1 Corinthians 15:35-41
New Living Translation
The Resurrection Body
35 But someone may ask, “How will the dead be raised? What kind of bodies will they have?” 36 What a foolish question! When you put a seed into the ground, it doesn’t grow into a plant unless it dies first. 37 And what you put in the ground is not the plant that will grow, but only a bare seed of wheat or whatever you are planting. 38 Then God gives it the new body he wants it to have. A different plant grows from each kind of seed. 39 Similarly there are different kinds of flesh—one kind for humans, another for animals, another for birds, and another for fish.
40 There are also bodies in the heavens and bodies on the earth. The glory of the heavenly bodies is different from the glory of the earthly bodies. 41 The sun has one kind of glory, while the moon and stars each have another kind. And even the stars differ from each other in their glory.
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1 Corinthians 15:35-41
International Standard Version
The Resurrection Body
35 But someone will ask, “How are the dead raised? What kind of body will they have when they come back?” 36 You fool! The seed you plant does not come to life unless it dies, 37 and what you plant is not the form that it will be, but a bare kernel, whether it is wheat or something else. 38 But God gives the plant[a] the form he wants it to have, and to each kind of seed its own form. 39 Not all flesh is the same.[b] Humans have one kind of flesh,[c] animals in general have another,[d] birds have another,[e] and fish have still another. 40 There are heavenly bodies and earthly bodies, but the splendor of those in heaven is of one kind, and that of those on earth is of another. 41 One kind of splendor belongs to the sun, another[f] to the moon, and still another[g] to the stars. In fact, one star differs from another star in splendor.
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- 1 Corinthians 15:38 The Gk. lacks the plant
- 1 Corinthians 15:39 Lit. the same flesh
- 1 Corinthians 15:39 The Gk. lacks of flesh
- 1 Corinthians 15:39 Lit. another kind of flesh
- 1 Corinthians 15:39 Lit. another kind of flesh
- 1 Corinthians 15:41 Lit. another kind of splendor
- 1 Corinthians 15:41 Lit. another kind of splendor
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