New King James Version
1 Corinthians 15:43
43It is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness, it is raised in power.
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 Living Translation (NLT)Our bodies are buried in brokenness, but they will be raised in glory. They are buried in weakness, but they will be raised in strength.
Context of 1 Corinthians 15:43
41There is one glory of the sun, another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for one star differs from another star in glory. 42So also is the resurrection of the dead. The body is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruption. It 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. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body. 45And so it is written, “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
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Cross-references for 1 Corinthians 15:43
- Daniel 12:1“At that time Michael shall stand up, The great prince who stands watch over the sons of your people; And there shall be a time of trouble, Such as never was since there was a nation, Even to that time. And at that time your people shall be delivered, Every one who is found written in the book.
- Matthew 13:43Then the righteous will shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears to hear, let him hear!
- Philippians 3:20For our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,
- Job 14:10But man dies and is laid away; Indeed he breathes his last And where is he?
- Psalms 102:23He weakened my strength in the way; He shortened my days.
- 2 Corinthians 13:4For though He was crucified in weakness, yet He lives by the power of God. For we also are weak in Him, but we shall live with Him by the power of God toward you.
- 1 Corinthians 6:14And God both raised up the Lord and will also raise us up by His power.
- Matthew 22:29Jesus answered and said to them, “You are mistaken, not knowing the Scriptures nor the power of God.
- Mark 12:24Jesus answered and said to them, “Are you not therefore mistaken, because you do not know the Scriptures nor the power of God?
- 2 Corinthians 13:14The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen.
- Philippians 3:10that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to 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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