1 Corinthians 15:43 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power: ”

1 Corinthians 15:43 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

It is sown in dishonour - In the grave, where it is shut out from human view; hurried away from the sight of friends; loathsome and offensive as a mass turning to decay. There is, moreover, a kin...
1 Corinthians 15:43 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

It is sown in (t) dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in (u) power: (t) Void of honour, void of glory and beauty. (u) Freed from the former weakness, in which it...
1 Corinthians 15:43 - 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 15:43 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

power . App-172.
1 Corinthians 15:43 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

43. It is sown in corruption That there may be no doubt remaining, Paul explains himself, by unfolding the difference between their present condition, and that which will be after the resurr...
1 Corinthians 15:43 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power: It is sown in dishonor - Being now stripped of all the glory it had as a machine, fearfully and wonderfu...
1 Corinthians 15:43 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

It is sown in corruption.— "The body which has now in it such manifest principles of mortality and corruption, which consists now of such brittle and tender parts, that the least disease disturbs,...
1 Corinthians 15:43 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power: In dishonour - answering to "our vile body" ( Philippians 3:21 ); literally, 'our body of humili...
1 Corinthians 15:43 - 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 15:43 - 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 15:43 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Victory over Sin and Death 1 Corinthians 15:42-58 Life on the other side will be as real and as earnest as here. We shall not dissolve into thin mist or flit as bodiless ghosts. We shall each b...
1 Corinthians 15:43 - 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 15:43 - 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 15:43 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

It is sown in dishonour ,.... Its original is dishonourable, it comes, as the Jews often say w, מטפה סרוהה, "from a filthy drop"; its generated brought forth in a manner we are ashamed of; it is con...
1 Corinthians 15:43 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power: Ver. 43. It is raised in power ] The resurrection will cure all infirmities. At Stratford-le-Bow wer...
1 Corinthians 15:43 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

So also is the resurrection of the dead So great is the difference between the body which fell and that which rises. It is to be observed, that in this and the following verses, the apostle is givi...
1 Corinthians 15:43 - 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 15:43 - 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 15:43 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: there is nothing more uncomely, unlovely, and loathsome than a dead body; but it will not be so when it shall be raised again, then it shall be a bea...
1 Corinthians 15:43 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

'So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption. It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power. It is...
1 Corinthians 15:43 - 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 15:43 - Sermon Bible Commentary

1 Corinthians 15:42-44 I. This body of ours is a body that, whenever and however sown, is sown in corruption, in dishonour, and in weakness. These are the three capital faults of our present morta...
1 Corinthians 15:43 - 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 15:43 - 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 15:43 - 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 15:43 - 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 15:43 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

A contrast between the present and the future states:
1 Corinthians 15:43 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 6:14 ; 2 Corinthians 13:14 ; 2 Corinthians 13:4 ; Daniel 12:1 ; Job 14:10 ; Mark 12:24 ; Mark 12:25 ; Matthew 13:43 ; Matthew 22:29 ; Matthew 22:30 ; Philippians 3:10 ; Phil...
1 Corinthians 15:43 - 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 15:43 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

It is sown in dishonour — Shocking to those who loved it best, human nature in disgrace! It is raised in glory — Clothed with robes of light, fit for those whom the King of heaven delights to honou...

1 Corinthians 15:43 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 Corinthians 15:43 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

1 Corinthians 15:43 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 15:43 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 Corinthians 15:43 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 15:43 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Corinthians 15:43 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

1 Corinthians 15:43 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Corinthians 15:43 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 15:43 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Corinthians 15:43 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Corinthians 15:43 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Corinthians 15:43 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Corinthians 15:43 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Corinthians 15:43 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Corinthians 15:43 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Corinthians 15:43 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 15:43 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Corinthians 15:43 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Corinthians 15:43 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 15:43 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Corinthians 15:43 - Sermon Bible Commentary

1 Corinthians 15:43 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

1 Corinthians 15:43 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Corinthians 15:43 - The Biblical Illustrator

1 Corinthians 15:43 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Corinthians 15:43 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Corinthians 15:43 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 15:43 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

1 Corinthians 15:43 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes