God’s Word Translation
1 Corinthians 15:43
43When the body is planted, it doesn’t have any splendor and is weak. When it comes back to life, it has splendor and is strong.
1 Corinthians 15:43 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power:
- New International Version (NIV)it is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power;
- English Standard Version (ESV)It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power.
- New King James Version (NKJV)It is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness, it is raised in power.
Context of 1 Corinthians 15:43
41The sun has one kind of splendor, the moon has another kind of splendor, and the stars have still another kind of splendor. Even one star differs in splendor from another star. 42That is how it will be when the dead come back to life. When the body is planted, it decays. When it comes back to life, it cannot decay. When the body is planted, it doesn’t have any splendor and is weak. When it comes back to life, it has splendor and is strong. 44It is planted as a physical body. It comes back to life as a spiritual body. As there is a physical body, so there is also a spiritual body. 45This is what Scripture says: “The first man, Adam, became a living being.” The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.
Read all of 1 Corinthians 151 Corinthians 15:43 word by word
σπείρεται ἐν ἀτιμίᾳ, ἐγείρεται ἐν δόξῃ· σπείρεται ἐν ἀσθενείᾳ, ἐγείρεται ἐν δυνάμει·Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for 1 Corinthians 15:43
- Daniel 12:1⌞The person who looked like a human continued,⌟ “At that time Michael, the great commander, will stand up on behalf of the descendants of your people. It will be a time of trouble unlike any that has existed from the time there have been nations until that time. But at that time your people, everyone written in the book, will be rescued.
- Matthew 13:43Then the people who have God’s approval will shine like the sun in their Father’s kingdom. Let the person who has ears listen!
- Philippians 3:20We, however, are citizens of heaven. We look forward to the Lord Jesus Christ coming from heaven as our Savior.
- Job 14:10But a human dies and is powerless. A person breathes his last breath, and where is he?
- Psalms 102:23He has weakened my strength along the way. He has reduced ⌞the number of⌟ my days.
- 2 Corinthians 13:4He was weak when he was crucified, but by God’s power he lives. We are weak with him, but by God’s power we will live for you with his help.
- 1 Corinthians 6:14God brought the Lord back to life, and by his power God will also bring us back to life.
- Matthew 22:29Jesus answered, “You’re mistaken because you don’t know the Scriptures or God’s power.
- Mark 12:24Jesus said to them, “Aren’t you mistaken because you don’t know the Scriptures or God’s power?
- Philippians 3:10that knows Christ. Faith knows the power that his coming back to life gives and what it means to share his suffering. In this way I’m becoming like him in his death,
Commentaries on 1 Corinthians 15:43
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 43It is sown in dishonor - Being now stripped of all the glory it had as a machine, fearfully and wonderfully made by the hands of God; and also consigned to death and destruction because of sin. This is the most dishonorable circumstance. It is raised in glory - It is raised a glorious body, because immortal, and for ever redeemed from the empire of death. It is sown in weakness - The principles of dissolution, corruption, and decay, have prevailed over…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 43It is sown in dishonour - In the grave, where it is shut out from human view; hurried away from the sight of friends; loathsome and offensive as a mass turning to decay. There is, moreover, a kind of disgrace and ignominy attending it here, as under the curse of God, and, on account of sin, sentenced to the offensiveness of the grave. It is raised in glory - In honor; in beauty; honored by God by the removal of the curse, and in a form and manner that…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. 4343. in dishonour--answering to "our vile body" (Php 3:21); literally, "our body of humiliation": liable to various humiliations of disease, injury, and decay at last. in glory--the garment of incorruption (1Co 15:42, 43) like His glorious body (Php 4:21), which we shall put on (1Co 15:49, 53; 2Co 5:2-4). in weakness--liable to infirmities (2Co 13:4). in power--answering to a "spiritual body" (1Co 15:44; compare Lu 1:17, "Spirit and power"). Not liable to…Read the comment
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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
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