1 Corinthians 15:35

1 Corinthians 15:35 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But some man will say, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come?
• New International Version (NIV)But someone will ask, “How are the dead raised? With what kind of body will they come?”
• English Standard Version (ESV)But someone will ask, "How are the dead raised? With what kind of body do they come?"
• New King James Version (NKJV)But someone will say, “How are the dead raised up? And with what body do they come?”

Context of 1 Corinthians 15:35

33Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good morals.” 34Come to your senses and stop sinning; for some people are ignorant about God. I say this to your shame. But someone will ask, “How are the dead raised? What kind of body will they have when they come?” 36You fool! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies. 37And as for what you sow — you are not sowing the body that will be, but only a seed, perhaps of wheat or another grain.

1 Corinthians 15:35 word by word

Ἀλλ᾽ ἐρεῖ τις· πῶς ἐγείρονται οἱ νεκροί; ποίῳ δὲ σώματι ἔρχονται;Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Butἀλλάalla · butG235
• someτιςtis · oneG5100
• will sayἐρῶereō · to sayG2046
• Howπῶςpōs · how?!G4459
• areἐγείρωegeirō · to ariseG1453
• theὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• deadνεκρόςnekros · deadG3498
• andδέde · thenG1161
• with whatποῖοςpoios · what?G4169
• bodyσῶμαsōma · bodyG4983
• do they comeἔρχομαιerchomai · to come/goG2064

Cross-references for 1 Corinthians 15:35

• Job 11:12But a stupid person will gain understanding as soon as a wild donkey is born a human!
• Job 22:13Yet you say, “What does God know? Can he judge through total darkness?
• Psalms 73:11The wicked say, “How can God know? Does the Most High know everything?”
• Ecclesiastes 11:5Just as you don’t know the path of the wind, or how bones develop in the womb of a pregnant woman, so also you don’t know the work of God who makes everything.
• Ezekiel 37:3Then he said to me, “Son of man, can these bones live?” I replied, “Lord God, only you know.”
• John 3:4“How can anyone be born when he is old?” Nicodemus asked him. “Can he enter his mother’s womb a second time and be born?”
• John 9:10So they asked him, “Then how were your eyes opened?”
• 1 Corinthians 15:38But God gives it a body as he wants, and to each of the seeds its own body.
• Matthew 22:29Jesus answered them, “You are mistaken, because you don’t know the Scriptures or the power of God.
• Philippians 3:21He will transform the body of our humble condition into the likeness of his glorious body, by the power that enables him to subject everything to himself.

Commentaries on 1 Corinthians 15:35

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 35But some man will say - . It is very likely that the apostle, by some, some one, some man, means particularly the false apostle, or teacher at Corinth, who was chief in the opposition to the pure doctrine of the Gospel, and to whom, in this covert way, he often refers. The second part of the apostle's discourse begins at this verse. What shall be the nature of the resurrection body? The question is stated, 1 Corinthians 15:35. It is answered: first, by a…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 35But some man will say - An objection will be made to the statement that the dead will be raised. This verse commences the second part of the chapter, in which the apostle meets the objections to the argument. and shows in what manner the dead will be raised. See the Analysis. That objections were made to the doctrine is apparent from 1 Corinthians 15:12. How are the dead raised up? - ( ͂ PōsIn what way or manner; by what means. This I regard as the first…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 35-50Verses 35-50 1. How are the dead raised up? that is, by what means? How can they be raised? 2. As to the bodies which shall rise. Will it be with the like shape, and form, and stature, and members, and qualities? The former objection is that of those who opposed the doctrine, the latter of curious doubters. To the first the answer is, This was to be brought about by Divine power; that power which all may see does somewhat like it, year after year, in the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 35-58Paul talks about what resurrection bodies are like, possibly answering doubts. In the Greco-Roman world, people often believed the soul was immortal, but not that the body could rise again.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3535. How--It is folly to deny a fact of REVELATION, because we do not know the "how." Some measure God's power by their petty intelligence, and won't admit, even on His assurance, anything which they cannot explain. Ezekiel's answer of faith to the question is the truly wise one (Eze 37:3). So Jesus argues not on principles of philosophy, but wholly from "the power of God," as declared by the Word of God (Mt 19:26; Mr 10:27; 12:23; Lu 18:27). come--The…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Corinthians 15:35

• Body
• Immortality
• Resurrection

In the dictionaries

• Adam
• Awake
• Corrupt
• Corruptible
• Die
• Differ
• Flesh
• Immortality
• Incorruption
• Least

Commentaries on 1 Corinthians 15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings