Skip to main content
1 corinthians 15:35-50

Explore the Bible Online

1 Corinthians 15:35-50

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”

— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

35. But some [man] will say, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come? 36. [Thou] fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die: 37. And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other [grain]: 38. But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body. 39. All flesh [is] not the same flesh: but [there is] one [kind of] flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, [and] another of birds. 40. [There are] also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial [is] one, and the [glory] of the terrestrial [is] another. 41. [There is] one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars: for [one] star differeth from [another] star in glory. 42. So also [is] the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption: 43. It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power: 44. It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body. 45. And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam [was made] a quickening spirit. 46. Howbeit that [was] not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual. 47. The first man [is] of the earth, earthy: the second man [is] the Lord from heaven. 48. As [is] the earthy, such [are] they also that are earthy: and as [is] the heavenly, such [are] they also that are heavenly. 49. And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly. 50. Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.

1 Corinthians 15:35-50 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on 1 Corinthians 15:35

Theological / Devotional

How? The natural mind raises objections to the idea of a resurrection of the dead. Observation teaches that subsequent to death, dissolution takes place, and ultimately the body disintegrates completely. Therefore those who place their dependence upon human philosophy might well ask how the scattered dust could be reassembled for the resurrection of the identical individual who died (see Job 34:15; Eccl. 12:7). A further perplexing question is, How will the reconstituted body compare with the body that was dissolved?

By SdaBc