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The body that is sown is perishable, it is raised imperishable; <a href="/nlt/1_corinthians/15.htm">New Living Translation</a> 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. <a href="/esv/1_corinthians/15.htm">English Standard Version</a> So is it with the resurrection of the dead. What is sown is perishable; what is raised is imperishable. <a href="/bsb/1_corinthians/15.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> So will it be with the resurrection of the dead: What is sown is perishable; it is raised imperishable. <a href="/blb/1_corinthians/15.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in decay; it is raised in immortality. <a href="/kjv/1_corinthians/15.htm">King James Bible</a> So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption: <a href="/nkjv/1_corinthians/15.htm">New King James Version</a> So also is the resurrection of the dead. The body is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruption. <a href="/nasb_/1_corinthians/15.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown a perishable body, it is raised an imperishable body; <a href="/nasb/1_corinthians/15.htm">NASB 1995</a> So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown a perishable body, it is raised an imperishable body; <a href="/nasb77/1_corinthians/15.htm">NASB 1977 </a> So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown a perishable body, it is raised an imperishable body; <a href="/lsb/1_corinthians/15.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown a corruptible body, it is raised an incorruptible body; <a href="/amp/1_corinthians/15.htm">Amplified Bible</a> So it is with the resurrection of the dead. The [human] body that is sown is perishable and mortal, it is raised imperishable and immortal. <a href="/csb/1_corinthians/15.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> So it is with the resurrection of the dead: Sown in corruption, raised in incorruption; <a href="/hcsb/1_corinthians/15.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> So it is with the resurrection of the dead: Sown in corruption, raised in incorruption; <a href="/asv/1_corinthians/15.htm">American Standard Version</a> So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption: <a href="/cev/1_corinthians/15.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> That's how it will be when our bodies are raised to life. These bodies will die, but the bodies that are raised will live forever. <a href="/erv/1_corinthians/15.htm">English Revised Version</a> So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption: <a href="/gwt/1_corinthians/15.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> That is how it will be when the dead come back to life. When the body is planted, it decays. When it comes back to life, it cannot decay. <a href="/gnt/1_corinthians/15.htm">Good News Translation</a> This is how it will be when the dead are raised to life. When the body is buried, it is mortal; when raised, it will be immortal. <a href="/isv/1_corinthians/15.htm">International Standard Version</a> This is how it will be at the resurrection of the dead. What is planted is decaying, what is raised cannot decay. <a href="/msb/1_corinthians/15.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> So will it be with the resurrection of the dead: What is sown is perishable; it is raised imperishable. <a href="/net/1_corinthians/15.htm">NET Bible</a> It is the same with the resurrection of the dead. What is sown is perishable, what is raised is imperishable. <a href="/nheb/1_corinthians/15.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption. <a href="/wbt/1_corinthians/15.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruption: <a href="/wey/1_corinthians/15.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> It is the same with the resurrection of the dead. The body is sown in a state of decay, it is raised free from decay; <a href="/web/1_corinthians/15.htm">World English Bible</a> So also is the resurrection of the dead. The body is sown perishable; it is raised imperishable. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/1_corinthians/15.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> So also [is] the resurrection of the dead: it is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruption; <a href="/blb/1_corinthians/15.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in decay; it is raised in immortality. <a href="/ylt/1_corinthians/15.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> So also is the rising again of the dead: it is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruption; <a href="/slt/1_corinthians/15.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> So also the rising up of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption:<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/1_corinthians/15.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption, it shall rise in incorruption. <a href="/cpdv/1_corinthians/15.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> So it is also with the resurrection of the dead. What is sown in corruption shall rise to incorruption. <a href="/nabre/1_corinthians/15.htm">New American Bible</a> So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown corruptible; it is raised incorruptible. <a href="/nrsvce/1_corinthians/15.