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1 Corinthians 15:42
42It is the same way with the resurrection of the dead. Our earthly bodies are planted in the ground when we die, but they will be raised to live forever.
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 bodies in the heavens and bodies on the earth. The glory of the heavenly bodies is different from the glory of the earthly bodies. 41The sun has one kind of glory, while the moon and stars each have another kind. And even the stars differ from each other in their glory. It is the same way with the resurrection of the dead. Our earthly bodies are planted in the ground when we die, but they will be raised to live forever. 43Our bodies are buried in brokenness, but they will be raised in glory. They are buried in weakness, but they will be raised in strength. 44They are buried as natural human bodies, but they will be raised as spiritual bodies. For just as there are natural bodies, there are also spiritual bodies.
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Οὕτως καὶ ἡ ἀνάστασις τῶν νεκρῶν. σπείρεται ἐν φθορᾷ, ἐγείρεται ἐν ἀφθαρσίᾳ·Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- Soοὕτωςhoutō · thus(-ly)G3779
- alsoκαίkai · andG2532
- the resurrectionἀνάστασιςanastasis · resurrectionG386
- of the deadνεκρόςnekros · deadG3498
- It is sownσπείρωspeirō · to sowG4687
- inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
- corruptionφθοράphthora · corruptionG5356
- it is raisedἐγείρωegeirō · to ariseG1453
- incorruptionἀφθαρσίαaphtharsia · incorruptibilityG861
Cross-references for 1 Corinthians 15:42
- 1 Corinthians 15:50What I am saying, dear brothers and sisters, is that our physical bodies cannot inherit the Kingdom of God. These dying bodies cannot inherit what will last forever.
- Daniel 12:3Those who are wise will shine as bright as the sky, and those who lead many to righteousness will shine like the stars forever.
- Matthew 13:43Then the righteous will shine like the sun in their Father’s Kingdom. Anyone with ears to hear should listen and understand!
- Philippians 3:20But we are citizens of heaven, where the Lord Jesus Christ lives. And we are eagerly waiting for him to return as our Savior.
- Genesis 3:19By the sweat of your brow will you have food to eat until you return to the ground from which you were made. For you were made from dust, and to dust you will return.”
- Job 17:14What if I call the grave my father, and the maggot my mother or my sister?
- Psalms 16:10For you will not leave my soul among the dead or allow your holy one to rot in the grave.
- Psalms 49:9to live forever and never see the grave.
- Isaiah 38:17Yes, this anguish was good for me, for you have rescued me from death and forgiven all my sins.
- Acts 2:27For you will not leave my soul among the dead or allow your Holy One to rot in the grave.
- Acts 13:34For God had promised to raise him from the dead, not leaving him to rot in the grave. He said, ‘I will give you the sacred blessings I promised to David.’
- Romans 1:23And instead of worshiping the glorious, ever-living God, they worshiped idols made to look like mere people and birds and animals and reptiles.
- Romans 8:21the creation looks forward to the day when it will join God’s children in glorious freedom from death and decay.
- 1 Corinthians 15:52It will happen in a moment, in the blink of an eye, when the last trumpet is blown. For when the trumpet sounds, those who have died will be raised to live forever. And we who are living will also be transformed.
- Luke 20:35But in the age to come, those worthy of being raised from the dead will neither marry nor be given in marriage.
- 1 Peter 1:4and we have a priceless inheritance—an inheritance that is kept in heaven for you, pure and undefiled, beyond the reach of change and decay.
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
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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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