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;
• English Standard Version (ESV)So is it with the resurrection of the dead. What is sown is perishable; what is raised is 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.

Context of 1 Corinthians 15:42

40There are also heavenly bodies and earthly bodies, but the glory of the heavenly is one, and the glory of the earthly is another. 41There is one glory of the sun, another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for star differs from star in glory. So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown a perishable body, it is raised an imperishable body; 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

• Soοὕτωςhoutō · thus(-ly)G3779
• alsoκαίkai · andG2532
• is the resurrectionἀνάστασιςanastasis · resurrectionG386
• of the deadνεκρόςnekros · deadG3498
• It is sownσπείρωspeirō · to sowG4687
• a perishableφθοράphthora · corruptionG5356
• it is raisedἐγείρωegeirō · to ariseG1453
• an imperishableἀφθαρσίαaphtharsia · incorruptibilityG861

Cross-references for 1 Corinthians 15:42

• 1 Corinthians 15:50Now I say this, brothers and sisters, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.
• Daniel 12:3And those who have insight will shine like the glow of the expanse of heaven, and those who lead the many to righteousness, like the stars forever and ever.
• Matthew 13:43Then the righteous will shine forth like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. The one who has ears, let him hear.
• Philippians 3:20For our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ;
• Genesis 3:19By the sweat of your face You shall eat bread, Until you return to the ground, Because from it you were taken; For you are dust, And to dust you shall return.”
• Job 17:14If I call to the grave, ‘You are my father’; To the maggot, ‘my mother and my sister’;
• Psalms 16:10For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol; You will not allow Your Holy One to undergo decay.
• Psalms 49:9That he might live on eternally, That he might not undergo decay.
• Isaiah 38:17Behold, for my own welfare I had great bitterness; But You have kept my soul from the pit of nothingness, For You have hurled all my sins behind Your back.
• Acts 2:27For You will not abandon my soul to Hades, Nor will You allow Your Holy One to undergo decay.
• Acts 13:34As for the fact that He raised Him from the dead, never again to return to decay, He has spoken in this way: ‘I will give you the holy and faithful mercies of David.’
• Romans 1:23and they exchanged the glory of the incorruptible God for an image in the form of corruptible mankind, of birds, four-footed animals, and crawling creatures.
• Romans 8:21that the creation itself also will be set free from its slavery to corruption into 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 will be changed.
• Luke 20:35but those who are considered worthy to attain to that age and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry nor are given in marriage;
• 1 Peter 1:4to obtain an inheritance which is imperishable, undefiled, and will not fade away, reserved 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

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• Resurrection of the dead
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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