1 Corinthians 15:37 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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: ”

• 1 Corinthians 15:37 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  And that which thou sowest - The seed which is sown. Not that body that shall be - You sow one kernel which is to produce many others. They shall not be the same that is sown. They will be ne...

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• 1 Corinthians 15:37 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Paul now meets the objection, How are the dead raised? in what kind of a body do they come back from the tomb? Only a fool (in the Hebrew rather than the Greek sense), he tartly says, would ask such...

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• 1 Corinthians 15:37 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  bare . naked. Greek. gumnos. Always translated "naked" elsewhere. it may chance . if (App-118. b) it should happen. of some other . of some one (Greek. tis) of the rest (Greek. loipos. App...

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• 1 Corinthians 15:37 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  37. Thou sowest not that body that will spring up. This comparison consists of two parts — first, that it is not to be wondered that bodies rise from rottenness, inasmuch as the same t...

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• 1 Corinthians 15:37 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  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 : Thou sowest not that body that shall be - This is decomposed, an...

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• 1 Corinthians 15:37 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  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: Not that body that shall be - but beautiful, and no longer...

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• 1 Corinthians 15:37 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  (f) The Fact and the Doctrine of the Resurrection of the Dead Some Corinthians disbelieved in the resurrection of the dead—not, apparently, in Christ's Resurrection, though St. Paul felt this wo...

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• 1 Corinthians 15:37 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  God giveth it a body. — Here it is implied that, though the seed grows up, as we say, “in the ordinary course of Nature,” it is God who not only has originally established but continually sustains...

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• 1 Corinthians 15:37 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  Chapter 24 THE SPIRITUAL BODY THE proofs of the Resurrection which Paul has adduced are satisfactory. So long as they are clearly before the mind, we find it possible to believe in that great exp...

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• 1 Corinthians 15:37 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  This Body the Seed of a Glorious One 1 Corinthians 15:29-41 The anticipation of the final resurrection enabled the early Christians to endure incredible sufferings. As one rank fell martyred, a...

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• 1 Corinthians 15:37 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  The last fact of the "spiritualities" is the resurrection, and the apostle first gives the proof of the resurrection of Christ. His final proof was his own experience. It is evident that there were...

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• 1 Corinthians 15:37 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  (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...

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• 1 Corinthians 15:37 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be ,.... The sower, for instance, does not take a stalk of wheat in its blade, and ear, and full corn in the ear, encompassed with th...

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• 1 Corinthians 15:37 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  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 : Ver. 37. And that which thou sowest ] This is an answer to...

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• 1 Corinthians 15:37 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Thou fool Greek, αφρον, without mind , or understanding. Or, thou inconsiderate and thoughtless creature, who thinkest a matter impossible, of the possibility of which thou hast an example in th...

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• 1 Corinthians 15:37 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  This chapter itself forms a third division of the book, and deals with another most serious matter in Corinth. Some among them denied the resurrection of the dead. But the resurrection of Christ is t...

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• 1 Corinthians 15:37 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  The Resurrection of Saints. A. D.  57.       35 But some man will say, How are the dead raised up...

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• 1 Corinthians 15:37 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  And when it again riseth, or shooteth up, it is not bare grain, without either stalk or ear, which was the body by them sown.

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• 1 Corinthians 15:37 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  'You foolish one. What you yourself sow is not made alive except it die. And what you sow, you do not sow the body which shall be, but a bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other kind. But...

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• 1 Corinthians 15:37 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL NOTES 1 Corinthians 15:35 .— (1) Emphasis on “ the dead ,—the DEAD!—the DEAD!” (2) “ With what (kind of) body? ” See Homiletic Analysis. 1 Corinthians 15:36 .—Emphasis on “ thou ”...

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• 1 Corinthians 15:37 - Sermon Bible Commentary

  1 Corinthians 15:35-38 I. Death, dissolution, decay, decomposition whichever may be the body subjected to that process is not only no obstacle in the way of that body living again, but affords a p...

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• 1 Corinthians 15:37 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  1 Corinthians 15:1-2 . Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; by which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memo...

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• 1 Corinthians 15:37 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  1 Corinthians 15:1 . I declare unto you the gospel by which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you. We have here an epitome of the whole gospel, comprising essentially th...

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• 1 Corinthians 15:37 - The Biblical Illustrator

  But some man will say, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come? How are the dead raised up? I. These words meant, “How can the dead be raised up?” Let us try to find an ans...

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• 1 Corinthians 15:37 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION 1 Corinthians 15:1-46 The doctrine of the resurrection. This chapter, and the thirteenth, on Christian love, stand out, even among the writings of St. Paul, as pre-eminently be...

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• 1 Corinthians 15:37 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The nature of the resurrection:

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• 1 Corinthians 15:37 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Corinthians 15:37

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• 1 Corinthians 15:37 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

  How Are the Dead Raised Up? 1 Corinthians 15:29-58 INTRODUCTORY WORDS There are two rather startling questions asked and answered in the opening verses; that is, from 1 Corinthians 15:29-34...

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• 1 Corinthians 15:37 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Thou sowest not the body that shall be — Produced from the seed committed to the ground, but a bare, naked grain, widely different from that which will afterward rise out of the earth.

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