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 King James Version (NKJV)But someone will say, “How are the dead raised up? And with what body do they come?”

Context of 1 Corinthians 15:35

33Don’t be fooled by those who say such things, for “bad company corrupts good character.” 34Think carefully about what is right, and stop sinning. For to your shame I say that some of you don’t know God at all. But someone may ask, “How will the dead be raised? What kind of bodies will they have?” 36What a foolish question! When you put a seed into the ground, it doesn’t grow into a plant unless it dies first. 37And what you put in the ground is not the plant that will grow, but only a bare seed of wheat or whatever you are planting.

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 11:12An empty-headed person won’t become wise any more than a wild donkey can bear a human child.
• Job 22:13But you reply, ‘That’s why God can’t see what I am doing! How can he judge through the thick darkness?
• Psalms 73:11“What does God know?” they ask. “Does the Most High even know what’s happening?”
• Ecclesiastes 11:5Just as you cannot understand the path of the wind or the mystery of a tiny baby growing in its mother’s womb, so you cannot understand the activity of God, who does all things.
• Ezekiel 37:3Then he asked me, “Son of man, can these bones become living people again?” “O Sovereign Lord,” I replied, “you alone know the answer to that.”
• John 3:4“What do you mean?” exclaimed Nicodemus. “How can an old man go back into his mother’s womb and be born again?”
• John 9:10They asked, “Who healed you? What happened?”
• 1 Corinthians 15:38Then God gives it the new body he wants it to have. A different plant grows from each kind of seed.
• Matthew 22:29Jesus replied, “Your mistake is that you don’t know the Scriptures, and you don’t know the power of God.
• Philippians 3:21He will take our weak mortal bodies and change them into glorious bodies like his own, using the same power with which he will bring everything under his control.

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