1 Corinthians 15:38 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body. ”

1 Corinthians 15:38 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

But God giveth it a body ... - God gives to the seed sown its own proper body, formation, and growth. The word body here, as applied to grain, seems to mean the whole system, or arrangement of ro...
1 Corinthians 15:38 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(22) But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body. (22) We see a diversity both in one and the self same thing which has now one form and then another, and yet kee...
1 Corinthians 15:38 - 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...
1 Corinthians 15:38 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

as it hath, &c . = even as He purposed. App-102. Compare 1 Corinthians 12:18 . every seed . each of the seeds. In verses: 1 Corinthians 15:36-38 the apostle shows that as we know not how t...
1 Corinthians 15:38 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body. But God giveth it a body - And is there any other way of accounting for it but by the miraculous working of God's powe...
1 Corinthians 15:38 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

To every seed his own body.— The Apostle seems more directly to speak of that as its proper body, which is peculiar to that species of grain; yet undoubtedly each ear has a peculiar reference to on...
1 Corinthians 15:38 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body. As it hath pleased him - at creation, when He gave to each of the (kinds of) seeds (so the Greek is for "to ev...
1 Corinthians 15:38 - 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...
1 Corinthians 15:38 - 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...
1 Corinthians 15:38 - 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...
1 Corinthians 15:38 - 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...
1 Corinthians 15:38 - 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...
1 Corinthians 15:38 - 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...
1 Corinthians 15:38 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

But God giveth it a body, as it hath pleased him ,.... It is not the husbandman, nor the sun, nor the rain, that give the grain of wheat, or any other, its verdure and beauty, the form in which it s...
1 Corinthians 15:38 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body. Ver. 38. But God giveth it a body ] Deus naturae vires et vices ita moderatur, &c., saith one. God so order...
1 Corinthians 15:38 - 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...
1 Corinthians 15:38 - 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...
1 Corinthians 15:38 - 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...
1 Corinthians 15:38 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

But God giveth to every grain, or kind of seed, such a kind of body as it pleaseth him, and a several body, according to the nature of the grain; yet none will deny, but it is the seed sown which com...
1 Corinthians 15:38 - 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...
1 Corinthians 15:38 - 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 ”...
1 Corinthians 15:38 - 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...
1 Corinthians 15:38 - 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...
1 Corinthians 15:38 - 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...
1 Corinthians 15:38 - 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...
1 Corinthians 15:38 - 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...
1 Corinthians 15:38 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The nature of the resurrection:
1 Corinthians 15:38 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 3:7 ; Genesis 1:11 ; Genesis 1:12 ; Isaiah 61:11 ; Mark 4:26-29 ; Psalms 104:14
1 Corinthians 15:38 - 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...
1 Corinthians 15:38 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

But God — Not thou, O man, not the grain itself, giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, from the time he distinguished the various Species of beings; and to each of the seeds, not only of the fru...

1 Corinthians 15:38 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 Corinthians 15:38 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

1 Corinthians 15:38 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 15:38 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 Corinthians 15:38 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Corinthians 15:38 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

1 Corinthians 15:38 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Corinthians 15:38 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 15:38 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Corinthians 15:38 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Corinthians 15:38 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Corinthians 15:38 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Corinthians 15:38 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Corinthians 15:38 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Corinthians 15:38 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Corinthians 15:38 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Corinthians 15:38 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 15:38 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Corinthians 15:38 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Corinthians 15:38 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 15:38 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Corinthians 15:38 - Sermon Bible Commentary

1 Corinthians 15:38 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

1 Corinthians 15:38 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Corinthians 15:38 - The Biblical Illustrator

1 Corinthians 15:38 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Corinthians 15:38 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Corinthians 15:38 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 15:38 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

1 Corinthians 15:38 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes