1 Corinthians 15:36-38 NIV

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 15:38

But God giveth it a body. The material body of each living organism results from those laws of assimilation which God has made a part of His secret of life. They are not the life, only the instrument and expression and manifestation of the life. The "life" is the individual identity. The life of Hamlet is not in its essence the physical life of "the machine which is to him Hamlet," but the spiritual life which is linked on earth to that perpetual flux of material particles which we call... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Corinthians 15:36

Thou fool - Foolish, inconsiderate man! The meaning is, that it was foolish to make this objection, when the same difficulty existed in an undeniable fact which fell under daily observation. A man was a fool to urge that as an objection to religion which must exist in the undeniable and everyday facts which they witnessed. The idea is, “The same difficulty may be started about the growth of grain. Suppose a man who had never seen it, were to be told that it was to be put into the earth; that it... read more

Albert Barnes

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

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 new kernels raised from that; of the same kind, indeed, and showing their intimate and necessary connection with that which is sown. It is implied here that the body which will be raised will not be the same in the sense that the same particles of matter shall compose it, but the same only in the sense that it... read more

Albert Barnes

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

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 roots, stalks, leaves, flowers, and kernels that start out of the seed that is sown The meaning is, that such a form is produced from the seed sown as God pleases. Paul here traces the result to God, to show that there is no chance, and that it did not depend on the nature of things, but was dependent on... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Corinthians 15:36-38

1 Corinthians 15:36-38. 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 the very seed thou sowest. Macknight thinks the apostle here addresses the false teacher at Corinth, “giving him the appellation of fool in the same sense, and for the same reason, that our Lord himself called the Pharisees fools, namely, on account of their ignorance... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 15:35-58

The resurrection body (15:35-58)Some people mocked the idea of the resurrection by asking how could bodies that have decayed in the earth be raised to life again. Paul answers with an illustration. A seed dies when it is put in the ground, but this is part of the process of bringing forth new life in the form of a plant that grows up out of the ground. What grows up is different from what was buried, but in a sense it is the same thing. It is dry and dead looking when put in the ground, but... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Corinthians 15:36

fool . See Luke 11:40 . The fourth occurance: quickened . Same as "made alive", 1 Corinthians 15:22 . except . Greek. ean ( App-118 ) me ( App-105 ). read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Corinthians 15:37

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-124 .) read more

E.W. Bullinger

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

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 the seeds come to life and grow up (Mark 4:27 ), much less do we know how the resurrection change is effected. his = its. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 15:36

Thou foolish one, that which thou thyself sowest is not quickened except it die.The continual miracle of seedtime and harvest is not less glorious than the miracle of the ultimate resurrection, only different. Paul's reference to planting seeds that produce something far different from the seeds, yet identified with the seeds, is similar to Christ's use of the same analogy in John 12:24, where he applied it to his own death and resurrection. Can anyone understand the principle of seeds dying,... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 15:38

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Corinthians 15:36

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

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

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Corinthians 15:36-38

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 15:35-58

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Corinthians 15:36

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Corinthians 15:37

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

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 15:36

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