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> So it is with the resurrection of the dead. What is sown is perishable, what is raised is imperishable.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/1_corinthians/15.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption: <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/1_corinthians/15.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> Thus also is the life for those who die. It is sown with corruption, it rises without corruption.<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/1_corinthians/15.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> So, also, is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruption: <a href="/godbey/1_corinthians/15.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption: <a href="/haweis/1_corinthians/15.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption: <a href="/mace/1_corinthians/15.htm">Mace New Testament</a> such will be the resurrection of the dead: the body is sown corruptible, it will be raised incorruptible. <a href="/wey/1_corinthians/15.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> It is the same with the resurrection of the dead. The body is sown in a state of decay, it is raised free from decay; <a href="/worrell/1_corinthians/15.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruption; <a href="/worsley/1_corinthians/15.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> So also will be the resurrection of the dead. Our body is sown in corruption, it is raised incorruptible: it is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory: <a href="/parallel/1_corinthians/15-42.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/g-wZWoK_LZU?start=3577" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/1_corinthians/15.htm">The Resurrection Body</a> …41The sun has one degree of splendor, the moon another, and the stars another; and star differs from star in splendor. 42<a href="/greek/3779.htm" title="3779: Houtōs (Adv) -- Thus, so, in this manner. Or (referring to what precedes or follows).">So</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">will it be</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: hē (Art-NFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">with the</a> <a href="/greek/386.htm" title="386: anastasis (N-NFS) -- A rising again, resurrection. From anistemi; a standing up again, i.e. a resurrection from death (its author), or a recovery.">resurrection</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tōn (Art-GMP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">of the</a> <a href="/greek/3498.htm" title="3498: nekrōn (Adj-GMP) -- (a) adj: dead, lifeless, subject to death, mortal, (b) noun: a dead body, a corpse. From an apparently primary nekus; dead.">dead:</a> <a href="/greek/4687.htm" title="4687: speiretai (V-PIM/P-3S) -- To sow, spread, scatter. Probably strengthened from spao; to scatter, i.e. Sow.">What is sown is</a> <a href="/greek/1722.htm" title="1722: en (Prep) -- In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; in, at, on, by, etc."></a> <a href="/greek/5356.htm" title="5356: phthora (N-DFS) -- Corruption, destruction, decay, rottenness, decomposition. From phtheiro; decay, i.e. Ruin.">perishable;</a> <a href="/greek/1453.htm" title="1453: egeiretai (V-PIM/P-3S) -- (a) I wake, arouse, (b) I raise up. Probably akin to the base of agora; to waken, i.e. Rouse.">it is raised</a> <a href="/greek/1722.htm" title="1722: en (Prep) -- In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; in, at, on, by, etc."></a> <a href="/greek/861.htm" title="861: aphtharsia (N-DFS) -- From aphthartos; incorruptibility; genitive, unending existence; genuineness.">imperishable.</a> 43It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/philippians/3-21.htm">Philippians 3:21</a> who, by the power that enables Him to subject all things to Himself, will transform our lowly bodies to be like His glorious body. <a href="/romans/8-11.htm">Romans 8:11</a> And if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit, who lives in you. <a href="/2_corinthians/5-1.htm">2 Corinthians 5:1-4</a> For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is dismantled, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands. / For in this tent we groan, longing to be clothed with our heavenly dwelling, / because when we are clothed, we will not be found naked. ... <a href="/1_thessalonians/4-16.htm">1 Thessalonians 4:16-17</a> For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a loud command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will be the first to rise. / After that, we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will always be with the Lord. <a href="/john/5-28.htm">John 5:28-29</a> Do not be amazed at this, for the hour is coming when all who are in their graves will hear His voice / and come out—those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment. <a href="/daniel/12-2.htm">Daniel 12:2</a> And many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, but others to shame and everlasting contempt. <a href="/matthew/22-30.htm">Matthew 22:30</a> In the resurrection, people will neither marry nor be given in marriage. Instead, they will be like the angels in heaven. <a href="/luke/20-35.htm">Luke 20:35-36</a> But those who are considered worthy to share in the age to come and in the resurrection from the dead will neither marry nor be given in marriage. / In fact, they can no longer die, because they are like the angels. And since they are sons of the resurrection, they are sons of God. <a href="/romans/6-5.htm">Romans 6:5</a> For if we have been united with Him like this in His death, we will certainly also be united with Him in His resurrection. <a href="/1_john/3-2.htm">1 John 3:2</a> Beloved, we are now children of God, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that when Christ appears, we will be like Him, for we will see Him as He is. <a href="/isaiah/26-19.htm">Isaiah 26:19</a> Your dead will live; their bodies will rise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust! For your dew is like the dew of the morning, and the earth will bring forth her dead. <a href="/ezekiel/37-12.htm">Ezekiel 37:12-14</a> Therefore prophesy and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘O My people, I will open your graves and bring you up from them, and I will bring you back to the land of Israel. / Then you, My people, will know that I am the LORD, when I open your graves and bring you up from them. / I will put My Spirit in you and you will live, and I will settle you in your own land. Then you will know that I, the LORD, have spoken, and I will do it, declares the LORD.’” <a href="/job/19-25.htm">Job 19:25-27</a> But I know that my Redeemer lives, and in the end He will stand upon the earth. / Even after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God. / I will see Him for myself; my eyes will behold Him, and not as a stranger. How my heart yearns within me! <a href="/john/11-25.htm">John 11:25-26</a> Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me will live, even though he dies. / And everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die. Do you believe this?” <a href="/revelation/20-12.htm">Revelation 20:12-13</a> And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne. And books were opened, and one of them was the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their deeds, as recorded in the books. / The sea gave up its dead, and Death and Hades gave up their dead, and each one was judged according to his deeds.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption:is.<a href="/1_corinthians/15-50.htm">1 Corinthians 15:50-54</a> Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption… <a href="/daniel/12-3.htm">Daniel 12:3</a> And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.<a href="/matthew/13-43.htm">Matthew 13:43</a> Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.in corruption.<a href="/genesis/3-19.htm">Genesis 3:19</a> In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.<a href="/job/17-14.htm">Job 17:14</a> I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister.<a href="/psalms/16-10.htm">Psalm 16:10</a> For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.it is.<a href="/1_corinthians/15-52.htm">1 Corinthians 15:52-54</a> In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed… <a href="/luke/20-35.htm">Luke 20:35,36</a> But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage: … <a href="/1_peter/1-4.htm">1 Peter 1:4</a> To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/1_corinthians/15-38.htm">Body</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/5-7.htm">Corruption</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/15-35.htm">Dead</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/15-36.htm">Death</a> <a href="/romans/8-21.htm">Decay</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/12-13.htm">Free</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/9-25.htm">Imperishable</a> <a href="/romans/2-7.htm">Incorruptibility</a> <a href="/romans/2-7.htm">Incorruption</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/15-36.htm">Life</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/9-25.htm">Perishable</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/3-6.htm">Planted</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/15-35.htm">Raised</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/15-29.htm">Resurrection</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/15-23.htm">Rising</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/9-11.htm">Sown</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/13-10.htm">State</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_corinthians/15-44.htm">Body</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/15-50.htm">Corruption</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/15-52.htm">Dead</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/15-50.htm">Death</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/15-52.htm">Decay</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/15-52.htm">Free</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/15-50.htm">Imperishable</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/15-50.htm">Incorruptibility</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/15-50.htm">Incorruption</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/15-54.htm">Life</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/15-50.htm">Perishable</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/15-43.htm">Planted</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/15-43.htm">Raised</a> <a