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 Living Translation (NLT)But someone may ask, “How will the dead be raised? What kind of bodies will they have?”

Context of 1 Corinthians 15:35

33Do not be deceived: “Evil company corrupts good habits.” 34Awake to righteousness, and do not sin; for some do not have the knowledge of God. I speak this to your shame. But someone will say, “How are the dead raised up? And with what body do they come?” 36Foolish one, what you sow is not made alive unless it dies. 37And what you sow, you do not sow that body that shall be, but mere grain—perhaps wheat or some other 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 11:12For an empty-headed man will be wise, When a wild donkey’s colt is born a man.
• Job 22:13And you say, ‘What does God know? Can He judge through the deep darkness?
• Psalms 73:11And they say, “How does God know? And is there knowledge in the Most High?”
• Ecclesiastes 11:5As you do not know what is the way of the wind, Or how the bones grow in the womb of her who is with child, So you do not know the works of God who makes everything.
• Ezekiel 37:3And He said to me, “Son of man, can these bones live?” So I answered, “O Lord God, You know.”
• John 3:4Nicodemus said to Him, “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother’s womb and be born?”
• John 9:10Therefore they said to him, “How were your eyes opened?”
• 1 Corinthians 15:38But God gives it a body as He pleases, and to each seed its own body.
• Matthew 22:29Jesus answered and said to them, “You are mistaken, not knowing the Scriptures nor the power of God.
• Philippians 3:21who will transform our lowly body that it may be conformed to His glorious body, according to the working by which He is able even to subdue all things 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