1 Corinthians 15:42
New International Version
So will it be with the resurrection of the dead. The body that is sown is perishable, it is raised imperishable;

New Living Translation
It is the same way with the resurrection of the dead. Our earthly bodies are planted in the ground when we die, but they will be raised to live forever.

English Standard Version
So is it with the resurrection of the dead. What is sown is perishable; what is raised is imperishable.

Berean Standard Bible
So will it be with the resurrection of the dead: What is sown is perishable; it is raised imperishable.

Berean Literal Bible
So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in decay; it is raised in immortality.

King James Bible
So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption:

New King James Version
So also is the resurrection of the dead. The body is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruption.

New American Standard Bible
So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown a perishable body, it is raised an imperishable body;

NASB 1995
So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown a perishable body, it is raised an imperishable body;

NASB 1977
So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown a perishable body, it is raised an imperishable body;

Legacy Standard Bible
So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown a corruptible body, it is raised an incorruptible body;

Amplified Bible
So it is with the resurrection of the dead. The [human] body that is sown is perishable and mortal, it is raised imperishable and immortal.

Christian Standard Bible
So it is with the resurrection of the dead: Sown in corruption, raised in incorruption;

Holman Christian Standard Bible
So it is with the resurrection of the dead: Sown in corruption, raised in incorruption;

American Standard Version
So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption:

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Thus also is the life for those who die. It is sown with corruption, it rises without corruption.

Contemporary English Version
That's how it will be when our bodies are raised to life. These bodies will die, but the bodies that are raised will live forever.

Douay-Rheims Bible
So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption, it shall rise in incorruption.

English Revised Version
So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption:

GOD'S WORD® Translation
That is how it will be when the dead come back to life. When the body is planted, it decays. When it comes back to life, it cannot decay.

Good News Translation
This is how it will be when the dead are raised to life. When the body is buried, it is mortal; when raised, it will be immortal.

International Standard Version
This is how it will be at the resurrection of the dead. What is planted is decaying, what is raised cannot decay.

Literal Standard Version
So also [is] the resurrection of the dead: it is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruption;

Majority Standard Bible
So will it be with the resurrection of the dead: What is sown is perishable; it is raised imperishable.

New American Bible
So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown corruptible; it is raised incorruptible.

NET Bible
It is the same with the resurrection of the dead. What is sown is perishable, what is raised is imperishable.

New Revised Standard Version
So it is with the resurrection of the dead. What is sown is perishable, what is raised is imperishable.

New Heart English Bible
So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption.

Webster's Bible Translation
So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruption:

Weymouth New Testament
It is the same with the resurrection of the dead. The body is sown in a state of decay, it is raised free from decay;

World English Bible
So also is the resurrection of the dead. The body is sown perishable; it is raised imperishable.

Young's Literal Translation
So also is the rising again of the dead: it is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruption;

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The Resurrection Body
41The sun has one degree of splendor, the moon another, and the stars another; and star differs from star in splendor. 42So will it be with the resurrection of the dead: What is sown is perishable; it is raised imperishable. 43It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power.…

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.

Romans 2:7
To those who by perseverance in doing good seek glory, honor, and immortality, He will give eternal life.

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 Corinthians 15:41
The sun has one degree of splendor, the moon another, and the stars another; and star differs from star in splendor.

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.

Galatians 6:8
The one who sows to please his flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; but the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.


Treasury of Scripture

So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption:

is.

1 Corinthians 15:50-54
Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption…

Daniel 12:3
And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.

Matthew 13:43
Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.

in corruption.

Genesis 3:19
In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.

Job 17:14
I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister.

Psalm 16:10
For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.

it is.

1 Corinthians 15:52-54
In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed…

Luke 20:35,36
But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage: …

1 Peter 1:4
To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,

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1 Corinthians 15
1. By Christ's resurrection,
12. he proves the necessity of our resurrection,
16. against all such as deny the resurrection of the body.
21. The fruit,
35. and the manner thereof;
51. and of the resurrection of those who shall be found alive at the last day.














(42) So also is the resurrection of the dead.--Here follows the application of these analogies to the subject in hand. As there is in the vegetable growth, in the varieties of animal life, and in the diversities of form assumed by inorganic matter, an identity preserved amid ever-varying form or variety of "body," so a change in the form or glory of our organism which we call our "body" is compatible with the preservation of personal identity. The "it," the personality, remains the same--now in corruption, then in incorruption; now in dishonour, then in glory; now in weakness, then in power.

Verse 42. - So also is the resurrection of the dead. In like manner the dead, when raised, shall have bodies which differ from their body of humiliation (Philippians 3:21). It is sown in corruption. "Dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return" (Genesis 3:19). It is raised in incorruption. The word means strictly, "incorruptibility." The resurrection body will not be subjected to earthly conditions (Luke 20:35, 36).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
So
Οὕτως (Houtōs)
Adverb
Strong's 3779: Thus, so, in this manner. Or (referring to what precedes or follows).

[will it be]
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

with the
(hē)
Article - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

resurrection
ἀνάστασις (anastasis)
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's 386: A rising again, resurrection. From anistemi; a standing up again, i.e. a resurrection from death (its author), or a recovery.

of the
τῶν (tōn)
Article - Genitive Masculine Plural
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

dead:
νεκρῶν (nekrōn)
Adjective - Genitive Masculine Plural
Strong's 3498: (a) adj: dead, lifeless, subject to death, mortal, (b) noun: a dead body, a corpse. From an apparently primary nekus; dead.

What is sown [is]
σπείρεται (speiretai)
Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 4687: To sow, spread, scatter. Probably strengthened from spao; to scatter, i.e. Sow.

perishable;
φθορᾷ (phthora)
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular
Strong's 5356: Corruption, destruction, decay, rottenness, decomposition. From phtheiro; decay, i.e. Ruin.

it is raised
ἐγείρεται (egeiretai)
Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 1453: (a) I wake, arouse, (b) I raise up. Probably akin to the base of agora; to waken, i.e. Rouse.

imperishable.
ἀφθαρσίᾳ (aphtharsia)
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular
Strong's 861: From aphthartos; incorruptibility; genitive, unending existence; genuineness.


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