href="/philippians/3-10.htm">Resurrection</a> <a href="/philippians/3-10.htm">Rising</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/15-43.htm">Sown</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/5-17.htm">State</a><div class="vheading2">1 Corinthians 15</div>1. <a href="/1_corinthians/15-1.htm">By Christ's resurrection,</a> 12. <a href="/1_corinthians/15-12.htm">he proves the necessity of our resurrection, </a> 16. <a href="/1_corinthians/15-16.htm">against all such as deny the resurrection of the body.</a> 21. <a href="/1_corinthians/15-21.htm">The fruit,</a> 35. <a href="/1_corinthians/15-35.htm">and the manner thereof;</a> 51. <a href="/1_corinthians/15-51.htm">and of the resurrection of those who shall be found alive at the last day.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/1_corinthians/15.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/1_corinthians/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/1_corinthians/15.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>So will it be with the resurrection of the dead: This phrase introduces the concept of resurrection, a central tenet of Christian eschatology. The resurrection of the dead is a future event anticipated by believers, where those who have died in Christ will be raised to eternal life. This belief is rooted in the resurrection of Jesus Christ, which serves as the firstfruits and guarantee of the future resurrection (<a href="/1_corinthians/15-20.htm">1 Corinthians 15:20</a>). The resurrection is not merely a return to physical life but a transformation into a glorified state, as seen in <a href="/philippians/3-21.htm">Philippians 3:21</a>, where believers' bodies will be conformed to Christ's glorious body.What is sown is perishable; The metaphor of sowing refers to the burial of the physical body, which is subject to decay and death. This imagery is consistent with agricultural practices familiar to the Corinthian audience, who would understand the process of planting seeds that must die to bring forth new life (<a href="/john/12-24.htm">John 12:24</a>). The perishable nature of the human body is a consequence of the Fall, as described in <a href="/genesis/3.htm">Genesis 3</a>, where sin introduced mortality into the human experience. This perishable state underscores the need for a transformation that only God can accomplish.it is raised imperishable. In contrast to the perishable body, the resurrected body is described as imperishable, indicating a state free from decay, death, and the effects of sin. This transformation is a work of divine power, as seen in <a href="/1_corinthians/15-53.htm">1 Corinthians 15:53-54</a>, where Paul explains that the perishable must clothe itself with the imperishable. The imperishable nature of the resurrected body reflects the eternal life promised to believers, aligning with the hope of a new creation where death is no more (<a href="/revelation/21-4.htm">Revelation 21:4</a>). This transformation is a fulfillment of Old Testament prophecies, such as <a href="/isaiah/25-8.htm">Isaiah 25:8</a>, which speaks of God swallowing up death forever.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/p/paul_the_apostle.htm">Paul the Apostle</a> The author of 1 Corinthians, addressing the church in Corinth, providing teachings on the resurrection of the dead. 2. <a href="/topical/c/church_in_corinth.htm">Church in Corinth</a> The recipients of the letter, a diverse and often troubled congregation in a major Greek city known for its immorality and idolatry. 3. <a href="/topical/r/resurrection_of_the_dead.htm">Resurrection of the Dead</a> A central event in Christian eschatology, referring to the future resurrection of believers, which Paul explains in this chapter.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_nature_of_the_resurrection.htm">The Nature of the Resurrection</a> The resurrection body is fundamentally different from our current physical body. It is imperishable, meaning it will not decay or die. <a href="/topical/h/hope_in_the_resurrection.htm">Hope in the Resurrection</a> The promise of an imperishable body provides hope and assurance for believers facing mortality and the trials of this life. <a href="/topical/l/living_with_eternity_in_mind.htm">Living with Eternity in Mind</a> Understanding the imperishable nature of the resurrection should influence how we live today, focusing on eternal values rather than temporary pleasures. <a href="/topical/v/victory_over_death.htm">Victory Over Death</a> The resurrection signifies victory over death, encouraging believers to live boldly and without fear of death. <a href="/topical/t/transformation_through_christ.htm">Transformation Through Christ</a> The transformation from perishable to imperishable is a work of Christ, reminding us of the power and necessity of His resurrection.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_1_corinthians_15.