal bodies, even though they originate from them.
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1 Corinthians
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And that which thou sowest. The seed which is sown.
Not that body that shall be. You sow one kernel which is to produce ma…
Not the body which shall be (ου το σωμα το γενησομενον). Articular future participle of γινομα, literally, "not the body that will…
19th Century
Anglican
God giveth it a body.—Here it is implied that, though the seed grows up, as we say, “in…
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Baptist
Every person will have their own body. There will be differences and unique characteristics, just as there are here; and we will therefore know eac…
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
You sow not that body that will spring up. This comparison consists of two parts — first, that it is not surprising that…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And that which you sow, you sow not that body that shall be The sower, for instance, does not take a stalk of wheat …
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…
