1 Corinthians 15:42

1 Corinthians 15:42 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption:
• New International Version (NIV)So will it be with the resurrection of the dead. The body that is sown is perishable, it is raised imperishable;
• New King James Version (NKJV)So also is the resurrection of the dead. The body is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruption.
• New Living Translation (NLT)It is the same way with the resurrection of the dead. Our earthly bodies are planted in the ground when we die, but they will be raised to live forever.

Context of 1 Corinthians 15:42

40There are heavenly bodies and earthly bodies, but the glory of the heavenly is of one kind, and the glory of the earthly is of another. 41There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for star differs from star in glory. So is it with the resurrection of the dead. What is sown is perishable; what is raised is imperishable. 43It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power. 44It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body.

1 Corinthians 15:42 word by word

Οὕτως καὶ ἡ ἀνάστασις τῶν νεκρῶν. σπείρεται ἐν φθορᾷ, ἐγείρεται ἐν ἀφθαρσίᾳ·Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Soοὕτωςhoutō · thus(-ly)G3779
• alsoκαίkai · andG2532
• the resurrectionἀνάστασιςanastasis · resurrectionG386
• of the deadνεκρόςnekros · deadG3498
• It is sownσπείρωspeirō · to sowG4687
• inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• corruptionφθοράphthora · corruptionG5356
• it is raisedἐγείρωegeirō · to ariseG1453
• incorruptionἀφθαρσίαaphtharsia · incorruptibilityG861

Cross-references for 1 Corinthians 15:42

• 1 Corinthians 15:50I tell you this, brothers: flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.
• Daniel 12:3And those who are wise shall shine like the brightness of the sky above; and those who turn many to righteousness, like the stars forever and ever.
• Matthew 13:43Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear.
• Philippians 3:20But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,
• Genesis 3:19By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you shall return."
• Job 17:14if I say to the pit, 'You are my father,' and to the worm, 'My mother,' or 'My sister,'
• Psalms 16:10For you will not abandon my soul to Sheol, or let your holy one see corruption.
• Psalms 49:9that he should live on forever and never see the pit.
• Isaiah 38:17Behold, it was for my welfare that I had great bitterness; but in love you have delivered my life from the pit of destruction, for you have cast all my sins behind your back.
• Acts 2:27For you will not abandon my soul to Hades, or let your Holy One see corruption.
• Acts 13:34And as for the fact that he raised him from the dead, no more to return to corruption, he has spoken in this way, "'I will give you the holy and sure blessings of David.'
• Romans 1:23and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man and birds and animals and creeping things.
• Romans 8:21that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to corruption and obtain the freedom of the glory of the children of God.
• 1 Corinthians 15:52in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed.
• Luke 20:35but those who are considered worthy to attain to that age and to the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage,
• 1 Peter 1:4to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you,

Commentaries on 1 Corinthians 15:42

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 42So also is the resurrection of the dead - That is, the bodies of the dead, though all immortal, shall possess different degrees of splendor and glory, according to the state of holiness in which their respective souls were found. The rabbins have some crude notions concerning different degrees of glory, which the righteous shall possess in the kingdom of heaven. They make out seven degrees: - "The first of which is possessed by צדיקים tsaddikim, the just…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 42So also is the resurrection - In a manner similar to the grain that is sown, and to the different degrees of splendor and magnificence in the bodies in the sky and on the earth. The dead shall be raised in a manner analogous to the springing up of grain; and there shall be a difference between the body here and the body in the resurrection. It is sown - In death. As we sow or plant the kernel in the earth. In corruption - In the grave; in a place where it…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. 42-44Resurrection bodies will be very different from our mortal bodies, just as plants differ from the seeds they grow from.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4242. sown--Following up the image of seed. A delightful word instead of burial. in corruption--liable to corruption: corruptible: not merely a prey when dead to corruption; as the contrast shows, "raised in incorruption," that is, not liable to corruption: incorruptible.Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Corinthians 15:42

• Body
• Corruption
• Immortality
• Resurrection

In the dictionaries

• Resurrection of the dead
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• Corruptible
• Die
• Differ
• Flesh
• Immortality
• Incorruption

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