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 1 Corinthians 15</a> <a href="/q/is_jesus_a_resurrected_being_like_a_zombie.htm">Is Jesus considered a resurrected being like a zombie?</a> <a href="/q/what_are_heavenly_bodies_like.htm">What will physical bodies in heaven be like?</a> <a href="/q/what_makes_saints_incorruptible.htm">What defines the incorruptibility of saints?</a> <a href="/q/how_will_we_appear_in_heaven.htm">How will we appear in Heaven?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/1_corinthians/15.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(42) So also is the resurrection of the dead.--Here follows the application of these analogies to the subject in hand. As there is in the vegetable growth, in the varieties of animal life, and in the diversities of form assumed by inorganic matter, an identity preserved amid ever-varying form or variety of "body," so a change in the form or glory of our organism which we call our "body" is compatible with the preservation of personal identity. The "it," the personality, remains the same--now in corruption, then in incorruption; now in dishonour, then in glory; now in weakness, then in power.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/1_corinthians/15.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 42. - So also is the resurrection of the dead. In like manner the dead, when raised, shall have bodies which differ from their body of humiliation (<a href="/philippians/3-21.htm">Philippians 3:21</a>). It is sown in corruption. "Dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return" (<a href="/genesis/3-19.htm">Genesis 3:19</a>). It is raised in incorruption. The word means strictly, "incorruptibility." The resurrection body will not be subjected to earthly conditions (<a href="/luke/20-35.htm">Luke 20:35, 36</a>). <a href="/commentaries/1_corinthians/15-42.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>So Οὕτως (Houtōs) Adverb <a href="/greek/strongs_3779.htm">Strong's 3779: </a> Thus, so, in this manner. Or (referring to what precedes or follows). [will it be] καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. with the ἡ (hē) Article - Nominative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. resurrection ἀνάστασις (anastasis) Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_386.htm">Strong's 386: </a> A rising again, resurrection. From anistemi; a standing up again, i.e. a resurrection from death (its author), or a recovery. of the τῶν (tōn) Article - Genitive Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. dead: νεκρῶν (nekrōn) Adjective - Genitive Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3498.htm">Strong's 3498: </a> (a) adj: dead, lifeless, subject to death, mortal, (b) noun: a dead body, a corpse. From an apparently primary nekus; dead. What is sown [is] σπείρεται (speiretai) Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4687.htm">Strong's 4687: </a> To sow, spread, scatter. Probably strengthened from spao; to scatter, i.e. Sow. perishable; φθορᾷ (phthora) Noun - Dative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_5356.htm">Strong's 5356: </a> Corruption, destruction, decay, rottenness, decomposition. From phtheiro; decay, i.e. Ruin. it is raised ἐγείρεται (egeiretai) Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1453.htm">Strong's 1453: </a> (a) I wake, arouse, (b) I raise up. Probably akin to the base of agora; to waken, i.e. Rouse. imperishable. ἀφθαρσίᾳ (aphtharsia) Noun - Dative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_861.htm">Strong's 861: </a> From aphthartos; incorruptibility; genitive, unending existence; genuineness. <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/1_corinthians/15-42.htm">1 Corinthians 15:42 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/1_corinthians/15-42.htm">1 Corinthians 15:42 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/1_corinthians/15-42.htm">1 Corinthians 15:42 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/1_corinthians/15-42.htm">1 Corinthians 15:42 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/1_corinthians/15-42.htm">1 Corinthians 15:42 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/1_corinthians/15-42.htm">1 Corinthians 15:42 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/1_corinthians/15-42.htm">1 Corinthians 15:42 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/1_corinthians/15-42.htm">1 Corinthians 15:42 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/1_corinthians/15-42.htm">1 Corinthians 15:42 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/1_corinthians/15-42.htm">1 Corinthians 15:42 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/15-42.htm">NT Letters: 1 Corinthians 15:42 So also is the resurrection (1 Cor. 1C iC 1Cor i cor icor) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/1_corinthians/15-41.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Corinthians 15:41"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Corinthians 15:41" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/1_corinthians/15-43.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Corinthians 15:43"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Corinthians 15:43" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>