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1 Corinthians 15:42
So will it be with the resurrection of the dead: What is sown is perishable; it is raised imperishable.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Paul addresses the Corinthian church to clarify the nature of the future resurrection, placing the teaching within a broader argument about bodily transformation.
The words — ἀνάστασις (anastasis) translates literally as resurrection, and σπείρεται (speiretai) denotes the passive action of being sown.
The thread — The perishable-to-imperishable contrast runs parallel to the splendor progression in 1 Corinthians 15:41 and the shining imagery found in Daniel 12:3 and Matthew 13:43.
Why it lands — The text states that the current perishable body will be replaced by an imperishable one, requiring the reader to expect a permanent physical transformation rather than a continuation of the present state.
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The Greek words
King James Version
So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption:
Cross-references
- Daniel 12:3 Then the wise will shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness will shine like the stars forever and ever.
- Matthew 13:43 Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear.
- Philippians 3:20 But our citizenship is in heaven, and we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ,
- Romans 8:21 that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God.
- 1 Peter 1:4 and into an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, reserved in heaven for you,
- 1 Corinthians 15:50 Now I declare to you, brothers, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.
- Acts 2:27 because You will not abandon my soul to Hades, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay.
- Acts 2:31 Foreseeing this, David spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that He was not abandoned to Hades, nor did His body see decay.
- Genesis 3:19 By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread, until you return to the ground—because out of it were you taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.”
- Job 17:14 and say to corruption, ‘You are my father,’ and to the worm, ‘My mother,’ or ‘My sister,’