Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 15:44
It is sown a natural body - Σωμα ψυχικον· An animal body, having a multiplicity of solids and fluids of different kinds, with different functions; composed of muscles, fibres, tendons, cartilages, bones, arteries, veins, nerves, blood, and various juices, requiring continual support from aliment; and hence the necessity of labor to provide food, and skill to prepare it; which food must be masticated, digested, and refined; what is proper for nourishment secreted, brought into the... read more
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 15:43
It is sown in dishonor - Being now stripped of all the glory it had as a machine, fearfully and wonderfully made by the hands of God; and also consigned to death and destruction because of sin. This is the most dishonorable circumstance. It is raised in glory - It is raised a glorious body, because immortal, and for ever redeemed from the empire of death. It is sown in weakness - The principles of dissolution, corruption, and decay, have prevailed over it; disease undermined it; and... read more